Kinetic.

Kinetic has been performing live since a November 2002 show in their former hometown of Wilson, NC. Since then they have played at numerous festivals including all of the Telepathic Productions East Coast events, the World Beer Festival, the Mountain View Jam and numerous more, both large and small, as well as at music halls and night clubs all across North Carolina and the surrounding region. Therefore, the Kinetic experience can truly be summed up by their live show; which is also where the boys feel most at home. Each and every show is greeted with preperation, respect and delight; inevitably summoning and producing the high energy, dynamic and uniquely individual (and geniunely fun) show that is now expected from the diverse group of rapidly increasing fans and is also new, fresh and undeniably entertaining to the attendees not yet familiar with the band.
Kinetic. has played with such artists as Tea Leaf Green, Barefoot Manner, Signal Path, , GFE, Perpetual Groove, Yonder Mountain String Band, New Monsoon, Avett Brothers, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Codetalkers, Moonshine Still, the Recipe,Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, Ulu and many more at various shows along the east coast.
Derek Cobb is one of the original founders of the band whose influences range widely from jazz, rock, jam, funk, reggae and more. Being a primary songwriter, most all other music cant be excluded from the list of what brings creativity to the fingers of Mr. Cobb, as any music with talent interests this guitar player. One can frequently witness Derek completely immersed in the music, playing out electrically charged energetic guitar work.
A driving, rhythmic energy is the best way to characterize Brad Page as he wails on his drum heads, often changing through three shirts in one nights show. Honing his skills through the torturous middle and high school band directors, drumming rhythms out on his desks, and loving music in general, Brad draws from the rhythmic Stuart Copeland, Jon Fishman, Dennis Chambers, and Mike Clark. As well as rapping and providing backup vocals, he also plays some synthesizer parts simultaneously with the drums. Recently, an electronic drum kit was merged into his acoustic set, further enriching the unique sound of Kinetic and Brad.
Bass duties are currently being handled by Stephen Hopkins, which he generously and skillfully handles. As one of Elliot's longtime friends, and the man who introduced Elliot to Kinetic., Stephen was a natural fit. However, we believe him to be only a temporary replacement for our brother and former bassist Alden Smith until a more permanent bassist is located.
Elliot Wernlund is the youngest in the group and the newest to the family of Kinetic. A friend of the band and a bass player whom Elliot plays with saw the boys of Kinetic at the Spring Fling of 2005, a show where we had our former keyboard player bail on us, and asked if they wanted a sax to jam with them. Always open to new sounds, especially when down a man, we welcomed him up on stage and have played with him ever since. The only member not native to Wilson, NC, Elliot draws his largest influences from the bebop legends, Charlie Bird Parker and Dizzie Gillespie, while also drawing from guitar players such as Buckethead and David Gilmore.
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