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"dissociatiVe mentaLity"

Several tracks including "Seven" "Snapped" "Sick of It All" "Lost" featured on hometown radio station WRBR 103.9 The Bear.

Opened for National Bands :
Anew Revolution
Ankla
Bobaflex (x2)
Cinder Road
Cold
Critical Bill
Drowning Pool
Karnivool
LA Guns
Mike Got Spiked
Nonpoint
Red
Redlock
Sevendust
Skindred
Soil (x2)
The Autumn Offering (x2)
The Killer and The Star
The Upwelling
Third Eye Blind

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Driven is a three piece rock group hailing from Northern Indiana. Their style emerges from such influences as the Deftones, the Foo Fighters, Snot, Chevelle, Tool, and various other hard-rock groups. With such inspiration Driven’s sound can be described as a mix of hard hitting riffs with melodic overtones. The band pools from all three members’ creative talents to write their material in hopes of capturing unique yet familiar hard-rock music. Zach Hess fronts the band with vocals and guitar, Josh Toro fills in the low end on bass guitar, and Blake Bertles provides rhythm on the drums. The band has played several shows, ranging from local lounges to venues with national acts, since their birth in January of the 2007 year. For more information visit Driven’s Myspace site at www.myspace.com/driven321. Next, here is some more background on the members of Driven.
Blake began his musical career singing in a band with his brother Ryan, who played drums, when the two were in high-school. Since then, Blake also had an interest in drums and taught himself how to play. He has been playing on and off since he was sixteen years old. Starting into his twenties, Blake decided to look for other musicians to play with and found that a band called Dendra was looking for a drummer. While rehearsing with Dendra, Blake came across a performance by Josh and Zach at a local venue. He immediately took interest to the project and the need of a third musician. Dendra played their very first show with Driven and Josh and Zach were immediately impressed with Blake’s style of drumming. Blake began rehearsing with Josh and Zach and Driven was officially formed by the end of the 2006 year. Recently Blake has opted to take formal lessons in order to expand his knowledge on the drum kit and mature his style.
Josh began his musical journey at the age of fourteen playing drums. He and Zach formed a band in high school and have been playing together ever since. The band was moderately successful locally, playing various battle-of-the-bands, festivals, and even birthday parties. Unfortunately, the group disbanded in 2004 and has since been reincarnated. Despite a small time period of separation, Josh and Zach decided to have another try, but Josh wanted to make the move to bass. In order to search for a bass player, the two had mutual friends fill that slot to play some open jam sessions around the area. As mentioned earlier, the two stumbled onto Blake. Josh taught himself how to play bass and has found a unique voice in doing so. Not only does he contribute musically, Josh’s personable skills and great instinct for networking has brought Driven much of the success so far and will most likely continue to do so for years to come.
Zach, like Josh, began his musical career at the age of fourteen. He received his first guitar on Christmas Day in 1999. For the first year he mainly taught himself how to play by learning how to read guitar tablature off the Internet. Zach fell in love with the Foo Fighters and wanted to have a band for himself. He and Josh formed a band in high-school, as mentioned earlier, and the two worked well together. He finally decided to take formal lessons which focused on music theory rather than technical ability. These lessons lasted for a year and a half but came to an end since the teacher could not provide more knowledge (this was due to the fact that he just graduated from Musician’s Institute). A majority of the material was written by Zach, since his new found knowledge on guitar, with Josh filling in the drum parts. After that band came to an end, Zach continued to write with other fellow musicians. Unfortunately, not all shared the same dream. Josh ultimately returned with a revived passion and the two starting working on new material in hopes of starting a new, more fruitful project. Now both of them, and Blake, have taken on the challenge of writing and hope to create a style of their own. Zach, Josh, and Blake are Driven to rock the world.