
REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A KID, SITTING IN THE CAR, DRIVING SOMEWHERE YOUR PARENTS WERE DRAGGING YOU TO OR
SITTING IN THE GARAGE ON A TIRE “HELPING” YOUR DAD OR BROTHER WORK ON A VEHICLE? MOST PEOPLE DEFINE MOMENTS
OF THEIR LIVES BY A TASTE, SMELL OR TOUCH. BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE ON MUSIC AND HAVE IV-BAGS PUMPING THE
LIKES INTO OUR VEINS, REMEMBER MOMENTS OF OUR LIVES WITH THE SONGS OF THE TIME. LOOKING BACK AT THOSE
MEMORIES, ONLY THE BEST SONGS COME TO MIND. SONGS FROM LED ZEPPELIN, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, THE DOORS, ERIC
CLAPTON, AC/DC, DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, ETC STARTED THE LOVE OF ROCK N ROLL FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS:
PASSION, HONESTY, ENERGY, CHARISMA, PERSONALITY AND MOST OF ALL PRESENCE. AS TIME CONTINUES AND MUSIC EVOLVES,
SOME OF THE BEST SONGS AND BANDS ARE FORGOTTEN AND THE ORIGINAL ROCK N ROLLERS NAMES HAVE ALMOST BEEN
FORGOTTEN. BUT NOT TODAY, WITH THIS ONE BAND: FOSTERCHILD. THROUGHOUT EACH DECADE, THERE’S A BAND THAT
REACHES ABOVE THE MASSES AND CREATES A NAME FOR THEMSELVES THAT SETS THEM APART FROM ALL OTHERS. IT’S NOT
EGO, MONEY, APPEARANCE OR EVEN THE CLASSIC “SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK N ROLL,” IT’S PURE: HONESTY. EVEN I STAND HERE,
REMOTELY “YOUNG,” EVEN THOUGH I REMEMBER THOSE EXACT BANDS BEING PLAYED THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE, TO THOSE
WHO ARE NOW JUST GETTING BACK INTO THEIR YOUTHS AND REMEMBERING WHAT REAL MUSIC IS ALONG WITH THE ONES THAT
ARE MY AGE WAITING TO SEE A NEW BAND AND LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC. EACH MEMBER OF FOSTERCHILD HAS THEIR OWN
HISTORY BUT WHAT MAKES THEM WHOLE, IS BEING UNIFIED AS ONE BY THE MUSIC THEY PLAY, STRAIGHT UP ROCK. THEIR
INFLUENCES ARE APPARENT BUT THAT DOESN’T DETOUR FROM THE ORIGINALITY THE BAND HAS. WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE
IS BRIAN, ERIC, KEVIN AND DANNY. WATCHING EACH MEMBER AS EVERY SONG IS PLAYED IS LIKE WATCHING A DANCE IN FULL
MOVEMENT. THERE’S NOTHING SISSY ABOUT THAT EITHER. BRIAN SHREDS HIS GUITAR ONE SOLO AFTER ANOTHER, REMINDING
PEOPLE OF SLASH AND WONDERING IF HE’S THE NEXT IN LINE FOR HIS TITLE OF BEING ONE OF THE GREATEST GUITAR PLAYERS
IN HISTORY. YES, HE IS MORE THAN WORTHY FOR THAT TITLE. EMOTION ALONG WITH PRECISE MOVEMENT ALLOWS SOME OF THE
SICKEST CHORDS TO BE PLAYED. ERIC IS OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF BRIAN. THERE IS NOTHING SHORT OF DILIGENT PERFECTION
BEING PLAYED ON HIS BASS. THE MEDIUMS OF HIS VOICE GUIDE THE LISTENER INTO A STUPOR AS THEY LISTEN WITH RAPT
ATTENTION. KEVINS PRECISE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS TRADE ALLOWS NOTHING BUT THE BEST BEATS TO BE HEARD. EACH BEAT
BRINGS YOU TO THE EDGE AND BACK AGAIN WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A FLICKER OF UNEASE. THE SECOND THAT DANNY STARTS
TO SING THE FIRST SONG, THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT THE GEM IN THE FORBIDDEN FOREST HAS BEEN FOUND. THE UNIQUENESS
HIS VOICE BRINGS TO THE TABLE IS NOTHING SHORT OF BRILLIANT SPLENDOR. THE HIGHEST HIGH OF HIS VOICE RANGE
REMINDS YOU OF THE GIANTS OF THE PAST AND WONDER IF HE WAS IN SLUMBER FOR A FEW DECADES, WHILE WAITING TO
BRING BACK ROCKS SOUND AT IT’S VERY BEST. THERE ARE VERY FEW THAT CAN SING LED ZEPPELIN TUNES AND SOUND
ACCEPTABLE WITHOUT MAKING A MESS OF THE ORIGINAL SONG. THERE’S NOTHING BUT ABSOLUTE CLARITY THAT HE HAS WHAT
IT TAKES TO COVER ANY ZEPPELIN SONG AND DO IT WITH AS MUCH JUSTICE AS ITS CREATOR. WHILE EACH MEMBER LEAVES
WORD OF ITS PRESENCE IN THE VENUE, THERE IS UNMISTAKABLE NOTION THAT THIS BAND WORKS AS A UNIT AND NO ONE IS
WITHOUT THE OTHER. THE HONESTY IN FOSTERCHILDS SONGS, PERSONALITIES, GIFTS, AND DETERMINATIONS ALONG WITH
OVER ALL PRESENCE LEAVES A MARK ON EVERY PERSON HERE. THERE’S AN UNDENIABLE AGREEMENT THIS BAND IS HERE FOR
THE LONGEVITY OF MUSIC AND HAVE A REWARDING FUTURE AS BEING ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS TO BRING BACK ROCK AT
ITS BEST.




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