E.Q. Jonez

No other artist has willingly left more great bands than E.Q. Jonez (Eric Neuman). Metal, rock, fusion, hip-hop. If you name it E.Q. had his hands in it; and there was the problem he could never pick a genre. While all of the talented artists E.Q. crossed paths with had a clear vision of what music was their music, E.Q. was constantly reaching into new realms and finding ways to blur his influences.

His mind represents a musical catacomb of sorts. A group of friends that fed him hip-hop, a family that offered psychedelic rock, and classical, a self guided love of metal, and a bad habit of watching 1980s MTV left E.Q. with truly varied tastes; and while that lends to an interesting iPod, it makes it tough to write music that fits into the constraints of a single genre. 

His latest release "Shelf Life" is complete and utter fusion of what makes music great. Big hooks, thoughtful lyrics, tight production, and a blurring of genre lines. From the opening lines of "Those Days" through to the last words of "Too Fast", the listener joins E.Q. on a ride through the past few years of life and growth as an artist, teacher, parent, husband, and human.