The Zero Sum is bringing its industrial sound to campus for an Earth Day concert.
MavRadio is hosting an Earth Day special filled with live coverage and live music Tuesday.
Reports on going green, smart cars and eCigarettes will be featured throughout the day along with live reports to engage listeners.
“I hope listeners realize the reporters at MavRadio care about our community,” said Suzanne Fuhrer, general manager at MavRadio. “I want listeners to see and understand that MavRadio really believes in entertaining and informing them through reliable, trustful reporting.”
The event will feature The Zero Sum, an Omaha band consisting of vocalist Wren Soryn, guitarists Tom Lynch and Tony Hemann, drummer Lowell Owen and bassist Ryan Murphy.
“We have worked with The Zero Sum in the past and we felt the students at UNO deserved to see how talented the band is,” Fuhrer said.
Attendees can expect a new take on electronics and sequenced backing tracks, which sets the band apart from other artists.
“This type of music was very popular in the late 90s, but seemed to go away,” Owen said. “It appears to be making a return and this is our updated take on it.”
Along with popularity throughout the metro, the group has had record sales in places like Germany and France.
Something the band didn’t expect.
“In all honesty, we were just looking at doing a project that was more about musical substance than it was about appearance,” Owen said. “Apparently we are not the only ones out there with this same passion.”
The band aims to produce hard rock/ industrial music in a pop format to carry out its musical vision.
The Zero Sum shares its message with anyone who listens and hopes listeners take something away from the music.
“Our music is about one thing: The idea that one should think for themselves, and question authority,” Owen said. “I think sometimes we forget that everything we do in life is because of a choice.”
Owen hopes people will listen to the band’s message and see them play again. Playing live allows the band to connect with everyone on a personal level and those connections drive the group to make and share music.
“In my humble opinion, there are a few things more amazing than going to an amazing live performance and feeling that you were part of something very special that night,” Owen said.
The band is ready to play Tuesday’s Earth Day show and encourages everyone to come out for an hour of free music and good weather.
“We hope to introduce some people to us who would not normally see us in the sequence of their everyday lives,” Owen said. “We’re stoked.”
