It’s toured all over the West Coast, performing in big cities such as San Diego, Calif., and Seattle, Wash., and just about everywhere in between, including a stop here in Eugene about a month and a half ago. But The Storrow Band, composed of Martin Storrow, Jeff Riddle and Ian Mac Manus, is making a special second stop just for Eugeneans Wednesday at Cozmic Pizza.
The Storrow Band formed in San Diego, where the three musicians were attending college. While Storrow was on a mission to make a solo career for himself, he recruited the talents of Riddle and Mac Manus to help him out in the studio. There, they found something they hadn’t quite expected: the formation of a fantastic new band. The three enjoyed playing together so much that Storrow decided to pursue the sound the three had created.
Since that fateful day, The Storrow Band has put out a self-titled debut album and embarked on a tour that allowed the group to meet all kinds of new people. It’s one of the many things the members enjoy about being in a band: sticking around after concerts to meet their eclectic fans.
“That’s something we always make time for, no matter how big or small a show,” Storrow said. “That was the thing I loved about going to concerts growing up – the bands that would stick around, sign your album and talk to you, inspire you. That’s always something that we like to do, and it’s really important to us that we do it.”
Meeting the band isn’t the only thing concert-goers can expect from The Storrow Band’s performance, however.
“We’re definitely ready to show the audience a really good time. We’re ready to give them a show that will blow them away – and that’s a guarantee,” Storrow said. “The audience can expect music that is very genuine; they can expect to see a lot of our personality. But I think the most important thing that you can expect from our show is not just to be blown away, but also develop that sense of community. It’s a good mix that we have. It’s like, we want to leave the audience with a great show, but at the end of the day we also want to meet you and know who you are, get to know you as a fan and make friends.”
While old friends return for shows, The Storrow Band loves seeing new faces in the crowd. What’s even better is that the audienceisn’t just one sort of person. A wide variety of people find somethingenjoyable in the music The Storrow Band produces.
“We play to a big range of people, but that’s something that we’ve been grappling with,” Storrow said. We’ve been trying to figure out what our demographic is because we’re trying to market ourselves to certain groups of people. But really, with this type of music we’re fortunate in the sense that we get college students and high school students who really latch on, and then people our parents’ age find something they enjoy in it, too.”
But Storrow isn’t ready to put a label on the type of music the band plays.
“The best way to know what we’re about is just to come to the show, because that’s where wereally shine,” he said. “The music has all different influences in it and it shines in different ways for different people. That’s what I like about it.”
The Storrow Band is excitedfor its third show in Eugene and looks forward to seeing new facesin the crowd.
“We love Eugene. The University’s got such a beautiful campus,” Storrow said. “We’re very thankful for the opportunity to come back. We arereally looking forward to this show.”
The Storrow Band willbe at Cozmic Pizza, 199 W.Eighth St. in downtown Eugene.
The all-ages show begins at 8:30 p.m. and costs $5. For moreinformation on The Storrow Band,visit www.thestorrowband.com or www.myspace.com/thestorrowband.

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