About the Band

Growing up in Los Angeles, Darren loved Hip Hop and Rap music. When he was 13, he heard Nirvana for the first time and it changed everything. From that time on, all he wanted to do was play guitar. When his parents wouldn’t let him have a guitar, he convinced his cross country coach to lend him the money to buy his first guitar, a right handed cream colored Fender Stratocaster that he restrung to be left handed. After figuring out how to play Sunshine of Your Love, he got tips, chords, and books from anyone he could and within 6 months, was playing in his first band. This is where his love for Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pavement, and Stone Temple Pilots grew along with many other angsty bands of the early 90s.

He played in several bands in high school and college, doing some regional tours and hearing great music all throughout the West. After realizing he needed a day job because songs about boiling gummy bears and girls with IBS weren’t going to pay the bills, he earned his Computer Science degree and now works in IT.

When he’s not playing with the band or driving his 3 daughters around, he likes watching movies, backpacking, and working on his vocal impressions of the great singers of the 90s. Hopefully he can get close enough for you to enjoy!

Music was an important part of David’s life growing up and he was surrounded by rock and R&B. David decided he wanted to play guitar after he attended his very first concert with ZZ Top. He started playing an acoustic guitar at 17 and got his first electric guitar at the age of 21. Shortly thereafter, he played guitar in a few local cover bands including an 80’s hair cover band called The Sons of Thunder.

During that same time, he also worked as a professional mobile disc jockey in the Houston, Texas market and would play numerous events (corporate & private parties, wedding receptions, bar mitzvahs and proms) including performing remote broadcasts for Houston rock stations, Power 104.1 KRBE and Rock 101.1 KLOL. He also started his own entertainment agency call Pink Noise Entertainment.

David moved back home to Colorado to start another business and is a native of Colorado Springs. When he is not playing music, he enjoys riding dirt bikes in the mountains, camping, and skiing.

Adam bought his first guitar when he was 15 years old, and he has played guitar for more than 30 years now. He got his start playing shows in the Los Angeles area and then in college. He has opened for numerous national and regional bands and his college band got some radio time.

The first show he ever performed live included Jeremy, by Pearl Jam, Hunger Strike, by Temple of the Dog, and Metallica’s Enter Sandman. Since then, he’s played in multiple grunge, rock, hard rock, metal, and alternative original bands, and a several similar cover bands. His wife fell for him while he played Blind Melon’s No Rain on stage while dancing.

Adam studied classical and jazz guitar in college before becoming a lawyer. He has also been a guitar instructor for more than 20 years and has taught dozens of students how to play guitar. His favorite teaching story is when a student asked to learn a new song, and after studying the unknown band, Adam realized that he had taught the lead singer how to play guitar 10 years earlier.

Erik plays drums and was named the Louie Armstrong Jazz Drummer of the Year.  He has a beautiful drum kit and recently convinced all of the other members of the band to buy Paiste cymbals.