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Photo story: The Home Team, The Kennedy Sway, Summer Wars, Afterwords

February 17th, 2019: Hard Rock Cafe

Photo story: The Home Team, The Kennedy Sway, Summer Wars, Afterwords February 20, 2019

Nicole is a small town farm girl who has come to the big city to attend the University of Washington as well as to explore what it’s like to take pictures of more than just trees. Everything that she has learned about real music has been taught to her by the Jonas Brothers.

Afterwords opens the night at the Hard Rock Cafe. // Photo by Nicole Hagens

On Sunday night, the Hard Rock Cafe was filled with pop-punk stylings from local groups The Home Team, The Kennedy Sway, and Afterwords, as well as North Carolina’s Summer Wars. This show marked the end of The Home Team’s West Coast tour, and all four groups had the crowd bumping to the beat from beginning to end.

Afterwords steps out onto the Hard Rock Cafe stage to begin a pop-punk filled night.

The music attracted a murmuring crowd to the venue, and the members of Afterwords humorously remind them not to get too crazy.
Afterwords plays "The Deep End," a song they recently crafted a music video for.
Tripp Rowe takes the mic, representing Summer Wars with an acoustic version of their music.
Rowe pulls on the heartstrings of both his audience and his guitar as his music grabs the attention of the crowd.

Next up is The Kennedy Sway. Lead vocalist Andrew Kennedy intensifies the energy in the room, playing songs such as “Death Bed Confessions," or, " 'Death Bed Concessions,' for that time you’re lying in a hospital bed and want a snack.”

The drive is too high in this venue for the audience to only sway.

The bass player introduced the song “Sad Bitch” by saying it was named after him for being a sad bitch who never met Britney Spears. 

The Home Team breaks out onto the stage, and the audience runs to the edge as lead vocalist Brian Butcher introduces the band.

Guitarist John Baran fills the performance with vitality as he catches rhythmic air.

Guitarist Nathaniel Zabörac mimics the audience as they all nod their heads to the pulse of the music.

The Home Team played a mix of their longstanding and latest songs, including "Jack of All Trades" and "Since We All Fell Apart."
Bassist Anthony Uy tinkers with the energy of the crowd.

From start to finish, Butcher danced and kicked the night away.

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Nicole is a small town farm girl who has come to the big city to attend the University of Washington as well as to explore what it’s like to take pictures of more than just trees. Everything that she has learned about real music has been taught to her by the Jonas Brothers.