{"id":513,"date":"2014-06-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2014\/2014\/06\/01\/rock-on-the-range-2014-day-two\/"},"modified":"2014-06-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-01T00:00:00","slug":"rock-on-the-range-2014-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2014\/2014\/06\/01\/rock-on-the-range-2014-day-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock On the Range 2014: Day Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Columbus, Ohio promised sunshine for Day Two of Rock on the Range<\/a>, and by early Saturday morning it was pretty evident that we had no such luck. Sponsors and staff manned each and every entrance to Crew Stadium, armed with ponchos to hand out to already wet and weary rangers. What looked like a sea of garbage bags was really a dedicated horde of music revelers who stuck it out right from the start, filling the Ernie Ball Stage up in preparation for some Christian rock.<\/p>\n

Kicking off the festivities was female fronted Stars In Stereo<\/a>. With everyone’s ears still ringing from the night before, the melodic tone of front woman Bec Hollcraft’s vocals were a great way to ease into the harsher male dominated lineup to follow. Fellow Christian rockers We As Human<\/a> hopped on next, wowing the crowd with their nonstop antics. Between climbing the scaffolding, towering high above the stage, and jumping into the pit for some crowd participation, the set was anything but dull.<\/p>\n

The Main Stage didn’t get off to quite as energetic of a start, with opener Rev Theory<\/a> clearly growing frustrated by the lack of enthusiasm. As the rain poured down for the worst storm of the day, the band did their best to distract the crowd and finally succeeded when they broke into “Hell Yeah”, during which it was nearly impossible not to crack a smile.<\/p>\n

The J\u00e4germeister Stage hosted one of the biggest breakout acts of the weekend next. Pennsylvania’s Crobot<\/a> reminded rangers what true rock ‘n’ roll is all about – dirty, grungy hooks to bring the genre back to its purest form.<\/p>\n

The sun finally started to “Shimmer” when Fuel<\/a> took the stage to rock out to some newer tracks followed by the old favorites. The second half of their set was a welcome throwback for twenty-something’s to reminisce their glory days.<\/p>\n

Winning the award for quirkiest band of the day was Sweden’s Avatar<\/a>. The metal band’s short J\u00e4germeister Stage set provided some unique entertainment while the main stage was set up for Pop Evil.<\/p>\n