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...treacherous midterm season has descended on the campus. The theater, usually reserved for sleepy-eyed Social Analysis10 students and sedate Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra concert-goers, was filled to the brim with anxious fans awaiting the three rambunctious frontmen with Boston roots better known as Dispatch. Braddigan (Brad Corrigan), Chetro (Chad Urmston), and Repete (Pete Heimbold) turned what would have been a great opportunity to catch up on study and sleep into an energy-filled, dancing-in-the-isles, let’s-break-some-guitar-strings, sing-along fest that didn’t let out until a little before...
...stardom” and ‘fame,” Dispatch try to keep a collective level head. While they enjoy playing the bigger venues and reaching more people with their music, the guys don’t like to think of themselves as rockstars. Chetro explained, “As far as a level of stardom goes, that doesn’t really register.” Repete agreed, “It’s still for us all about the people and our show. All of a sudden we’re playing in a room...
...their seats as the band urged them to clap along to crowd pleasers like “Bang, Bang,” “Small Change,” “Bats in the Belfry” and “The General.” Chetro, donning a black Rage Against the Machine t-shirt and a head full of the happiest blond curls ever, enchanted listeners with his smooth reggae-influenced vocals, while Braddigan provided intricate drum solos à la The Who’s Keith Moon and Repete pounded out bass lines soulful enough...
With a hectic tour schedule on the horizon and the Nov. 6 release of their latest album, Gut the Van, a live compilation of many popular Dispatch songs, Braddigon, Chetro and Repete are not looking to slow down any time soon. Armed with a growing fan base and the word-of-mouth popularity that landed them an opportunity to play the FleetBoston Pavilion last June, Dispatch are an up-and-coming phenomenon with enough pull to get students all too concerned with grades to stay out way past their bedtimes. Longtime Dispatch fan Kerry M. Houlihan...
...began to grow strong and devout. “Sometimes before a show people will come up to us and tell us that they drove from Pennsylvania to see us. That kind of thing first started happening when we played the Middle East again and again” said Chetro. Though they remember the Central Square venue as being “like a dungeon and really gritty,” Chetro acknowledged that when trying to get the music to the people,“that’s just how you do it. We were psyched...