Before NTOR took the stage on Thursday night at the Port Washington Public Library, a couple of librarians walked into the event center while the band was doing its sound check.

"They told us to keep it down," explained the band's 13-year-old lead singer Joe Panico, "so we made it louder."

Natural born rockers.

NTOR, an alternative electro-pop band made of up five Weber Middle School students, played an hour-long free concert, and left their fans who packed the library's event center wanting more. 

Fans, like 12-year-old Olivia Burwell, sang and danced along to familiar tunes, but were also happy to hear some new ones.

"It was very creative," Burwell said of the band's performance. "Everyone loves them, and they were especially good tonight."

The band played their usual set-list, jamming to popular tunes such as Blur's "Song 2" and The Beatles "A Little Help From My Friends," but new covers like "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey, "Kids" by MGMT, and "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z, proved to be the most popular on the evening.

"Believin' is my favorite song and they played it well," said  Zach Avazis, 13, who was seeing his friends live for the first time. "I've seen them on YouTube all the time, but not live. They were really good."

Olivia Ressa, 12, said she has been to all of the band's concerts and claims to be NTOR's biggest fan. She said she thought they had one of their best performances.

"They were amazing," said Ressa, who also didn't hide her admiration for the lead singer. "I'm at every concert, and I've been best friends with Joe since we were two. We got married when we were four, we had a fake wedding. I love Joe!"

Kain Summerlin, who plays lead guitar for NTOR, said he was excited to perform at the library and thought the crowd was really into it.

"At the beginning, I was nervous, but when I got on stage I was like, I'm going to show them what I can do," Summerlin said. "It was just awesome playing here."

Panico agreed with his band mate, and didn't hide his pre-concert jitters.

"We were all back there and we did a group huddle and said, 'Let's go out and do the best we can do,'" Panico said.

Next up for the band, which also includes Jenny Aguiar on keyboard, Will Berger on drums and Wyatt Sempliner on bass, is HarborFest on Sunday, where the band will perform five songs. After that, it's back to practice and playing more gigs for a band with its eyes on the top. 

"We're definitely going to try and get some studio times," Summerlin said. "We're going to make some new songs, and play some more covers."

For more information about NTOR, visit www.ntorband.com