The power trio Crash Kings took the Center Square Stage on Sunday with their inexplicably heavy pop rock, considering that when you look at their instruments, you have a bass, drums, and a keyboard. But frontman Tony Beliveau plays that tricked out Clavient like no other person I’ve seen lately, with the huge whammy bar and familiar distortion effects typical of an electric guitar.

Attributed to massive airplay on local station 107.7 The End, throngs of teenagers and twenty-somethings alike came over to Center Square, previously inhabited by a roller coaster, to see Crash Kings. Their songs are not only incredibly catchy on their self-titled debut, but the band puts on quite the live show, one that you’d expect from a much more seasoned band with more than three members. But the synergy between Tony and his bassist brother Mike helped make up for the small number of members.

I didn’t manage to catch the Crash Kings’ set at the KEXP Lounge earlier that day, but from what I heard, they rocked it just as hard.

Go to http://crashkingsmusic.com/

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