Where: The Maintenance Shop

When: 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27

Cost: $6 students, $8 public (increases $1 the day of the show)

Hear them: www.myspace.com/blackpoollights

Members: Jim Suptic – vocals/guitar, Brain Everard – bass guitar, Chris Clark – lead guitar

Influence and style: “At this point there’s so many,” said frontman Jim Suptic. He listed off Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Replacements, The Beatles and Nirvana as influences.

Their story: The band, from Kansas City, Mo., was formed in 2004 with former members of the bands The Get Up Kids, The Belles and The Creature Comforts (according to www.myspace.com/blackpoollights).

“I was in the band Get Up Kids, and we broke up so I got together with the guys that I met through other bands playing in Kansas City. I am one of the original members along with Brain Everard,” Suptic said.

Their first album, “This Town’s Disaster,” was released in the U.S. in June 2006 from Curb Appeal Records. They have also released a five-track tour EP.

If you could perform with anyone, who would it be? Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Favorite fan story: “Some fans who came to the last Get Up Kids show followed us around in Kansas City filming us.”

– By Rachel Trampel,

Daily Correspondent