Guitar

Born: Philadephia, PA

Favorite Sports: Watching football.

Hobbies: Going to concerts...eating popcorn...guitar maybe?

Favorite Guitar: A Whale Blue PRS

Inspirational Artist: Kirk Hammett

Interesting Facts: Once set himself on fire at a party!

Bio: If you were to meet Jesse for the first time and ask him what he does, he would tell you he’s a musician. Eventually, he may let it slip that he has his Ph.D in immunology. Hailing from Philadelphia, Jesse has never been a stranger to rock ‘n’ roll. His father, at one point, was a writer for Rolling Stone magazine, and his mother still travels from city to city following Neil Young. Some of Jesse’s favorite “educators” include Metallica, Nirvana, and Mr. Young himself. If he’s not holding a guitar pick, you may find him holding a fishing rod or Kurt Vonnegut novel instead.

Lead Guitar

Born: Newport Beach, California, USA

Sports: Washing Machine Racing

Favorite Food: Guiness Stout

Hobbies: Inventing new and interesting shadow puppets

Favorite Quote: "If we knew what we were doing, it woudn't be called research, would it?" - Albert Einstein

Favorite Guitar: Custom Gibson Blueshawk

Inspirational Aritst: Trey Anastasio

Interesting Facts: Went partially deaf at age 14 from playing his guitar too loud.

Bio: Tristan began rockin’ at age 12 during the grunge revolution to the Pixies. He grew up and now hates the Pixies opting to try and become a very dull classical musician. Anyway, he gave up the surfing culture of Southern California and drove all the way across the country to Alexandria, VA where he met “The Donk” and “J-Boss Kemp” when the beautiful phenomenon of WanderEast was conceived. Tristan now conducts medical genetics research and has developed a class of genetically altered mice that take drugs for a living. Mi Vida Loca.

Vocals

Born: Roxboro, North Carolina, USA

Favorite Sport: Snowboarding

Favorite Food: Guiness

Hobbies: Fixing shit, building stuff, makin it rain, and droppin it like its hot

Favorite Quote: "How can you be worried about pants at a time like this"

Inspirational Artist: The Police

Bio: Jason started singing at a very young age at church and school functons. It wasn't until college when a buddy asked him to fill in for a sick front man, that he realized how much he missed singing. Jason has been in several original and cover bands over the years. He joined WanderEast in September of 2009.

Bass Guitar

Born: Boston, MA, USA


Pets: 2 cats - one tries to play the bass strings with his paw

Favorite Sports: Playing Ice Hockey

Inspirational Artist: Flea of course

Interesting Fact: Was a neuroscience major

Bio: Brian got his first taste of the rock and roll world as a teenager. By pretending to be a journalist and photographer, he got backstage and photo passes to meet some of the great hair metal bands of the 1990’s (like the Scorpions, Queensryche, and Van Halen!) He played guitar in high school and college but switched over to bass a few years ago after taking a class at Arlington Adult Education. He is one of the ‘new guys’ of WanderEast. His wife Rebecca is his biggest fan and groupie.

 

Ashok Subramanian

Drums

Born: Bethesda, MD, USA

Sports: College Football, Soccer

Favorite Quote: "Shit happens when you party naked"

Equipment: Pearl Masters Custom drums, Zildjian cymbals, Yamaha hardware

Inspirational Artist:Tommy Lee, Buddy Rich, Animal from The Muppets

Interesting Facts: Once breast fed an injured flamingo back to health

Bio: The Dream started when Ashok's parents got sick and tired of him ruining their pots and pans and eventually bought him his first drum set. The rest, so they say, is history. Ashok has been playing drums since age 6 in various styles of music, ranging from jazz, to orchestral, to pure rock. He has played in cover bands in both Austin, TX and Washington, DC, but still holds on to the dream of moving out to LA and dominating the Sunset Strip music scene like the Motley Crue's and Guns 'n Roses did before him. Ashok will consider his music career a success once he accomplishes his goal of performing in front of at least 10,000 people. Until then, Ashok will do what he has been doing all his life: snapping necks and cashing checks.