Considered Rubbish not the average traditional Christian band
By: Haylee Fisher
Issue date: 3/26/09 Section: Entertainment
Although the members of Considered Rubbish think of themselves as a Christian band, they don't try to preach with their music.
Lead singer Drew Wilson said they take influence from bands that play the same kind of music as Rubbish.
"It's a weird thing to be a Christian band right now," he said. "A lot of people hear that and think 'Oh, they'll suck,' and others really perk up when you mention it. We draw inspiration from bands like Thrice and Switchfoot. They are incredible writers but they aren't trying to preach to you. They just really have thought provoking lyrics and that's really what we're going for here."
Considered Rubbish is made up of four guys who came together to make great music. Members Tyler Peppard, CJ Mobley, Justin Pohlmann and Wilson are currently working on their as yet unnamed second album. Each brings a different influence to their songs, and they hope it shows.
"Justin is originally from Louisiana and is our drummer," Wilson said. "He's been a really incredible drummer from the start. He has a really interesting style that really stands out. CJ, who is my cousin, plays bass. He's the youngest member of the band at 19 and goes to college in Tyler. He and Justin have a harder sound, and it really makes whatever I do on guitar sound like it has a hard edge. He's an incredible musician who can play guitar, drums, anything really. Tyler is one of the guitarists and is probably one of the best that I've ever had the opportunity to work with. And I sing lead and mainly play rhythm guitar. I feel like I'm the middle ground - I like hard music but I also like acoustic stuff. When four people come together to make a song, you're going to hear the influences from all of them and hopefully you'll hear that in our songs."
Rubbish has had the opportunity to play with some well-known bands but also with up-and-coming ones as well.
"Over the past couple of years, we've played with The Afters, we opened up for KJ-52, and we played with a really cool band called Midnight to Twelve who has been featured on MTV-2's up-and-coming bands," Wilson said.
Lead singer Drew Wilson said they take influence from bands that play the same kind of music as Rubbish.
"It's a weird thing to be a Christian band right now," he said. "A lot of people hear that and think 'Oh, they'll suck,' and others really perk up when you mention it. We draw inspiration from bands like Thrice and Switchfoot. They are incredible writers but they aren't trying to preach to you. They just really have thought provoking lyrics and that's really what we're going for here."
Considered Rubbish is made up of four guys who came together to make great music. Members Tyler Peppard, CJ Mobley, Justin Pohlmann and Wilson are currently working on their as yet unnamed second album. Each brings a different influence to their songs, and they hope it shows.
"Justin is originally from Louisiana and is our drummer," Wilson said. "He's been a really incredible drummer from the start. He has a really interesting style that really stands out. CJ, who is my cousin, plays bass. He's the youngest member of the band at 19 and goes to college in Tyler. He and Justin have a harder sound, and it really makes whatever I do on guitar sound like it has a hard edge. He's an incredible musician who can play guitar, drums, anything really. Tyler is one of the guitarists and is probably one of the best that I've ever had the opportunity to work with. And I sing lead and mainly play rhythm guitar. I feel like I'm the middle ground - I like hard music but I also like acoustic stuff. When four people come together to make a song, you're going to hear the influences from all of them and hopefully you'll hear that in our songs."
Rubbish has had the opportunity to play with some well-known bands but also with up-and-coming ones as well.
"Over the past couple of years, we've played with The Afters, we opened up for KJ-52, and we played with a really cool band called Midnight to Twelve who has been featured on MTV-2's up-and-coming bands," Wilson said.
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