The pair eventually bonded over their mutual love for alternative music. He sat down next to me, and looked straight at me and says, ‘Who the fuck is this guy?’ ” "This kid came in late to class and everyone knew him. “Cory and I met in ninth grade," Lea remembers. A freshman, Lea had transferred to Southwest from a private school, and the boisterous Kreig was one of the first people he met. In 1994, singer Brandin Lea and guitarist Cory Kreig met at Southwest High School in Fort Worth and struck up a friendship that became the foundation of Flickerstick. The reunion shows included all five members of the original lineup, plus two new additions to the band. The Dallas darling rock band performed back-to-back shows on June 25 and 26. After the better part of a decade, a local label, a fan-made Facebook group and a good friend named Beau made Flickerstick’s unlikely reunion a reality.Īfter a 13-year hiatus, Flickerstick was finally back on stage together, performing at The House of Blues.
a few times over.Īlthough the group officially disbanded in 2009 after suffering the extremes of the music world's bipolarity, their fans never forgot them and worked relentlessly to get the band reunited. The five-piece Flickerstick band experienced a blitzkrieg of success in the early 2000s after winning a reality TV show, signing a major label record contract and touring the U.S. From major label success to a slow burnout, the Flickerstick story is one of the wildest in Dallas’ rock history, and one that's entirely emblematic of the early aughts: It involves 9/11, Incubus, reality competition shows and the onset of social media.Īt the dawn of the millennium, Deep Ellum bred a thriving music scene that produced a plethora of critically acclaimed bands such as Eisley, Black Tie Dynasty and Flickerstick.
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