About Me
Hey guys and gals, we're THE TASTY THINGS. "we" consists of Jerry (guitar and vocals), Alex (percussion) and Chris (guitar and vocals).
This started out as a little project with Me(Chris) and Jerry. We've been collaborating since middle school, when we were in "guitar God Infancy" (that's what I called it), and, while we've fumbled around with some side projects here and there for the past couple of years, we've been playing together ever since. It was just this year that we figured it might be a good idea to take our collaborative creativity and apply it towards making something, oh, I dunno, "Tasty".
Alex is a new addition. We wanted some cool percussion to back us up since the beginning - we tried our hands at percussion early on in the game and it didn't work out so well - so here he is. Alex (Alessandro) plays pretty much whatever percussive device he wants to, isn't that right alex? "uhh........ ok". He's also quite the lady's man, and we're constantly beatin' them off with sticks so that he can get his hands off of them and back on his drums.
We sound like alot of things, but if you want definite inspiration just look to me n' Jerry's collections. Everything from Neil Young, to Peter Tosh, to Elvis Costello, to moe., King Crimson, Ben Harper, Streets, Gorillaz, Johnny Cash, The Doors, it's a weird mix sometimes, but it all comes out, and occasionally all in one song. After all, the best flavors come from mixing and matching. We've been sticking with the "unplugged" deal, but experimentation is the key, so we probably won't stay simply "acoustic" for long.
We're not above doing covers, in fact we love 'em, but just don't hold your breath for the chart toppers, we've always been fans of the little known gems that you have to look for.
So this is us, a dinamic trio, each lending our own sylistic ingerdient to this tasty thing we call THE TASTY THINGS.
Jerry is a force to be reckoned with; he wrote some of the coolest music I've ever heard, and he's always workin his craft, but he's creative as hell with a pen too. He gives us this sorta' dead-head, chillax, funky sound....... something tasty whatever it is.
Alex is the calm and collected one. He is a man of few words, and those few words are usually......... uh..... interesting. But all kidding aside, the dude is great, he gets in his zone and it's like the rythm's on auto pilot.
And me, I do what I can. My passion is the spoken word, so alot of the lyrics come from my end, but I always welcome criticisms and additions from my two compodre's. And most of the time I'll be singing, but watch out for Jerry, he's been known to blow some air through his pipes from time to time too. I dabble on the guitar and I'm usually down for some rythm. (Christopher is a genious when it comes to words. He's just being modest. Yes, we all kiss each other's ass, it's part of the positive vibe.)
We've played all over Pasadena, from the Equator, to John Muir Battle of the Bands, back yard parties, school functions, and even at BBKing's in Universal City Walk.
First and foremost, we love what we do: making music and having fun doing it. If there's something we're not absolutely feelin' we don't mess with it, cus everything that comes out of our axe's, bongo's, conga's, and lips has to be tasty enough to eat. That's why our name's so great, "TASTY" is an adjective that sums up the music we like to hear, and the stuff we like to play.
