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I grew up in Lansdale, Pennsylvania and picked up the piano at the age of three, followed by guitar at the age of six, though I had only picked it up again a few years prior to the band. I also played violin and flute throughout grade-school. From an early age, I was also constantly writing classical music, so I had the benefit of growing up with a thorough understanding of theory, and I owe it all to Little Einsteins as the impetus.
My artist influences include KISS, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, The Nice/Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, Alice Cooper, The Chocolate Watchband, Arthur Brown, Dio, The Nazz, early Pink Floyd and Soft Machine, Tiny Tim, and Captain Beefheart.
I grew up in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and have been playing the drums since I was in third grade. From the beginning, I enjoyed playing pop-punk, rock, metal, and jazz. I played in a few bands locally, in school band/jazz band from middle school until graduation, and taught drums post-graduation privately, for Central Bucks East High School and Burn Brae Day Camp.
I am inspired by groups/artists like Green Day, Sublime, Slipknot, Led Zeppelin, Blink-182, Melvins, Knocked Loose, Suicide Silence, and many more.
I grew up in Freehold, New Jersey with a background of a lot of different genres of music such as post-hardcore, emo, metalcore, hardcore, pop punk, and regular pop music. I started off playing the drums, then I picked up guitar, and then bass most recently.
Some of my biggest influences in how I write include: Sleeping With Sirens, Crown The Empire, Free Throw, Three Days Grace, Drug Church, Sweet Pill, Anxious, Neck Deep, Paramore, Pinkshift, My Chemical Romance, Mayday Parade, Fit For Rivals, and Panic! At The Disco.
THE BAND
Our story begins in the Summer of 2019 when Gianni and Nick met in Leipzig, Germany, while on a two-week European band trip. The trip was spectacular, but suddenly, it was over. Amidst all the cordial goodbyes, we discovered that we lived only twenty minutes from each other.
As the months passed, we became close friends. Fast forward a few years, we were talking about music one day over a video call, and gradually, the conversation progressed to our mutual desire to be in a committed band. At that moment, we agreed to meet twice a week to jam. Before we knew it, song after song was finished, and we started looking for a bassist. Enter Bryan DeAndrea. A friend of his got wind of a flyer that Gianni had posted (twice, after the first one was unabashedly ripped down) at his then school of choice, Ocean County Community College in Toms River. By November of 2023, Bryan was driving long hours from his home in Freehold every consecutive week for our jams, and before we knew it, we knew we had our man. Fast forward seven more months, we decided upon a unique name, rushed to get it trademarked, and created our Instagram page. Come August, we played our debut show at Nino's Pizzeria in Lansdale, PA.
But we're far from the end of our story. French Toads invites you to help us write the chapters to come!