After two years of being together, Roses and Sake’s final show might be its performance at Celebration, due to lineup complications.

The band got its name from a song by Atlanta-based rock band, Marvelous 3.

“The line goes, ‘I saw some band called Roses and Sake and they brought back rock and the singer was cocky,” said singer/songwriter Frank Maloney. “I’m not sure how well it describes us.”

The band is looking forward to performing at Eastern. Singer/songwriter Frank Xavier Maloney used to attend Eastern and has been writing songs for nine years, since he was 12.

He plays rhythm guitar and sings.

“Having the guitar is useful because it gives me something to do while I’m away from the mic so I don’t look like a jackass (like) Axl Rose,” Maloney said.

Despite being a student in the past, today will be the band’s first time performing in Charleston.

“We play working man’s tunes for very angry working men,” said drummer Steve McNamee.

Pat “Uncle Paddy” McCarthy plays lead guitar, keyboard and mandolin.

He calls the mandolin a “mando-box” because it looks like a fiddle.

Mark Stankowitz, the newest member of the group, plays trumpet and Frank’s older brother, John A. Maloney, plays bass guitar.

The band’s lyrics cover a lot, including “love, betrayal and the occasional Eskimo Pie,” McNamee said.

But there are also songs about lies, sex, debauchery “and all the shit that makes being alive as horrifying as it is beautiful,” Maloney said.

Roses and Sake draws influence from Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Okkervil River.

McNamee said there is one song they will play for sure.

“Pat refused to play this show unless we agreed to perform ‘Do Wah Diddy,’ so we’ll be playing that at the show,” he said. “Roses and Sake plays rock you can taste with your tongue.”

And the band is about as close-knit as you can get while keeping it PG-13, John said.

“If we were an amusement park ride, we’d be like an old rickety rollercoaster that you keep thinking is about to fly off the track, and maybe it does,” John said.

His brother has a similar analogy.

“I’ve only been on the tilt-a-whirl and water slides,” Frank said. “We’re probably whatever ride people ride till they vomit and then go for one more spin, just to see if they can stand it.”

McNamee anticipates “the good people of EIU” to help the band go out with a bang.

Roses and Sake will perform at 2 p.m. today in the South Quad and are opening for American English.