Rock band Hawthorne Heights made a stop in Cape Girardeau for its "Stripped Down to the Bone" tour.
The band took the stage at 8 p.m. April 9 at Pitters Café and Lounge. Opening bands included Guy Morgan and the FT Crew, Tim Godlove, Sandlot Heroes and Mark Rose.
The band announced this tour on their website as an all acoustic show and had it so they could visit the smaller cities that don't get a lot of the big name bands to perform.
The night started out with Tim Godlove and ended with Guy Morgan and the FT Crew who played after Hawthorne Heights.
Nikki Larson, a sophomore at Southeast Missouri State University, thought it was a little different seeing Hawthorne Heights play an acoustic show when they are usually using electric instruments and do a lot of screaming in their songs.
"I kind of wanted to hear them full force with all the electronics, but it was kind of cool hearing them like that as well," Larson said.
The band played an hour set with songs from each of its albums including big hits such as "Ohio Is For Lovers" and "Niki FM."
Criminal Justice major Chad Grapperhaus felt like the show went really well, even if it was all-acoustic.
"It was something different," Grapperhaus said. "I had never been to an all acoustic concert before and it was worth the money to see something new."
Drummer of Guy Morgan and the FT Crew, Sean Kenney didn't get to meet all the band members, but he was able to meet the lead singer.
"I talked to the lead singer back stage between their set and ours," Kenney said. He was really nice and told me and our guitar player about the tour so far and we talked about equipment and touring."
Hawthorne Heights got its start in 2001 in Dayton, Oh. They have a total of five albums out right now including their most recent album titled "Hate." They have shared stages with other musical acts like Coheed and Cambria, Descendents and From Autumn to Ashes.
This is the first time Hawthorne Heights has ever played in Cape Girardeau. This tour continues with its last date being in Ohio on April 21.
