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Over the last few years the band has had many....MANY different changes and members. Origionally the band was called I.H.O.P.R; which consisted of Brian Reiger-Lead Guitar, Mike Monstert- Bass, Trevor Drumm- Drums, Tony Austin- Vocals, and Andrew on Rhythm Guitar. After a year Brian and Tony left the band and Trevor, Mike, and Andrew recruited Chris Ducharme on vocals. It was a helluva lot of fun. We hung out and played cover tunes, and tried to make origionals. Our first origional was "Master of Muppets", a punk song that never really made it. As time went, Mike moved to Kansas, and Trevor brought Bryan Wysong into the band as Bassist. We then Reformed under the name NEXUS 1. As music tastes changed and rivalries grew in the band, Trevor and Bryan left citing a number of reasons, to form Lost Cause with Jared Chambers. After the split, Chris and Andrew still kept to the goal: Make NEXUS 1 a real band. So, they were introduced to Jeff Ligda by a certain female we wish to remain anonimous. Jeff was a punk guitarist who was interested in playing bass. Jeff joined the band and they renamed themselves Samsara. After almost a year of searching they met Alex Thomas and recruited him to play drums. Alex had only been in the band for about a month and was already a huge contributer. Unfortunatly, Jeff left the band due to personal reasons, and Matt Goodrich replaced him. They changed there name back to Nexus 1 and started playing shows. Unfortunatly the name Nexus 1 had too many similarities to another band so they had to change there name ONCE AGAIN. Finally settling on Afterdust. After well over a year of playing shows, recording, and expanding musically, the band decided it was time to take on a new member. Aaron Knell was a very close friend to everyone in the band, and ironically enough, was also a lead singer. Aaron joined the band to share lead vocals with Chris. Now, Finally, Chris, Aaron, Andrew, Matt, and Alex are whole, driven and wanting to do whatever it takes to be heard, and they will be heard.

Andrew

ANDREW - Guitar

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-Name:Andrew Loe
-Nickname: Boss
-Instrument: Guitar
-Hometown: Issaquah
-Gear: Boss GT-3 guitar processor, Jackson JR-20 Randy Rhoads Guitar, Mashall 80 watt Valstate Bichorus
-Height:5'11''
-Weight: 190
-Hair color: Brown
-Eye color: blue
-Best show: Cedarcrest Battle Of the Bands 2002
-Worst show: Skyline Battle of the Bands 2001
-Favorite place to write songs: Alone in my room
-Favorite albums of all time: White Zombie: Astro Creep 2000
-Favorite albums of 2001/2002: Dope: Life, Rob Zombie: The Sinister Urge, Slipknot: IOWA, Nothingface: Violence, Rammstein: Mutter
-Favorite thing to do before a show: Meet the other bands
-Favorite thing to do on stage: Perform
-Favorite thing to do after show: Go to Denny's with the crew
-Best thing about being playing any show: Watching people mosh from stage
-Your favorite Afterdust song: Mindless
-Typical menu (what you eat): Subway
-What's on your answering machine: "Hi this is Andrew, I'm not available now so leave a message and I'll call you back as soon as I can."
-What's in your VCR/dvd player: Planet of the Apes
-What do you drive: A silver '99 Dodge Neon
-Ever been refused entry to a foreign country: No
-Ever been refused entry to a relatives house: No
-Ever been refused entry to a venue: Yes
-Ever been refused entry to your own house: Yes
-Favorite thing on TV: Simpsons
-If you had a pet, it would be: A talking Parrot
-Best room in your house: Don't have a house at the moment
-# days w/o showering: 3
-# days w/o eating a vegetable: 1
-If I couldnt be a musician, I'd be: Dead
-The 1st thing you do when you wake up: Go back to bed
-What do you do with your spare change: use it
-What is the most precious commodity to you: Star Wars Cards

-Describe your fellow bandmates:

-Chris: He's more than just my best friend, he's like an older brother to me, although he's younger, his advice is always sound, and his the only thing I value more than that about him, is his big heart. He can also make me laugh, no matter what's going on.

-Alex: Alex has such an open mind, and has taught me how to open myself up to newer possibilites, and newer ideas about love, music, and life in general.

-Matt: While Matt and I don't always see eye to eye, or get along all the time, we can always openly talk about our differences in opinions without worrying about hurting our friendship. And Matt is always willing to give whatever he can, even when he has nothing.

Chris

CHRIS - Vocals

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-Name: Chris Ducharme
-Nickname: Shyne
-Instrument: Vocals
-Hometown: Sammamish, WA
-Gear: Digitech Vocal 300 effects processer
-Height: 6'
-Weight: 155
-Hair Color: Black and Purple
-Best show: Cedrcrest Botb
-Worst show: Ground Zero
-Favorite place to write songs: Alone in the dark
-Favorite albums of all time: Slipknot: Slipknot, Mudvayne: L.D. 50, Snot: Snot
-Favorite albums of 2001/2002: Slipknot: Iowa, Mushroomhead: XX, Wolfsheim: Spectators
-Favorite thing to do before a show: Get a hug
-Favorite thing to do on stage: Umm......sing
-Favorite thing to do after show: Denny's run
-Best thing about being playing any show: Seeing the crowd go nuts to our shit
-Your favorite Afterdust song: Storyteller
-Typical menu (what you eat): All sorts of unhealthy stuff
-What's on your answering machine: This is Chris, I don't want to talk to you right now, leave me a message.
-What's in your VCR/dvd player: The Crow (always), Interview with the Vampire (also always)
-What do you drive: Black '91 VW Jetta 
-Ever been refused entry to a foreign country: no
-Ever been refused entry to a relatives house: no
-Ever been refused entry to a venue: yes
-Ever been refused entry to your own house:yes
-Favorite thing on TV: I don't watch much, but I guess Late night shows.
-If you had a pet, it would be: A long haired, black chihuahua named Spaz
-Best room in your house: My room
-# days w/o showering: 4
-# days w/o eating a vegetable: I think weeks is more appropriate
-If I couldnt be a musician, I'd be: Worthless and depressed
-The 1st thing you do when you wake up: Swear, go back to sleep
-What do you do with your spare change: Lose it
-What is the most precious commodity to you: My wallet, it has pictures of everyone I care about

-Describe your fellow bandmates:

-Andrew: Friend isn't a word I could use to describe Andrew. He's more like my brother. Musically, he is obsessed, he sees a guitar, anywhere, and I guarantee you he will play it, for HOURS. He has the biggest heart in the world and I wouldn't give him up for anything.

-Alex: Alex's pulls more than his share of responsibilities in the band. I haven't run into anyone more dedicated to a band than Alex is. Since I've known him I've kind of adopted him as my son, "Nobody hurts my little Alex"

-Matt: Matt and I have more in common musically than anyone else I know. Our musical taste and style is virtually identical. His input towards the band has helped us grow musically and mentally.

Alex the l33t mu5er

ALEX - Drums

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-Name:Alex Thomas
-Nickname: Lil' Bitch
-Instrument: Drums
-Hometown:Seattle
-Gear: Tama, Sabian, and Vic Firth
-Height: 5'11"
-Weight: 122
-Hair color: black bangs with blonde dreads
-Best show: Cedercrest Battle of the Bands
-Worst show: Ground Zero
-Favorite place to write songs: my room
-Favorite albums of all time: I don't know, don't ask questions my mind can't handle, are you trying to make me have a nervous breakdown or something? ...fucker.
-Favorite albums of 2001/2002: that is alot of fucking music, i don't know.
-Favorite thing to do before a show:my ritual, hug my band, get a kiss from chris, and try to relax
-Favorite thing to do on stage: play drums
-Favorite thing to do after show: party!
-Best thing about being playing any show: that question makes no sense
-Your favorite Afterdust song: either storyteller or weeping
-Typical menu (what you eat): not much, coffee, peanut butter, bagals, coke, and pizza
-What's on your answering machine: a boring message incase employers call
-What's in your VCR/dvd player: sin
-What do you drive: nothing
-Ever been refused entry to a foreign country: nope
-Ever been refused entry to a relatives house: i don't think so
-Ever been refused entry to a venue: i've got turned away for like spikes and stuff
-Ever been refused entry to your own house: no
-Favorite thing on TV: don't watch it much, music videos i guess
-If you had a pet, it would be: a rat, or snake, probably end up with a cat though
-Best room in your house: mine
-# days w/o showering: 2
-# days w/o eating a vegetable: alot
-If I couldnt be a musician, I'd be: fucking insane! probably a poet
-The 1st thing you do when you wake up: figure out what I'm supose to do that day and if I'm late for it
-What do you do with your spare change: bus fair, alison's cigertte fund, loose it or occasionally put it in my jar of change
-What is the most precious commodity to you: my mp3 player right after my drums (unless you count the band, they're #1)

-Describe your fellow bandmates:

-Chris: Chris is one of my four mothers, he's very protective. He is very sweet, kind and intelligent. As a singer he's top notch, and works to not over shadow the rest of us like alot of vocalists. There's kind of a strange machoness there to. Always full of surprises. "Once in a life time, Mr. Roboto"

-Andrew: Andrew is my musical soul mate. Just start with a beat or a riff and play a whole damn song just from that. Probably the most resposible member of the band, at least when it comes to money. Really funny and corny and pretty cheesy with an old school metal edge.

-Matt: Matt... How do you approach describing matt? Matt seems to have a totally different perspctive on life. Though we often agree, it's almost always for different reasons. He fills all the gaps. Much like his instrument, he counters, suports, harmonises, and imporves where and when it needs to be. For instence watching the videos of our shows over and over noting every weak point in our stage presence. The rest of us would have never thought of that and never would of driven us to improve and strengthen that aspect of our band.

Matt

MATT - Bass

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-Name: Matt Goodrich
-Nickname: Pokey
-Instrument: bass
-Hometown:issaquah...fuck
-Gear: Washburn Bass, Crate Amp, Digitech effects processor
-Height: 5'8
-Weight: 150lbs
-Hair Color: black, purple, blonde
-Best show: b.o.b.
-Worst show: ground zero
-Favorite place to write songs:my room
-Favorite albums of all time: SLIPKNOT
-Favorite albums of 2001/2002: crossbreed
-Favorite thing to do before a show:i don't know, i always do push ups for some reason....gets the blood moving i guess.
-Favorite thing to do on stage:umm.....play bass
-Favorite thing to do after show: usually after shows we all try to go have a smoke, but don't get to it for about 20 minutes or so....
-Best thing about being playing any show: the energy of the crowd
-Your favorite Afterdust song: weeping
-Typical menu (what you eat): 25 cent cookies at skyline
-What's on your answering machine: a short depressing greeting
-What's in your VCR/dvd player: red dwarf
-What do you drive: an imagionary little shit mobile
-Ever been refused entry to a foreign country: no
-Ever been refused entry to a relatives house: yes
-Ever been refused entry to a venue: no
-Ever been refused entry to your own house:yes
-Favorite thing on TV: andrew chris and i enjoy making fun of the wwf every monday.
-If you had a pet, it would be: a BULL dog mixed with a SHITzu...you do the math.
-Best room in your house: mine...of course
-# days w/o showering: its back to a regular schedule.
-# days w/o eating a vegetable:i had a carrot a few weeks ago...i think
-If I couldnt be a musician, I'd be: COREY!!!
-The 1st thing you do when you wake up: go back to sleep
-What do you do with your spare change:what spare change...
-What is the most precious commodity to you: my guitar

-Describe your fellow bandmates:

-Chris:social singer who has more in common with me than any other of my guy friends

-Andrew:sorry guys i had to break in and change this one....andrew kicks ass! thats all that needs to be said here.

-Alex:silly little raver for whom the PARTY NEVER STOPS!!!