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Young band from Boston, Westland, is on the rise

Meghan Hole

Issue date: 9/8/09 Section: Arts & Society
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The members of Westland are pictured above. Though the band hails from Massachuesetts, they chose their name due to their desire to move to California as well as a street name in the city of Boston where two of the members reside. The band lists both modern and contemporary bands as influences including the likes of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Blink-182, Amberlin, and Copeland.
Media Credit: Photo Courtesy of Omar Alamoudi
The members of Westland are pictured above. Though the band hails from Massachuesetts, they chose their name due to their desire to move to California as well as a street name in the city of Boston where two of the members reside. The band lists both modern and contemporary bands as influences including the likes of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Blink-182, Amberlin, and Copeland.
Welcome to the second week of school, ladies and gents. Is everyone finally getting settled into classes? Or has the Senioritis already kicked in for those of us graduating this year? Let's hope not.

On to more important things like… music. This week's band is one from Boston, and they call themselves Westland. I asked them a few questions on what it's like to be them, and what their take on everything is.

Meghan Hole: How long have you guys been a band?
Westland: Westland has been a band for about six months.

MH: Why do you call yourselves Westland?
WL: Jon and Ryan live on Westland Avenue in Boston. Also, we wanna move west to California.

MH: Why do you want to move to California?
WL: It's one of the reasons why our name is Westland. Also, everyone's in Cali[fornia]. (Laughs)

MH: What's it like being from Boston? Has that influenced any of your music?
WL: The band is from Boston, but we are all originally from all over the world. Boston is a great scene to start a band though.

MH: How did you choose your current lineup?
WL: Before Westland was a band, Aaron and Ryan had another band called Spectacular Spectacular, with similar songs and different lineup changes in Cape Cod. Aaron and Jon, old friends from their hometown in Pennsylvania, began reforming the band along with Ryan in Boston. Jon came up to Boston to go to Berklee, where he met Carlo from Switzerland, another Berklee student. Jon and Carlo are the only Berklee students in the band. Then we met Jeff, the missing link. He fulfilled everything that was needed - especially in business.
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