subanez

about

When he reached high school, Kevin embraced cross country running, another endeavor that allowed him plenty of time inside his head. Like many high school kids, Kevin started to explore dark, heavy music. One of his close friends made him mix tapes from 311, Rage Against the Machine and Tool. At first he didn’t know what to make of this music, because it was so different from anything he had ever heard before. After spending some time with the songs, Kevin was hooked. For the first time in his life, Kevin found the connection he was looking for, but it wasn’t to a person--it was to music. Now Kevin had certainty. He wanted to be a musician. He wanted to connect to others who were struggling to make sense of their worlds. He took on the nickname, Subanez, which is a combination of one of his older songs titled “Submission” and the guitar brand Ibanez. Submission + Ibanez = Subanez. By the time college rolled around, Kevin/Subanez was totally immersed in ROTC and already had plans to become a fighter pilot. Attending Syracuse University and working full time was intense, and Kevin realized if he was going to continue making music, he was going to have to do it 100% solo. There just wasn’t enough time to put a band together and make it to rehearsals. He had already picked up the bass, and would borrow a guitar from a friend when he wanted to lay down tracks on his computer. Bass, vocals, guitars, and eventually synths, keyboards and drums, Kevin/Subanez learned to do it

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