AROURADROP takes influences from many genres including metal, rap, bluegrass, funk, and many others. AROURADROP originally formed in 2000 but disbanded for personal reasons, we reunited in 2005 and have been hard at it ever since we all played in different bands through out the our time apart and added to our bag o' tricks. Our sound has changed very much since our original style but we feel that all the change has been for the better. Our political views and moral stand points are the bases of many of our songs, although we are not bound to only politically driven songs. The members of AROURADROP are truly diverse in our personal influences and we believe this comes across in our music, we hope you agree. AROURADROP IS:Matt "Kentucky's Finest" Decker on BASS, originally from Kentucky, Matt is a well rounded Bassist with a background in, bluegrass, P-funk, country, metal and rock. He plays a 5th of Erza Brooks, a 4 string "Specter" his rig is amazing playing through a mesa engineering cabinet with four 10s and 1-15 powered by a mesa engineering impulse 600. Roughly 2000 watts of power. HIS SOUND SHAKES THE GROUND!Andy "Pigmentless" Munger beats on the drums, originally from Lake Elsinore CA. Andy started out as a bass player but found the drums to be more to his liking, His influence draws from Punk, Hard Rock, Metal, Death Metal, Hard Core Metal, Loud Metal, Metal Metal, Metal Up Your Ass Metal, I Bite the Heads Off Babies Metal, Jazz Metal and Funk Metal!!! He plays a DW 5-piece kit with a PDP rack, Alesis module, Ddrum triggers, Roland trigger pads for effects and the 808 drops, DW 5000 double kicks, Audix mics, Regal tip sticks, and Aquarian heads. He picks his cymbals for the sound not the name! This dude is HARD F-ING CORE.Billy “the Sick Man†Freeman on the 6 and 7 string guitars,
This axe wielding, note bending, double picking long range solo sniper; rips up and down the guitar neck with a fury and accuracy very rarely seen. He, in all his infinite guitarist powers has chosen “Schecter†guitars as his weapon of choice, forcing the thick, fat, chunky tones through a “Beringer†4-12 cab is a 350 watt “Crate, Tidal Wave†creating a wall of sound unlike anything you have likely heard.Robert "the Reverend" Collins on lead vocals, Roberts influences include, Rap, R&B, country, Metal, Death metal, bluegrass, and many others, Robert believes that the voice is the most versatile instrument available to man and aims to exploit every facet of his vocal capability's, from smooth melodic breathy vocals and twangy country to screaming death, solid rap and beat box. His ability to grab the audience and playfully manipulate the mood of the room makes for awesome live performances and hilarious improve between song. A true showman!
