Rock and Rollers Turning Green

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Boston.com explores the trend of environmental friendly artists:

"The band The Fray is known for chart-topping pop hits like "Over My Head (Cable Car)" and "How to Save a Life," but with its latest tour, which comes to the Tweeter Center tonight, it's adding environmental advocacy to its repertoire.

For its first amphitheater tour, The Fray is carbon offsetting by purchasing renewable energy credits to compensate for the power the band uses in concerts and the bus fuel it burns. The band is selling T-shirts made from organic cotton. Even the bags those T-shirts come in are good for the earth. "There's this company called Bio-Bag that makes a completely biodegradable corn plastic bag for all of our stuff," said guitarist Dave Welsh. Going green has become very rock 'n' roll."

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