Lip service: The Greeting Method is excited about 2012.
ERIN PEARSON
A NEW bass player will help make 2012 the year of The Greeting Method, according to frontman Reagan Lowry.
He said the Geelong progressive rock had welcomed Keaton Marin after going through a succession of bass players in the past five years.
Marin joins Lowry on guitar and vocals and Adam Zaffarese on drums to complete the three-piece.
Lowry said the band was a long time in the making but now “fits like a glove”.
“We feel like we’re a unit now. We’ve found the right people,” he said.
“We’re comfortable and productive at the same time. It’s good to have that stability.”
Lowry said the “solid vision” shared between the members would give The Greeting Method a basis to achieve success on the rock scene.
The band would now “embrace” 2012 as an opportunity to focus on its music while building fans in Australia and overseas.
“We’ve been touring around and we’ve been really well received,” Lowry said.
“It reaffirms that, at the time you’re working very hard and doing it because you love it, it’s paying off.
“We’re no passing fad. This is our life and what we want to do.”
Lowry said Albany then Sydney were the next stops for The Greeting Method before returning home for a Geelong show.
The touring had built the band’s worldliness so it could “grab the bull by the horns into the future”.
Lowry said The Greeting Method’s attitude of defiance, which resonated throughout its lyrics, would add “a touch of psychology” to the newfound focus.
“We hope people come away from a gig feeling something real. A lot of bands are very fake and produced these days, we want our music to have a bit more raw emotion.
“We want to revitalise the honest and artistic side of music.”
The Greeting Method plays the Barwon Club on February 3.
