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SOCIAL UNDERGROUND

“I just don’t like shoes. I feel so free without them,” says Chantel Johnston an 18-year-old singer/songwriter from Deseronto . When she was little, she never wore shoes anywhere.

 “It is like my trademark. I don’t wear shoes when I play.  It is just my space and shoes get in the way.”

The Social Underground is a young rock band that plays gigs at many bars in Napanee and Kingston. The band consists of Johnston, Tyler Wright and Cory Coles. Johnston is the lead singer, Wright is the guitarist and backup vocalist and Coles plays the drums and also does backup vocals.

The band started playing together five to six months ago and had their first acoustic gig at Loaf and Ale in Napanee. They still play there frequently. The young band leads a busy life while dealing with their band and going to school.

They band concentrates on creating their own sound along with playing the rock hits that every one loves. They have so much passion for the art of music and they all play their own important role and personality. Johnston is the lead and the boss.  Coles is the ‘beat’ -- rocking out in his signature bandanna and sunglasses and Wright is the goof and jokester in the band.

“I work the boys really hard, but they are usually good sports about the whole thing,” says Johnston.

“She is a slave driver!” says Wright.

“But we love her anyway,” says Coles.

Johnston goes to Loyalist College, and is taking the business administration human resource management program.

“I am currently at Loyalist College and I am loving every moment of it!” says Johnston. She takes part in a lot of the schools activities, such as student council and working for The Shark Tank Pub.

Wright does not do much when it comes to life without the band. He likes to play his PlayStation 3 in his spare time when he’s not practising.

According to Coles, his whole life revolves around music and this band. He has always wanted to play ever since he was little.

“I remember when I was six years old waking up in my father’s bed looking around and there would be drums and guitar.  It was like the whole band was ready to play at any time,” says Coles.

“It is so difficult in this industry where people have done everything twice. We’re trying to put originality into it but we can only do the best we can,” says Wright.

The Social Underground simply for the love of music. They all love making people dance and smile and say they would spend their entire lives doing what it is they are doing right now.

“I most look forward to the rush. Like when you go up on stage, the crowd is rooting for you, you’re playing your sound, you are putting everything on the line for these guys, and the feeling you get when they love it, it’s a feeling that you can’t get anywhere else,” says Wright.

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