Perhaps
the most stunning feature of the performance was the silence. After
each number, a stunning silence filled the hall as the audience consumed
the last of the power chord or six part vocal harmony. The last song,
“Peace Be With You, Dawg.” left the audience sobbing. Never
had deafening guitar solos blended so well with a gospel choir. As the
concert ended, it was announced that the proceeds from the rock tee
shirts sold outside the concert hall would go towards promoting peace
between nerds and bullies. Thousands of shirts were sold in a matter
of minutes, as those that were unable to get tickets for the concert
flooded the sales kiosks to buy their rock tee shirts.
That
night, there were no police sirens throughout all of New York City.
Gang bangers had decided to take the night off, and drugees got a natural
high from the music of “Rock My Gospel.” Suddenly it seemed they
no longer needed hallucinogens to believe in God. Angry cabbies were
suddenly subdued by the steely lyrics emanating over the airwaves. The
news of this phenomenal new band spread across the world faster than
nuclear radiation. Within hours of “Rock My Gospel’s” first performance,
Chinese artists were scrambling for a way to record a knock off, and
Indian’s were figuring out how to translate the lyrics into something
more up beat. When interviewed by the BBC, Rock My Gospel’s leader,
Sivle Yeslserp said, “it was about time that people wake up and work
together for once, if that means I gotta tell them through my guitar
solos and our Choir’s power chords, so be it, I gotta get the word
out.”
Rock
tee shirts for “Rock My Gospel” sold out worldwide in less than
a week. New York City has yet to “recover” from the initial
shock of seeing a new kind of musical fusion being born in its stadium.
For the first time ever, people in central park nodded to one another
and tipped their hats. In the wake of this successful opening, critics
everywhere wondered where the band would go next. Yet “Rock
My Gospel” never performed again. One night a bright pillar of light
flashed on top of the tour bus for “Rock My Gospel”, and the band
disappeared.