Becca Brown has been attending concerts since she was five or six watching Carlos Santana with her father and realized that was an actual thing people could do for a living: be a performing rock musician. (Yes, she IS young enough that this was around the time of Santana's collaboration on "Smooth" with Rob Thomas, and yes we DO both unironically enjoy that song.) From here through more concerts (Elton John) and more exploring of strong women in rock (Janis Jopin), Becca solidified that she wanted performing and watching rock music to top her list of priorities. Her experience acting in School of Rock sealed the deal: she had "sold her soul" to rock. She asked her classical guitar teacher to help with an AC/DC medley for the school talent show (which didn't go over well with the broad, pop-loving student body), and she watched musicals and other performances from she knew with a more keen eye for things like stage presence and the emotion behind the music. Over the years her concert attendance has remained a constant (even though the company and illicit activities may have shifted a bit as she got older), and she hasn't missed a Lollapalooza since 2006. After developing a love for Green Day's American Idiot in high school and seeing them live six times, she's currently gracing the stage herself with the first Chicago production of the stage musical of the same name with The Hypocrites. Rock is a flat circle. 

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