TRIGGER POINT
3/2/2006
L.A.-based Trigger Point pulls into B.C. for a gig
by Dustin Walsh, Battle Creek Enquirer
Los Angeles hard-core act Trigger Point plays four dates in Michigan this month, including a gig tonight at Planet Rock in Battle Creek.
Trigger Point formed in 2001 at a prestigious Los Angeles music college, which the band asked not be named. For an idea of how talented this young band is, just look at its college's alumnae — Rivers Cuomo, Keb 'Mo, John Frusciante and the late Jeff Buckley.
The band soon dropped out of college to tour. All in their teens, the members quickly recorded a demo, which later was made into a full-length album.
While touring clubs around the highly saturated Los Angeles rock scene, the band caught the eye of indie label Corporate Punishment Records and signed a deal.
"You're surrounded by every tool and asset right there in L.A.," singer Taylor Wallace said. "We, luckily, broke into the city's inner circle with our live show."
Trigger Point's debut record, "A Silent Protest," was produced by hard rock guru Logan Mader and hit the streets last September. It has received positive reviews around the country, slowly gaining much-warranted notoriety.
The band's sound is somewhere between the raw antagonism of Ann Arbor's Taproot, the contemporary hard-core feel of Long Island's Glassjaw and the aggressive technicality of New Jersey's Dillinger Escape Plan. This concoction sets Trigger Point apart from radio's tiresome bands.
"Right now bands adhere and adapt to what's popular in the moment," Wallace said. "We don't. That's not our style. We pride ourselves on that."
Now in their early 20s, the band members are progressively moving toward a more technical side of music with new songs being written on the road. Wallace said the new stuff is a mixture of their influences, technicality and a lot of groove.
"The new stuff is going to be similar to what you're hearing now, just more advanced, more epic," Wallace said.
With aspirations of a new record, the band also hopes to continue with a stint on 2007's Warped Tour.
The band's single, "Picking up the Pieces," beat punk colossal Green Day on Saginaw's WKQZ 93.3 FM during a listener voting match in December. The group's popularity in Michigan is no surprise to Wallace.
"Michigan, and the Midwest really, is one of the last places that doesn't follow trends," Wallace said. "They love the music they love. They make what we do worth doing."
Lansing's popular Know Lyfe and Straight Line Stitch, a female-fronted band from Knoxville, Tenn., also will perform tonight.
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