his father, Clyde Brown. Lusas: Cliff Burton (Metallica), Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols), Dee Dee Ramone (Ramones), Dimebag Darrell (Pantera), Pat Murnin and Micheal Houchin. David: There are so many because I have been around since 1960‘s. My father was a drummer and played in bands. We had many groups in my house as a boy. But if I had to sum up a few it would be: Grand Funk (Donny Brewer-all -time favorite drummer), Bad Company (influenced and inspired me to play acoustic guitar and sing), and Creed (most favorite rock vocalist is Scott Stapp) Jason: Believe it or not I grew up on country music like Mac Davis, Kenny Rodgers, Reba MacIntire, and Randy Travis. I used to sit on my rocking horse singing ―Baby Baby Don‘t Get Hooked On Me‖ at 2 years old. My rock influences were Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Doors, BeeGees, and Aerosmith, etc. Mostly Mac Davis because of his story telling. <CV NW> Have you guys always wanted to play music, or were there other interests when you were younger? Victor: Yes early from childhood...from age 9 I loved music and girls since my teen years. Michael: Yes, at 14 started playing in bars...I've been interested in playing instruments since I was 9 years old. I play primarily guitar, but I also play trumpet, french horn, trombone, flugal horn, tuba, piano, drums, bass, banjo, violin, and cello. Lucas: I‘ve loved guns, dirt bikes, and boobs. I attended many concerts always wanted to play and started to play just 3 years ago. I took to the bass like I‘ve played my whole life.
Jason: It was never a conscious thought for me because I have been performing since I was two years old, on up through the years in church choir, school choir, drama, musicals. I come from a musical family and all we did is play music. David: When I was a kid I always wanted to be like my dad, a phenomenal drummer. I can‘t think of ever wanting anything else. <CV NW> Some of you have been in other bands before this one, tell us about those? David: There is a huge list of bands that I participated in for the last 40 years in Portland/ Seattle music scene. I have sat next to and played with some legendary musicians over my life time. In the early 80‘s I was with HAVEN, a very popular Portland band getting radio time with Warner Brothers, Atlantic, Polygram, and Epic record labels looking at us. Then I was in a group called Mirror Mirror. Both groups were original music. In the 90‘s I did many personal ventures with acoustic performances. In the 2000‘s I worked on a project called Black Li Li where I released 2 solo albums in 2006 and 2009. There was another solo acoustic album written and produced during the time my ex-wife was suffering with cancer. Some of my most emotional/heartfelt music was produced then and released in my album ―Rain‖ from 2011. Soon after, around 2012 I was touring with ―The Experience – Jimmy Hendricks Tribute‖ as the drummer opening for Iron Butterfly. However, since kick starting Poorboy again, I have never been so excited about a venture as I am with this one. Jason: The only other band for me was a year with ―Evicted‖ then Poorboy. Did a little 3 piece band with Mike Killian and Jeremy Walker (my brother)