Out of the Blue

Our band came together with a wide background of influences. Rob and Anya are always wanting to make things more heavy due to their rock influences while the brothers, Eric and Joey, prefer blues. It usually leads to an interesting mesh of ideas that results in something in between.

Anya also has an opera. jazz, broadway and acappella background. She has performed in many quartets and loves the sound of harmony. As the band continues to write music, more of this influence will appear in a wide variety of vocal styling.

On one particular occasion, we opened for a friend's band at a local bar. One of their fans is, let's just say, a very enthusiastic and colorful individual. Once the music started, he showed his enthusiasm for the music by dancing and jumping around. The bouncers quickly escorted him out, only to find our friend's band refused to go on until they brought him back. They started chanting "Bring him back, bring him back." The entire bar supported their view, after all, he was a harmless music enthusiast. Finally, the bouncers had to relent and escorted him inside. They did have one stipulation, he couldn't get up from the chair for the rest of the set. He remained just as enthusiastic with his head bobbing as ever from the sidelines. For fun, our friend's band decided on the last song to invite him up as a guest lead singer. He sang Seek and Destroy at the top of his lungs while dancing all over the stage. Let me just mention his vocals left something to be desired as well. The bouncers could do nothing but watch...after all...now he was a lead singer, doing exactly what many lead singers do...express themselves.