Josh Farro. Lead Guitarist. Age 18. D.O.B: Sept 29 1987

"Squeeze, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and Rick Astley are what I grew up listening to. In the late 90’s indie rock bands, such as Self and Failure, became more of an interest for me. Those bands inspired me to become a musician.

I picked up guitar at about age 13 and started a band with my brother, Zac, who at the time was learning to play drums. We would sit in our room and cover anything from Weezer to Incubus to Sum 41 songs. We eventually began writing our own songs and after a couple of years our band was searching for a lead singer.

Zac and I had just recently met Hayley at school and we found out that she had an outstanding voice. So, we asked her to join and she did. When we needed a bass player, Hayley suggested that we call her friend, Jeremy, that she'd been in a band with before. She said he could play anything on the bass and that he had a really cool feel for music. We thought that he might add a really cool sound to our music and so he came to my house and practiced with us. Even though he looked completely different from the rest of us at the time, we loved how well he sounded with us. He joined the band that day, and that's how our band began. "

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