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Something Corporate Feel The Love

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>> Something Corporate's Andrew McMahon takes the crowd higher. >>

>> Los Angeles, CA  February 28, 2003. >> From the get go, a polite yet forceful throng of fans pushed and pushed against a delicate front row barricade of 30 or so petite blond girls. The girls were so resilient that even as force of the crowd became unbearable they held on as if their life depended on it.

Their reward seemed to be an unobstructed view of the stage’s main instrument for the evening – an old, sticker covered battered piano.    But to them, it was life itself.

As they were taking their last gasps of air, members of Something Corporate casually walked on-stage unaware of the love bubble that was about to burst. It did and they were welcomed with deafening wails that never subsided throughout the hour-plus show.

It was clearly a love fest from that point with one fidgety girl screaming to the back of guitarist William Tell, “I love you William!”  He seemed genuinely surprised and sheepishly looked over his shoulder to acknowledge the gesture.

>> The ladies love SC's William Tell. >>

This was business as usual for the Orange County-based rocksters, Something Corporate. A name that plays on the albatross of bands that actually live up to that moniker, SC purposely radiates an eclectic mix of hooks and lyrical fluff with verses like, "It's been a bad day/another bad day/and all I want to do is look at you/ and know I'm okay.  From where I'm sitting these shoes ain't fitting and I'm walking backwards,  looking down, don't see the sky I see the ground."

Un-phased by his zealous fans, singer/pianist Andrew McMahon furiously pounded on the keys of his mid-stage piano and became even more manic when bouncing on the stage playing rock-star.

>> A boy and his piano... >>

He is clearly more comfortable on his bench than on the edge of the stage, churning fan favorites like Punk Rock Princess and the semi-hit “iF yoU C Jordan,” both from last years debut album, Leaving Through The Window.

McMahon is an unlikely hero of sorts. With his golden curly locks atop a small frail frame, physically he is unassuming. But his fans know that there’s more to him than just physical appearance; the endearing quality is his perpetual bond to his piano and the prose is the easy part.