Neverfall: ‘making a scene’ on the WU/Rock Hill scene
Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 3:12PM 
Local band Neverfall prefer the “rock star” lifestyle. Photo provided by Ariel Austin.By Ariel Austin
Most closely described as a refreshing new take on the Metal scene, Neverfall is not only making their mark in Greenville, S.C., but is now taking on the Rock Hill/Charlotte area as well.
With not one but two shows at the Money, obviously their road to the “rock star” lifestyle, with all the fame and fortune, has just begun.
Forming in September 2010, Sean Lock had been involved in the instrumental band “The Pedestrians,” and had played drums for 15 years and guitar for 3-4 years. Even with being in The Pedestrians, he was looking for a group of great guys who wanted to get involved in a heavy sound and a harder genre of music.
After knowing Drew Durham since Sean’s senior year, it was obvious who the lead guitarist would be. Drew’s background of Dio, Whitesnake, Metallica, and many others put him in the frontline of a great asset to Sean’s vision of a spectacular rock band. Next, he met Mike Brushaber, a guy who didn’t follow the typical “look” of heavy metal but who could shock everyone with his talent of dominating the bass and wailing on the lowest of low notes. Well, that left a drummer.
Typically, drummers are easily found and replaced, and often only come out as mediocre, but not this time. Sean already knew who the new drummer for Neverfall would be, after only a year of knowing him: Ethan McGuinn. With Ethan’s masterfully in-sync beats, Drew’s hypnotically brilliant guitar riffs, Mike’s exceptional manipulation of the bass, and Sean’s raw voice and magnificent direction of sound and talent, Neverfall was born.
Like any good band, Neverfall’s plans to eventually “sell out stadiums” and go on a regular touring circuit is not only a bit unrealistic, but slightly naïve, but that didn’t stop them. Even with only three shows, their popularity and fan following seems to grow by the day. 60-70 people are expected to attend their future shows at the Money, not including their following in Greenville.
When choosing the Money as a venue and Rock Hill as a show destination, the members all agree that it’s down to wherever they get booked, but also one of the many destinations they’ve actually shown significant interest in.
When bands are first starting out on the music circuit, getting to play at different venues basically depends on fellow bands and their crowds, but Neverfall has an advantage in this difficult area; they are not only well known through crowds but also with other bands who share the same love for music. Even with the constant upset of different schedules, colliding views, etc., they nevertheless persevere to create a sound most Metal bands don’t have, and the sight of playing from the heart that most bands have lost.
Neverfall is different in a sense that they take from the older, traditional style of rock n’ roll, instead of wasting time on low tuning and over editing their music. They bring different musical styles and aspects together to form a unique sound that cannot be duplicated, by going back to basics and appreciating music in all implication of the word. They go by one simple rule: don’t play the same venue in the same city, in the same month. Most bands in their genre overplay a city till the city itself is sick of their sound, whileNeverfall keeps moving to spread their sound and expand their theme back to the music world: to remember when music was, what it should be.
