Hi Friends.
Some more tales. BES was a band that evolved out of Cult of the Centipede which evolved out of Panic the Animals. Suckbutton (yea, I hate some of the band names of the bands I played with but we were not mature) evolved out of Bright eyed Suicides. The name also became a problem because the band Bright eyes got super popular. So there is that. I shopped these songs quite hard. I had a friend who was a major label guy tell me," you guys are my new favorite band, but we can't sign you because we aren't signing bands like yours at this time". The band consisted of Myself, Zach Busby, Aaron Lyons, and our singer Nate Kelly. These guys are all amazing people and awesome musicians. If they are still playing. I have been kind of out of touch with everyone for a while. Well, everyone is awesome except Nate. Nate passed away while we were trying to put the finishing touches on these songs. When he died ,I didn't think I wanted to play anymore. I felt like I was out of music. I was also pretty jaded and very snobby about other styles of music other than hard, driving stuff. I have a different understanding with music now. This band started with a lot of other musicians before the line up became solidified. The usual names and faces…
Michael “Patty” Evans, Josh Smeltzer, Jeremy Stockslager….there may have been more. Let me know if there is anyone I forgot if you were a part of this time period of my life. Nate left a grieving widow and three young daughters. They are all grown women now. Here is a picture of Nate. I'm not sure who took the photo but I'm happy to extend credit to that person.
