PSU Stop, Rock and Vote drew crowds of students into HUB Heritage Hall late Friday night, while the College Democrats registered students to vote in the upcoming presidential election.

The event featured six bands, including Tokyo Vertigo, Tiberius, MoGreenSpecial, Chris Gibbons, Witsend and Dr. Naqleus.

Tokyo Vertigo opened the event for a crowd of about 100 people. Following the performance, the crowd thinned but the number of people fluctuated throughout the night.

"It's gone in waves. We'll have 100, 10, 100, 10. But overall I am happy with the turnout," College Democrats President Megan Green said.

Green said that with the exception of Tiberius, all were student bands. Each group performed for about an hour and played 10 to 15 songs.

By the end of the night the College Democrats had registered about 100 people to vote, Green said. She added that on an average weekday, they register about the same number of people on campus.

"The reason we are playing here tonight is to encourage you all to vote. This isn't a party thing," Brett Gildersleeve, of Tokyo Vertigo, said to the audience. "A lot of people in this world can't vote, but you can. So you shouldn't be sitting on your couch [on Election Day]."

Green said she told the groups to be non-partisan, but some band members wore T-shirts expressing their political views. Although some performers were openly endorsing Sen. John Kerry, no one criticized President George W. Bush or the Republican Party.

"We really need events like this to make kids aware and get them out to vote ... and hopefully beat Bush," John Marsh of Tokyo Vertigo said.