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JC: We have two lead vocalists in the band currently. One is Adam Troy. He's the original singer from

LA, the band that broke up in '94. Adam lives in Michigan. He's American. He left the band shortly
and just came back a couple of years ago after taking a little bit of a hiatus. He's one of our vocalists.
Our other vocalist. is Joey Greco. Joey is a multi-instrumentalist. He plays drums in the band, does
keypads and stuff on our recording, and he's also the vocalist. He plays a little bit of guitar, too. He's
like a ‘jack-of-all-trades’ on the musical scale. Sil Simone is our newest member. He's the guitar
player. Sil has played with some pretty big heavyweights here in Canada on the musical landscape.
He's played with Rik Emmett from Triumph, Lee Aaron, and Tom Cochran. He was on that Life is a
Highway Tour with Tom Cochran and Ronnie Hawkins. He's been in theater productions like ‘We Will
Rock You’ and ‘Bat Outta Hell.’ He's a pretty experienced and respected musician, both live and in
the studio. And then there’s me…I'm Joseph Cumbo, bass player and a founding member. I started
the band way back, and I'm actually the only real original member left from when the band was called
LA.

TB: With the addition of the new members recently, how has that changed the dynamics of
the band?

JC: Well, the band's evolved writing-wise. I think it's changed quite a bit. Back in the day, we used to
sit around, all four of us, and write music together as a band. We were a much tighter unit that way
because everybody was local. Adam lived in Canada at the time, so the four of us would rehearse
every night and write songs on a regular basis. But with the new members, we are a little bit spread
out. Adam's moved to the States. We write more, I guess, online, I would say, or we're sending files
back and forth. That's changed quite a bit as far as how we interact with each other and how the
band writes and corresponds with each other. It's not so much in person anymore. We've taken it to
new technology and taking advantage of that and doing stuff virtually.

TB: Your latest release is the EP ‘SX.’ Talk a little bit about that EP.

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