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November 28, 2006
Over6 towers over the competition
By ANDREW RAVENS
Sun Staff
Who: Over6
AKA: Scott Ward, bass and backing vocals; Keith Arsenault, lead singer; Mike Arsenault; guitar; Eric Park, drums.
Visit: Over6.net
Backstory: With a combined weight of nearly 1,000 lbs. and an average height of 6-foot-2, Over6 bills itself as the largest cover band in New England. Hey, I’m not going to argue that point with these big fellas. We recently caught up with bassist Scott Ward.
Q. Where do you guys typically play?
A. We typically play in Boston, the Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hampshire.
Q. Where did the band’s name come from?
A. We all just got together one day and we were hacking around and playing. I think it was me who said, “If we ever put something together we should be called Over 6 since we’re all over 6 feet tall.� And it stuck.
Q. What is some of your favorite music to play on stage?
A. There’s a lot of them. There’s a couple of new songs by Hinder we do. We also like Nickelback because it’s new stuff and they are really popular. It’s the crowd’s response that does it for me.
Q. What’s playing in your iPod or CD player?
A. I listen to so many different kinds of music, but I am listening to a lot of Nickelback and Hinder.
Q. What’s your earliest concert experience?
A. That was a long time ago. I think I saw Heart at the Boston Garden in like 1979 or 1980.
Q. If you could share the stage with one big-time band, who would it be?
A. You know something, I just went to the Orpheum Theater and saw Les Claypool. I’d like share the stage with Claypool and play one of the bass guitars he has. It’s called a “rainbow bass� and you can’t even order them now. They’re worth about $15,000.
Catch Over6 at Pub 30 Something in Tyngsboro on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 9:30 p.m.
Want to be in the spotlight? E-mail Andrew Ravens at aravens@lowellsun.com.
Posted by Andy Ravens at November 28, 2006 10:38 AM
Comments
Three and a Half Men.........is this were we add in our favorite show? been a long day...thanks karen
Posted by: karen at November 28, 2006 2:22 PM
Thanks for adding, Karen.
I also like "How I Met Your Mother" on CBS. That whole Monday night lineup is fun.
Posted by: Andy at November 28, 2006 2:30 PM