Artist description good music

Music Style melodic punk

Musical Influences The Ataris, No Use For A Name, Strung Out, New Found Glory, NOFX, Finch , Fenix TX, Inverness, AFI, Midtown, Normal Like You, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, Home Grown, Junction 18, Staring Back, Jimmy Eat World, Over It, Saves The Day, Rufio, Useless I.D, Thrice, Green Day, The Offspring, Bowling For Soup, Foo Fighters, Blink 182, Good Charlotte

Similar Artists Strung Out, NFG, no use for a name, midtown, ataris

Artist History Well hello there. The story begins in 1999 with 2 young untalented white boys, Adam and Danny. They met when Adam moved from Petaluma to Pacifica. They became freinds when they discovered their love for Heavy Metal. They didn't even play instruments yet. Both had older brothers in bands. Adam's brother played for Rap Metal band Flatline. R.I.P. and Danny's bro played for Inverness. Adam was inpired and went out and bought a bass. He got to try out his skills at a Flatline practice since their bassist was dropping acid. Danny still didnt play any instrument. Adam found a love for the music. He started his first band with his brother Travis on guitar and Inverness drummer Ryan Kochevar, They were called Revel. They played covers of Deftones, Papa Roach and Godsmack. This didn't last long when Travis joined Inverness and had no need to continue this. Adam had no band. Danny had another thing going for him. He was starting drums playing Ramones and Metallica songs with premiere peninsula bassist Daniel Piotter. They sucked. That didn't last long. One day in the summer of 2001, Adam asked Danny "Hey, wanna start a band?" He says yes. And so it began. They started off playing songs by 311,Offspring, and Blink 182. They figured punk music was alot better. Danny was taking drum lessons and was getting better. But they were missing something. School started up and the search began for a singer/guitarist. Some kid was passing out promo flyers for his band Bad Kontrast. Danny and Adam joked about this for awhile. I mean, who names a band after a hamburger? Adam decided to check this out. This young Mexican chap's (so says his transcript) name was Nick Morales, and he was in 4 of Adam's classes. Since Adam had a vendetta with the brown, Danny invited Nick to join the click, so beginning the friendship. Adam and Nick had guitar class together so Adam got to hear the skills Nick possessed on guitar. So he asked him if he wanted to play bass. ? . So they had their first practice and played Blink 182 songs. Nick sucked at bass. Adam sucked at guitar. They switched and the band was born. Still no name for the band. They started playing covers and writing songs. Originally they went with the name Misled, but quickly discarded that. They finally picked a name, Jim Beam & the Renegade Squirrels. And in February 2002 they played their first gig, which went over really good. These young men had talent. They went on to win 2nd place in their school talent show and things were going good for the Squirrels. YET. Adam was bored of bass, he was getting better at guitar and wanted to play rhythm for the band to make it a fuller sound. So a new hunt began. For a bassist who could sing. This was a difficult decision for them. They only knew 2 young men who played the bass. Both chinese. hmm. And only 1 week untill their gig at The Pound in San Francisco, they finally chose Ryan Ho, the former singer of Bad Kontrast or BK. So they had practice with him, and he learned all the songs in one practice. This impressed the guys so they decided to keep him. This added more asian flavor to the band. They played their first gig with Ryan, and he had so much energy and talent they had to keep him. They decided the band name was too long and the Jim Beam beer company would sue them so they shortened it to The Renegade Squirrels, claiming that Jim Beam had died. They played a few more gigs and got sick of that name too. Thus...Slept Thru High School was born, seeing as how they all sleep in class, it only seemed right. They are now writing original and innovative songs and working extremely hard to live out their dreams. These young men have lots of potential, which is proved by their stunning live performances, hard work, and heavy ambition and talent. So check these guys out, I think you might like them

Group Members Nick Morales, Adam Richardson, Ryan Ho, Danny Parr

Instruments Nick - Guitar/Vocals, Ryan - Bass/Vocals, Adam - Guitar, Danny - Drums

Albums The Odds Are Against Us EP

Location Pacifica, California - USA

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