{"id":371,"date":"2005-09-21T10:48:54","date_gmt":"2005-09-21T07:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/?p=371"},"modified":"2012-10-03T10:51:22","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T07:51:22","slug":"bonus-rocks-the-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/2005\/09\/21\/bonus-rocks-the-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonus Rocks the College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lights fade. A yellow box illuminates the center stage.   Behind the curtains, someone strikes chords on an acoustic guitar. Then, a drum   triplet blasts the curtains open, warping the audience to the 1980s as the   instruments pump out the <em>Scorpions<\/em>\u2019, \u201cRock you like a   hurricane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rock band <em>Bonus <\/em>performed live on Sept. 23 at the   Pierce Theater. The Deree College Ambassadors organized the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to rock this college,\u201d said Nassos, <em>Bonus\u2019s<\/em> lead singer and acoustic guitarist, after the opening song.   \u201cWe\u2019re going to turn this place into a School of Rock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attendance was lower than expected due to poor weather   conditions, said college ambassador Aikaterini Papaioannou. The audience,   however, applauded the band with shout outs and requests. Students waved   lighters and lit cell phone screens as Nassos belted that the \u201cShow must go   on!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two of the band\u2019s four members \u2013 Nassos and solo guitarist and   singer Argyris Kiousis \u2013 performed several songs at the campus Goody\u2019s on Sept.   16 to encourage students to attend the concert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were so born in the wrong generation,\u201d said senior Thespina   Pavlidou, after hearing the band\u2019s rendition of \u201cRoxanne.\u201d Enthused by <em>Bonus\u2019s<\/em> Goody\u2019s recital, Pavlidou opened her wallet and set aside   10-euros from her weekly cab fare allowance to pay for the actual concert.<\/p>\n<p>The band\u2019s roots grip the blues genre, but now they \u201cjust like   to play rock because it\u2019s common with everybody,\u201d said Nassos.<\/p>\n<p>Kiousis agreed: \u201cIt\u2019s so full of energy.\u201d Nassos said that   during the Goody\u2019s performance, \u201cPeople felt it. It became one big party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Bonus<\/em> came together two summers ago when the band\u2019s   members met in Antiparos, explained Kiousis. \u201cWe were just groups of friends   jammin\u2019 together.\u201d Since then, the band has held a large concert at the Escape   Center and smaller concerts at bars like Mike\u2019s Irish Pub.<\/p>\n<p>The American College of Greece caught wind of <em>Bonus<\/em> when Nassos sent a demo tape to the school. The Cultural Affairs Department   passed the tape along to the Deree College Ambassadors. The ambassadors greeted   people at the door, sold concert tickets and provided refreshments during the   intermission.<\/p>\n<p>Nassos said that he expected the best from the students. \u201cIt\u2019s   their energy we feed from. But they also feed from ours. We gave it our all and   that\u2019s what we got.\u201d His final note to the audience was neither guitar nor   lyric. It was simply: \u201cPeace and love. 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