Fireworks Over London
Fireworks Over London
originally started several years ago (sometime in 2002) as an indie-rock band
with Jonathan Kenney and David Sparks. After a long, fruitless search for a
drummer, the band broke up for both personal and circumstantial reasons. After
Fireworks Over London broke up I, Travis, decided I wanted to jam with
whomever I could find and do something totally different from Fireworks Over
London, perhaps something I'd never even tried before. Within a month of the
breakup, I met Seth Hendricks through a mutual friend, Matt Parker. When Seth
and I jammed together, it was instant chemistry in a completely non-sexual way
of course. Both of us, disgusted with the bands that the music industry was
producing, wanted to try to do something somewhat new and original (our highest
goal is to write good and creative music). The music we developed with each
song we wrote. It was definitely different but good. So, Seth and I kept
jamming and decided to start try-outs for a drummer and a bass player. Seth was
playing in another band at the time and their drummer was Tony Crutcher. So, at
one of their practices, Seth asked Tony to come jam with us. When Tony jammed
with us to our songs, it was amazing. Tony's unique style of playing the drums
was perfect with our music. Tony probably composes half the talent of our
band. So, we had three members set- Seth on vocals and guitar, Tony on drums,
and me on guitar. Now all we needed was our bass player, so Seth called this
guy who was still in high school, Chris Oliver (I had to mention his schooling
because we always gave Chris hell for being in high school- hah). Chris came
and jammed with us and just as with Tony, was a perfect fit. What Chris had to
offer on bass was exactly what was needed for our music. As a true rhythm
section should, Tony and Chris immediately began to weld together- feeding off
of each others' style. The band was set... but we needed a name. Well, we
tossed around some names but there wasn't anything we really liked until Seth
said well... what about Fireworks Over London? I asked him if he was being
serious and he said he was and that he loved that name. Chris and Tony said
they really liked it as well... so... we had our name. Fireworks Over London
had come together, and after several months of hard work and good times, our
good friend Zack got us a show at the New Daisy and it's all history from there.