The “Sons Of Steel,” a steel-percussion group from Greenville, North Carolina, intrigued students with their performance in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Thursday night.

Brought together at a summer camp in 1998, the band has been traveling the east coast together for three years performing Calypso and Hard Rock-style music. The six members, Arabian Lisbon,11, on Double Guitar; Adam Bradby, 13, on Tenor Pan; Jaron Doby, 16, on Double Seconds; Jai Doby, 17, on Six Bass; Nicholas Hayes, 21, on Drums; and Tracy Thornton, 31, on Tenor Pan have come a long way. They have opened at many concerts all over the United States for performers such as Lauren Hill, Busta Rhymes, and Jimmy Buffet. Currently, they have just released their second album, titled “Carpe Diem.”

The show was very energetic and lively, bringing cultural diversity to students. The performers often danced, traded instruments, and played blind-folded. Tracks such as “Anything’s Possible,” “Straight Jacket,” and “Kitty Cat,” off of their new album were preformed.

Percussion majors, Jackie Bilbrey and Jason Scholtz, both agreed that “It was amazing to see such talent in musicians that young.” Freshmen, Margaret Pedziwiatr and Mikey Abernathy, agreed that “the way they played Godsmack on instruments normally used for Caribbean Music,” is what they found most interesting.

The show not only entertained the audience, but delivered a message. Sophomores Angie Rehor, Carolyn Smolinski, and Debra Breitenbach said, to them, hearing the different type of music expressed a purpose in the show to promote diversity and bring more culture to Eastern, which was achieved.