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- **Posted:** 2025-04-15T04:14:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** McCallum Journalism (@macjournalism) — https://gondola.cc/macjournalism

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THE HOLE SHEBANG: The grand prize of the Battle of the Bands competition put on by the guitar program in February was to have the opportunity to perform at local live music institution Hole in the Wall, so yesterday the overall winner Malaysia Brunei got to perform. The incentive was similar for the overall fan favorite winner of the competition as they would have the opportunity to open for the overall winner. The band Nonsense, the fan-favorite, opened for Malaysia Brunei, and a performance by the classical guitar program kicked off the night’s festivities. 

Despite their relative inexperience, Nonsense held their own and then some on Sunday. The band consists of all freshmen, one playing the bass, another the drums, and the third on the electric guitar. Lead singer and bassist Preston Cobb explained that the band formed for the competition but their love for performance goes farther back.

“I mean really, we started the band just out of a love for music,” Cobb said. “I loved listening to music. I love playing music, so a couple of friends of mine got together and formed a band. We played a battle of bands, happened to win, and now we’re here.”

Nonsense performed a couple original songs at Hole in the Wall, but mostly the band performed covers. A cover of the White Stripes song “Fell in Love With a Girl” was very positively received by the audience and helped to close out their set. Cobb enjoys performing covers with his band, but hopes to switch to more original music in the future.

“Hopefully we can do fewer covers in the future,” Cobb said. “It’s the whole challenge to figure out who’s doing what in a song. Hopefully we’ll switch to more originals soon but make the same kind of punky rock music.”

With a similar punk rock genre, Malaysia Brunei took the stage after Nonsense concluded their set. The lead singer Kingsley Taylor was able to mesmerize the small audience in attendance with an expressive stage presence and strong vocals. Taylor jumped off the stage multiple times to mosh with the crowd, and bassist Wyatt Philpott hopped off to play down below as well. 

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