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3upfront
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3upfront
is by far one of the
hardest working band’s I’ve EVER met.
In the next page or so, I’ll do my best
to give them the credit they have earned
and deserve.
3upfront
started out as a couple
buddies jamming out at Jake’s (the
original drummer) parents house in
Kings Beach, CA, on the shores of
beautiful Lake Tahoe. One day, back in
98’ the current guitarist, and singer,(the
2 founding members remaining), Dave
Montanari and Adam Pierce joined
3upfront
forces to form
. After a
few weeks, they had a handful of songs,
reminiscent of some of there favorite
albums, Kerplunk, Damaged, Punk in
Drublic, and Stranger then Fiction, you
know the bands if your into the 90’s era
music, some of the best ever composed.
Playing house parties and at local pizza
3upfront
and brew pubs,
quickly
started to gain popularity on the shores
of Kings Beach and all around the lake.
After two years of rockin’ out, and
breaking stuff, the band was peaking in
popularity around the lake and it was
time to make a move.
In late 2000, the rowdy crew decided to
move coastal; and found half of them in a
house and the other half in an old Audi,
on the side of Highway-1, just outside
of Santa Cruz. After getting fed up
with practicing on the side of the road,
near Scott Creek, using no more than a
Jake’s trusty gas powered generator, and
a few Coleman propane camp lights,
3upfront
moved in to several
houses together, including but not in
this particular order: the Woodrow
house on the West side, Redwood
Heights off Freedom, The Canfeild
house, the Thurber pad, and of course
317 Spruce, there were others, and to
much debauchery for me to remember
correctly.
After placing second, by 3 votes, in 2002
at the Your Music Magazine Battle of
the Bands, to the other local faves, The
Expendables, the original bass player left
the band, to go on to start a recording
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3upfront
studio, and the rest of
stayed true to the dream. In March of
2006, after 4 more bass players, and placing
third, fourth, and fifth, again, in the Your
Music Magazine Battle of the bands,
Santa Cruz local, Josh Fisher, (current and
LAST bass player) joined up to make the
Voltron Transformation possible.
For the next four-and-a-half years,
3upfront would embark on an epic
D.I.Y tour all over California and Nevada,
while working day jobs, and juggling life’s
waves of insanity.
Playing gigs with such bands as The Circle
Jerks, Guttermouth, The Voodoo Glow
Skulls, The Aggrolites, Dr. Know, aD.I.,
FEAR, Agent Orange, Pschyosomantix,
The Lonely Kings, The MOB, Hate for
State, The Devil Himself, and others,
EVERY weekend, usually leaving Thursday
or Friday mid-day or after a full day of
3upfront
work,
would load The
Fish’s(Josh Fisher) old Volvo turbo wagon,
and Mr. Pierces’(Adam Pierce) old RAV4,
with Jake and D$$(Dave Montanari)and
would leave the sunny beaches of Santa
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Cruz, for the smoke filled, drink stained,
glass broken, pedals ruined world that is
underground Skate-Punk.
Gaining popularity all over the West
Coast, Arizona, New York, Japan,
Germany, scrimping and saving,
3upfront recorded 2 more albums,
“Nothing to Lose,” a more refined
sound,(Kerplunk Vs. Dookie) as well as
“And Jake” (the most fine tuned to date).
In late 2010, after 12 years, Jake, (the
original drummer) left the band, and was
replaced by a friend and local musician,
Jesse ”J-Dub” Wilkinson. After five
months of loading and unloading gear
to numerous practice spaces, they were
ready, fully revitalized and amped to
play. In 2011 at the last ever Your Music
Magazine, Music Olympics(formerly
3upfront
Battle of the bands)
would go to win 1st place, and 5K in
prizes. After the hangover was gone, and
3upfront
bloodstains removed,
took there winnings and recorded there
current album, that has 19 tracks on it,
in 46 hours.
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•the band•
•fish•
Born and raised
in Santa Cruz,
CA, Fish enjoys
long strolls on
the beach and
loves going to
happy hour throughout the county.
Enjoys driving over the speed limit and
loud music. Buffalo wings are a plus.
Don’t forget the Ghost chili sauce!!
•d$$•
Born and raised
in Martinez,
CA, then
moved to Lake
Tahoe, CA,
D$$ enjoys
golf, laundry and extreme shuffle
board, and can often be found at the
local sandwich shop on any given
Sunday.
•Mr.
pierce•
Born and raised
in Red Bluff,
CA, and then
moved to Lake
Tahoe, CA, he
likes to go to
buffets, and all you can eat brunches,
and enjoys vodka/red bulls, mixed,
not blended, shaken not stirred, with
Newcastle beer.
•j-dub•
Born and raised
in Santa Cruz,
CA, J-Dub
likes to shoot
guns and mudwrestle pigs,
along with gettn’ gangsta on the dance
floor, at the local karaoke bar, before 9
PM of course.
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•gear we rock•
fish uses:
• 1985 Marshall, Limited edition,
Silver Jubilee, 600 watts@4 ohm
• Gibson Thunderbird, Circa-2000’
• 1994 Marshall DBS 2x15 bass
cab, rated 600 watts@4 ohm
• Korg rack mount tuner
• Furman rack mount power
conditioner & Surge protector
• Gator Roto-Mold Heavy duty
road ready case
• Shure wireless system
• Digitech pedals
• Boss pedals
mr. pierce uses:
• Shure wireless system
• 2-Peavey 2-way 15” speakers
• Yamaha 250 watt Pa head
d$$ uses:
• 1990 Fender Rock Pro 1000-100
watt guitar head
• 2-4x12 Peavey guitar cabs Circa
1994, rated at 250 watts
• Line6 Pod Pro floor model guitar
FX pedal
• 2002 Fender Jazz Master
• 1987 Fender Strat
• Ibanez “Sticker-Beast”
• 1998 Esp LTD
j-dub uses:
• Yamaha Stage Custom 3-peice
drum set and Yamaha Snare
• Sabien cymbals
• Gibraltar heads
• Tama double kick system
• Pearl hardware
• Vic Firth Drum Sticks
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fish would use:
• Mesa-Boogie Amps & Cabs
• MarkBass Amps & Cabs
• Galien-Kruger Amps & Cabs
• Ampeg Amps & Cabs
• Gibson Basses
• Ibanez Basses
• D’Addaro Strings
• Ernie Ball Strings
• Shure wireless system
• Line6 wireless system
• Digitec pedals
• Boss Pedals
• Monster Cables
mr. pierce would use:
• Shure wireless system
• Line6 wireless system
• Seinheizer wireless systems
d$$ would use:
• Mesa-Boogie
• Fender
• Peavey
• Line6
• Marshall
• Fender Guitars
• Gibson Guitars
• Ibanez Guitars
• Line6 Pedals
• Monster Cables
j-dub would use:
• Pearl Drums
• Tama Drums
• Gretch Drums
• Yamaha Drums
• Ziljadan Symbols
• Sabien Symbols
• Vic Firth Drum Sticks
• Iron Cobra Kick Pedals
• Gibraltar Heads
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•about•
317
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•established–2006
•Originally from–Santa Cruz,CA
•Currently reside–Your Moms,CA
•Total bands signed– 2
•about•
3upfront
•established–1998
•Originally from– Lake Tahoe,CA
•Currently reside–Santa Cruz,CA
•Total albums– 4