Yellowcard owns Avs fan at concert
As many of you know, I went down to Columbus for the draft this year as a fan. Before the start of the first round on Friday, I attended a free Yellowcard concert right outside the arena. Near the beginning of the concert, the lead singer made it known that bassist, Ryan Mendez, was a Detroit Red Wings fan.
Toward the later half of the concert, a Colorado Avalanche fan made his way through the crowd holding a sign reading “RED WINGS SUCK” with a bunch of photographs glued on. After seeing that sign, the lead singer tells Ryan to look at that sign. Ryan, who hadn’t said a word all concert, steps up to the microphone and says something like this…
Hey “Red Wings Sucks” guy, how did your Avs do in the playoffs? 2nd round? Oh, that’s right. They didn’t even make the playoffs.
The entire crowd that had booed Red Wings fans at the start of the concert goes “Ohhh” much to the dismay of this Avs fan. To say that was entertaining would be an understatement. I liked Yellowcard before this weekend, but man, I like them even more now.
Before the draft weekend, the Columbus Blue Jackets posted an interview with the bassist and here’s the excerpt pertaining to Wings’ fans.
CBJ.com: Where are you from and who is “Your” team?
Ryan M. from Yellowcard: I was born in Detroit, so I’m actually a Red Wings fan. I moved to Southern California when I was super young, but I spent holidays back in Detroit with the family and have all my family still there. I was always brought up loving hockey from my family, who loved it, and was a Wings fan because of that.
Hockey and soccer are fast-paced sports, which I prefer more than the slower ones, like baseball for example. The other guys in the band, I know, Ryan Key, our singer played hockey, he enjoys it too. I don’t think the other members of the band are as big of hockey fans as I am though.
CBJ.com: Who was your favorite player when you were growing up? Why?
Ryan M. from Yellowcard: (Steve) Yzerman was one of my all-time favorite players. When I really was getting into hockey, not when I was super young, but when I was 10-11-12, Yzerman was my favorite. I was a big (Sergei) Federov fan, too.
And obviously, who wasn’t a fan of (Wayne) Gretzky and (Luc) Robitaille and all those guys? Pretty much just those guys, I guess.
It’s funny. I played with EA sports 93 on super Nintendo, so I was always a big fan of all the big guys on that game because I played so much, like Pavel Bure, Teemu Selanne, Brett Hull, all of those guys.
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June 27th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Hmm i used to like Yellowcard…That may have to change now…
I posted your interview with me today too, thanks again for answering those questions.