Members
Name: David Wang (Lead Vocals)
Born: Yes
Occupation: Professor, University of Waterloo (Robotics, UAVs, Telehaptics), former President of Handshake VR
Spare Time Activities: Soccer player and coach, music columnist, running after my nine children
Fav Bands: DC Talk, Steve Taylor, Beatles, POD and too many others to mention
Fav Food: Chinese food, of course!
Fav Saint: Mary, Mother of God
Gear: Just ma vocal cords
Name: Luke Jan Matthew Kupczyk (Guitars & Backup Vocals)
Birthdate: Sept 1, 1982
Occupation: Engineering Student Extraordinaire (University of
Waterloo) / being a nuisance
Spare Time Activities: Soccer, Hockey, Cardio
Fav Bands: Stabbing Westward, Weezer, P.O.D., All Star United, Green Day etc.
Fav Food: Tripe Soup :)
Fav Saint: St.Francis of Assisi
Gear: (as of Sept, 2004) Highway 1 and American Series Fender Stratocasters, Peavey Delta Blues and Studio Pro II amplifiers, pedalboard setup: Amps --> Line 6 DL4 --> Big Muff (Russian) --> Ibanez DS-7 --> Ibanez TS-9 --> Boss Chorus Ensemble --> Boss Super Shifter --> MXR Phase 90 --> Digitech Auto Wah --> Electroharmonix "The Worm" --> Tuner --> Guitar
Name: Lawrence Lam (Keyboards)
Born: January 14, 1981 - Toronto
Born again of Water (Baptized): St. Timothy's, Toronto - April 6, 1985
Born again of the Spirit (Confirmed): St. Bonaventure, Toronto - April 7, 1995
Patron Saints: St. Michael the Archangel, St. Augustine, St. Cecilia
Home: Toronto
What I'm doing when I'm not playing music: VP Internal, Federation of Students, at the University of Waterloo.
Other gigs: Keyboardist and songwriter for Nuclear Night
(www.nuclearnight.ca) and former Canadian Idol finalist Mikey Bustos (www.mikeybustos.ca)
What's in my MP3 player: Kanye West ft Mase - Jesus Walks rmx; Mercy Me - I Can Only Imagine; MC Just - Gates of Hell; Pierced - Soulja; Point 5 Covenant - Lust; kj52 - Dear Slim Pt 2
Gear: Anything with a keyboard, God will bless it as long as it's not an accordion.
Name: Scott Andrew McKendrick (Bass & Backup Vocals)
Born: June 1st, 1982 - Alliston, Ontario.
Occupation: Network Technician, I.T. Support.
Spare Time: Co-host of a Christian Radio show, "Over the Edge," (www.OverTheEdgeMusic.CA). Avid gamer! Teaching my cat to enjoy the little things in life... like him!
Fav Bands: Anberlin, Skillet, Family Force 5, MuteMath, Switchfoot, Enter The Haggis, Moxy Fruvous, Linkin Park.
Fav Food : Anything involving salsa, sour cream, ranch dressing, and a Mexican flair. Mmmm... Taco Salad...
Fav Prayer: Guardian Angel Prayer
Gear: Variax Bass
Name: Paul Kieffer (Drums)
Birthday: Aug 13, 1982
Baptized and Confirmed: Sacred Heart Parish, Walkerton, ON.
Music background: Started playing drums in a band called Not Our Own, which later developed into the Mustardseeds Youth Band. Played a lot of Praise and Worship both in the Parish (Holy Family, Hanover) and abroad (Toronto, Oakville, Cornwall).
Current Studies: Second year Law and Security Administration, Conestoga College, Kitchener.
Occupation: Student, Armed Guard with an Armoured Car Company.
Spare Time: Strumming Guitars, reading books, watching movies, flying (private pilot's license).
Gear: 7pc Pearl Export Kit, DW Double Bass pedal, various cymbals, all kinds of other percussion toys......
Fav Artists: Jeremy Camp, Big Dismal, Reliant K., P.O.D., Jars of Clay, Third Day......
Name: Dave Flitton (Guitar/Keyboard/Backing Vocals)
Birth date: May 14, 1965
Occupation: Teacher, Waterloo Catholic Board, former Mount Mary Retreat Leader and owner of Writ In Water Sound Creations (recording studio - www.writinwatermusic.ca – under construction)
Spare Time Activities: - keeping my wife and my 4 kids happy, cardio, twiddling dials in my recording studio and composing all the time!
Fav Bands: The Cure, Bauhaus, Bob Marley, Sublime, Weezer, U2, Stiff Little Fingers, and too many more to list here!! 5;)
Fav Food: everything – I’m a total barbecue fanatic! There’s nothing I can’t BBQ!!!Fav Saint: St. Therese of Liseux (patron saint of loss of parents and sickness), St. Cecilia (patron saint of music)
Fav Prayer: Prayer of St. Nicholas of Flüe and The Pieta
Other Gigs: currently leader of The Result, I am also a guitarist/keyboardist for Devine
What’s in my MP3 player: Less than Jake, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Critical Mass (natch!!), The Resistance, Radiohead …..
Gear: depends on my mood! - guitar – Fender Custom Telecaster/ Gibson Epiphone ES355 or Gothic SG/Roland Guitar Synth G-700 – Behringer A/B pedal – Behinger wah pedal – DOD Yngwie Malmsteen Overdrive pedal – Behringer VAMP PRO – Danelectro Backwards Delay – Alesis Quadraverb GT – Roland G-700 controller and anything else that can give me a good wucka-wucka feedbacky/delay type of noisy sound! – keyboard – anything KORG!!! (M1, Triton, X5
Name: Adam Dupuis
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Name: Harvey Armoogan (Mixing Console / Backup for the Backup Guitarist)
Birthdate: January 4, 1968
Occupation: Software Developer (Region of Waterloo) and Audio Engineer (Vision Works Media)
Spare Time Activities: Adjusting my electric guitars (and Luke's, and Paul's, and Scott's...) and trying to keep the band equipped with the best gear possible
Fav Bands: Stryper, Mastedon, Barren Cross, Whitecross, Kansas, and Foreigner
Fav Food: Chinese buffet
PA Gear: Carvin system (Carvin Corporation) with additional processing equipment from ART, BBE, Behringer, and Lexicon
Guitar Gear: Carvin guitars and amps (studio). 1991 Ibanez RG560 guitar with custom Stryper finish and tung-oiled back of neck equipped with Seymour Duncan & Carvin pickups through a Tech 21 SansAmp GT2 amp simulator (live).
Alumni
Kerry O'Brien- Drummer
Tracey Doyle- Percussion
Timothy Lucero- Drummer
Jodie Wang- Vocalist
Matt Devine- Songwriter, guitarist, vocalist
Tim Devine- Songwriter, keyboards
Eric Kubica- Songwriter, bass, guitar
Tom Pawelko- Guitarist, vocalist
Sharon Pawelko- Vocalist
Matt Biesrchbach- Drummer
Lorraine Adams- Vocalist
Name: David Wang (Lead Vocals)
Born: Yes
Occupation: Professor, University of Waterloo (Robotics, UAVs, Telehaptics), former President of Handshake VR
Spare Time Activities: Soccer player and coach, music columnist, running after my nine children
Fav Bands: DC Talk, Steve Taylor, Beatles, POD and too many others to mention
Fav Food: Chinese food, of course!
Fav Saint: Mary, Mother of God
Gear: Just ma vocal cords
Name: Luke Jan Matthew Kupczyk (Guitars & Backup Vocals)
Birthdate: Sept 1, 1982
Occupation: Engineering Student Extraordinaire (University of
Waterloo) / being a nuisance
Spare Time Activities: Soccer, Hockey, Cardio
Fav Bands: Stabbing Westward, Weezer, P.O.D., All Star United, Green Day etc.
Fav Food: Tripe Soup :)
Fav Saint: St.Francis of Assisi
Gear: (as of Sept, 2004) Highway 1 and American Series Fender Stratocasters, Peavey Delta Blues and Studio Pro II amplifiers, pedalboard setup: Amps --> Line 6 DL4 --> Big Muff (Russian) --> Ibanez DS-7 --> Ibanez TS-9 --> Boss Chorus Ensemble --> Boss Super Shifter --> MXR Phase 90 --> Digitech Auto Wah --> Electroharmonix "The Worm" --> Tuner --> Guitar
Name: Lawrence Lam (Keyboards)
Born: January 14, 1981 - Toronto
Born again of Water (Baptized): St. Timothy's, Toronto - April 6, 1985
Born again of the Spirit (Confirmed): St. Bonaventure, Toronto - April 7, 1995
Patron Saints: St. Michael the Archangel, St. Augustine, St. Cecilia
Home: Toronto
What I'm doing when I'm not playing music: VP Internal, Federation of Students, at the University of Waterloo.
Other gigs: Keyboardist and songwriter for Nuclear Night
(www.nuclearnight.ca) and former Canadian Idol finalist Mikey Bustos (www.mikeybustos.ca)
What's in my MP3 player: Kanye West ft Mase - Jesus Walks rmx; Mercy Me - I Can Only Imagine; MC Just - Gates of Hell; Pierced - Soulja; Point 5 Covenant - Lust; kj52 - Dear Slim Pt 2
Gear: Anything with a keyboard, God will bless it as long as it's not an accordion.
Name: Scott Andrew McKendrick (Bass & Backup Vocals)
Born: June 1st, 1982 - Alliston, Ontario.
Occupation: Network Technician, I.T. Support.
Spare Time: Co-host of a Christian Radio show, "Over the Edge," (www.OverTheEdgeMusic.CA). Avid gamer! Teaching my cat to enjoy the little things in life... like him!
Fav Bands: Anberlin, Skillet, Family Force 5, MuteMath, Switchfoot, Enter The Haggis, Moxy Fruvous, Linkin Park.
Fav Food : Anything involving salsa, sour cream, ranch dressing, and a Mexican flair. Mmmm... Taco Salad...
Fav Prayer: Guardian Angel Prayer
Gear: Variax Bass
Name: Paul Kieffer (Drums)
Birthday: Aug 13, 1982
Baptized and Confirmed: Sacred Heart Parish, Walkerton, ON.
Music background: Started playing drums in a band called Not Our Own, which later developed into the Mustardseeds Youth Band. Played a lot of Praise and Worship both in the Parish (Holy Family, Hanover) and abroad (Toronto, Oakville, Cornwall).
Current Studies: Second year Law and Security Administration, Conestoga College, Kitchener.
Occupation: Student, Armed Guard with an Armoured Car Company.
Spare Time: Strumming Guitars, reading books, watching movies, flying (private pilot's license).
Gear: 7pc Pearl Export Kit, DW Double Bass pedal, various cymbals, all kinds of other percussion toys......
Fav Artists: Jeremy Camp, Big Dismal, Reliant K., P.O.D., Jars of Clay, Third Day......
Name: Dave Flitton (Guitar/Keyboard/Backing Vocals)
Birth date: May 14, 1965
Occupation: Teacher, Waterloo Catholic Board, former Mount Mary Retreat Leader and owner of Writ In Water Sound Creations (recording studio - www.writinwatermusic.ca – under construction)
Spare Time Activities: - keeping my wife and my 4 kids happy, cardio, twiddling dials in my recording studio and composing all the time!
Fav Bands: The Cure, Bauhaus, Bob Marley, Sublime, Weezer, U2, Stiff Little Fingers, and too many more to list here!! 5;)
Fav Food: everything – I’m a total barbecue fanatic! There’s nothing I can’t BBQ!!!Fav Saint: St. Therese of Liseux (patron saint of loss of parents and sickness), St. Cecilia (patron saint of music)
Fav Prayer: Prayer of St. Nicholas of Flüe and The Pieta
Other Gigs: currently leader of The Result, I am also a guitarist/keyboardist for Devine
What’s in my MP3 player: Less than Jake, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Critical Mass (natch!!), The Resistance, Radiohead …..
Gear: depends on my mood! - guitar – Fender Custom Telecaster/ Gibson Epiphone ES355 or Gothic SG/Roland Guitar Synth G-700 – Behringer A/B pedal – Behinger wah pedal – DOD Yngwie Malmsteen Overdrive pedal – Behringer VAMP PRO – Danelectro Backwards Delay – Alesis Quadraverb GT – Roland G-700 controller and anything else that can give me a good wucka-wucka feedbacky/delay type of noisy sound! – keyboard – anything KORG!!! (M1, Triton, X5
Name: Adam Dupuis
Birthdate:
Occupation:
Spare Tiem Activities:
Fav Bands:
Fav Food:
Gear:
Name: Harvey Armoogan (Mixing Console / Backup for the Backup Guitarist)
Birthdate: January 4, 1968
Occupation: Software Developer (Region of Waterloo) and Audio Engineer (Vision Works Media)
Spare Time Activities: Adjusting my electric guitars (and Luke's, and Paul's, and Scott's...) and trying to keep the band equipped with the best gear possible
Fav Bands: Stryper, Mastedon, Barren Cross, Whitecross, Kansas, and Foreigner
Fav Food: Chinese buffet
PA Gear: Carvin system (Carvin Corporation) with additional processing equipment from ART, BBE, Behringer, and Lexicon
Guitar Gear: Carvin guitars and amps (studio). 1991 Ibanez RG560 guitar with custom Stryper finish and tung-oiled back of neck equipped with Seymour Duncan & Carvin pickups through a Tech 21 SansAmp GT2 amp simulator (live).
Alumni
Kerry O'Brien- Drummer
Tracey Doyle- Percussion
Timothy Lucero- Drummer
Jodie Wang- Vocalist
Matt Devine- Songwriter, guitarist, vocalist
Tim Devine- Songwriter, keyboards
Eric Kubica- Songwriter, bass, guitar
Tom Pawelko- Guitarist, vocalist
Sharon Pawelko- Vocalist
Matt Biesrchbach- Drummer
Lorraine Adams- Vocalist