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good music does too,” he said.
Theresa Connor, a Chicago resi
dent visiting Omaha, said she was
surprised with the local music scene.
“I didn’t expect such a good envi
ronment for music before I actually
saw it, but Omaha really isn’t all that
bad,” she said. “I’ve seen a lot of good
bands here.
“Contrary to the opinion of most
out-of-towners, Omaha is not a farm
town,” she said. “I’d say it’s more of
a punk town.”
Hometown support is important
for success. Members of the Lincoln
Omaha music scene said the two cities
are a nurturing environment for de
veloping bands.
Mike Keeling works at Duffy’s Tav
ern, 1412 O St., where many local
bands play. Keeling called Nebraska
audiences “supportive.”
“That’s what has made it possible
for bands such as Mercy Rule to make
names for themselves,” Keeling said.
People are going to the bars any
way, Sommerich said. Bandsjustneed
to appeal to those people, he said.
“The key is to get people who just
go out to the bars to drink interested in
what original bands are doing,” he
said.
But talent, venues and hometown
support do not a successful scene make.
What else could an ambitious young
band ask for?
Money, Sink said.
Few people want to invest in local
bands, he said. That lack of funding
hinders the area’s bid for national
success, Sink said.
“If somebody with money was in
terested, he could make more money
with the talent available in the Omaha
and Lincoln area,” he said. “There’s
just a capital shortage.”
Young people could give financial
and moral support to new bands, but
Omaha and Lincoln have few places
for under-21 audiences. Access to that
high school-aged audience and to their
wallets could boost many local bands
to more widespread success.
Omaha concert-goer Emily Perkins
said she catches all the all-ages shows
she can.
“There are a lot of good bands here,
we just need more places to show it
off,” Perkins said. “Then we could
become a pretty big city for music.”
Steve Moeller of Omaha agreed
with Perkins’ sentiment.
“I think giving the younger people
in Omaha the opportunity to support
bands will only help the scene,” he
said.
If the center of the country were
also center stage for the country’s
music scene, bands, fans and the local
businesses would reap the benefits.
Rod Finch said at a December:
Mousetrap concert that the rest of the I
country had a lot to learn about Ne
braskans.
“We’re not all farmers,” said Finch
of Omaha. “I think that’s what having
a good music scene tells the rest of the
country.”
A tew local bands are already
spreading the word and the music.
Kevin Gude, guitarist for the Lin
coln band Throttle, said bands with
record deals and national followings
have given other bands hope for their
own success.
“You can see the success of bands
like Mercy Rule and the Millions,” he
said.
National recognition for the rest of
the scene is possible, Gude said, but it
might take a few years.
Some fans like Finch don’t want
Lincoln and Omaha to become the
next big music scene.
“It would be cool to see a band from
Omaha or Lincoln really make it big,”
Finch said, “but I’d also like to keep
the best bands just for us.”
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