Meet the band
Bob Augustine
Bob Augustine
Bob Augustine
Bob plays lead and rhythm guitar, and loves the Rock/Metal genres best. Main musical influences are Rush, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Joe Satriani, Metallica and Megadeth. Bob works full-time in the Transportation Industry, but does have formal training in music theory, improvisational jazz and classical guitar. Bob is also an avid surfer and motorcyclist.
Chip Filbry
Bob Augustine
Bob Augustine
Chip plays lead and rhythm guitars, and grew up with SoCal surf music. Chip has worked in the music industry since 2005, initially for DW Drums for 2 years and subsequently with Tom Anderson Guitars since 2007, where he is still currently employed part-time (and part-time retired!). Chances are good if you bought or played an Anderson in the last 10 years you are playing pickups wound by Chip!
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Dave Lory
Bob Augustine
Rick Zavadil
Dave’s main instrument is drums, percussion and vocals. His favorite
drummers include: John Bonham, Neil Peart, Leonard Haze, Ian Paise,
Buddy Rich.
Dave has played in other band over the years, all originating from within Ventura County. Former band names include: The Majestics, Last Alliance, Bareback, Houseshakers, Houseshaken, Crisis Tea
Dave’s main instrument is drums, percussion and vocals. His favorite
drummers include: John Bonham, Neil Peart, Leonard Haze, Ian Paise,
Buddy Rich.
Dave has played in other band over the years, all originating from within Ventura County. Former band names include: The Majestics, Last Alliance, Bareback, Houseshakers, Houseshaken, Crisis Team, Blue Tiger, Night Train, Three Crosses (the church band), and The Delfinos.
Dave periodically plays drums in various worship bands at church. Although Dave’s background is Heavy Metal, he appreciates most genres of music, liking Classic Rock and Gospel & Religious the most.
He also enjoys walking, swimming, hiking, bicycling, camping and traveling.
Rick Zavadil
Wayne Phillipp
Rick Zavadil
Rick grew up in the Midwest in Grosse Ile, Michigan and was influenced by the unmistakable and famous Detroit Motown sound. He has been singing since the age of nine and enjoys various musical genres. Rick is an accomplished and awarded singer, whose former bands include: Third Estate, Chronic Stew, Kosmic Haze, Straight Up, The Mystery B
Rick grew up in the Midwest in Grosse Ile, Michigan and was influenced by the unmistakable and famous Detroit Motown sound. He has been singing since the age of nine and enjoys various musical genres. Rick is an accomplished and awarded singer, whose former bands include: Third Estate, Chronic Stew, Kosmic Haze, Straight Up, The Mystery Band, AudioUnity, Rockit Again and The Simi Rat Pack.
Rick is a school counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
His experience in the mental health field extends to incarcerated individuals and their families in juvenile facilities. He received the 2019 Employee of the Year at Bedell Elementary School in Santa Paula, where he is known as ‘Mr. Rick’, and he was the February 2013 employee of the quarter for the Ventura County Juvenile Justice in Oxnard. For over 2 years, Rick volunteered as a Youth Pastor for middle and high school students at the Camarillo Church of the Nazarene. As an Eagle Scout and church member, he has gained a respect and a servant’s heart for all people.
Health and fitness are very important to him and he has participated in
many mud runs and the annual Tower Run to benefit an Oxnard Firefighter charity. Rick enjoys contributing to the community through donating platelets and has surpassed 30 gallons to date. He has also enjoyed volunteering as a lead for Santa Paula Beautification.
If you know Rick, you may not recognize him on stage as he loves to transform into a performer like no other, strictly for the express purpose of your entertainment!
Don Baughn
Wayne Phillipp
Wayne Phillipp
Don plays horns, flute and keyboards. He is a retired music teacher and moved to SoCal in 2003. Don’s main musical influences are eclectic including most forms of jazz, R&B, funk/soul, and classic rock. Don also currently plays in an old school/Cumbia band (Los Amigos). His favorite artists include Maynard Ferguson, Tower of Power, and Van Halen.
Wayne Phillipp
Wayne Phillipp
Wayne Phillipp
Wayne plays bass and has been playing for over 30 years. He started playing after watching the Monkees' 20th Anniversary marathon on MTV in 1986 and is influenced by 60’s music as well as 70’s prog rock and power pop bands from 70s through the 90s. Wayne in originally from New Jersey and lived there until the early 2000’s playing bass and guitar in several bands before moving west