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John Bevans and The Avant Guardians

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About Me

I'm John Bevans. I think guitars and amplifiers are pretty cool. I like to get them and make them loud.
Drew Franklin has been the lead drummer in this band for close to 2 years. I met him through my friend, Aaron Richert, who is an awesome guitarist who plays in the band Timelord. Drew is a crucial badass drummer that I love to play with. Our mostly similar taste in music really makes the different ideas in the band's music work.
Andy Randazzo is the newest member of the group playing the bass guitar. His mature playing is one which truly enhances the sound of the group overall and meshes very nicely with Drew's and my own styles. His work will be featured in new recordings. This guy's not even 18 yet and you'd never know it from hearing him thug the what what.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/5/2006
Band Members: John Bevans- guitar, bass, drums.
Drew Franklin- drums in live band and on most recordings.
Andy Randazzo- bass in live band
This is a real band with nothing fake like drum machines, samples, or anything otherwise not original or performed by us (human being dudes).
We would like to audition any interested musicians in our area for keyboards, guitar, mallets, horns, etc. Depending on which instrument(s) you play, your parts are already written and waiting! Contact through this page for info. Stop being a bitch and start playing sweet baddass crucial music.
Influences: Frank Zappa (the best of all), Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Who, Queen, Chick Corea and Return To Forever, Tony Williams Lifetime, Mahavishnu Orchestra, John Coltrane, Jane's Addiction, Miles Davis, Peter Fransisco, Jeff Beck, Herbie Hancock, Allan Holdsworth, Stanley Clarke, Megadeth, The Police, Brand X, Passport, Danny Gatton, Bill Kirchen, The Reverend Horton Heat, Rush, Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, Buddy Rich, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion!, Weezer, Pat Metheny, The Beatles, The Brothers Johnson, James Brown, Bootsy Collins, Chet Atkins, Jaco Pastorious, George Clinton, Yes, Primus, Guns n' Roses, Stevie Wonder, Van Halen, Luther Allison, The Strokes, Deep Purple, a whole bunch of other stuff that doesn't suck
Sounds Like: Somebody dunking your head in a barrel of awesome.
Type of Label: None