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The Band
JoystickCompany was formed on Valentine's Day 1999 in Huntington Beach California. Formed for a performance in a musicianship class at Marina High School, the band decided to just keep on practicing in Cooper's bedroom afterwards. It was in this room that their style of rock/pop/punk started to emerge. Eventually Cooper was kicked out of his own room by all of the equipment, and by the fact that Kevin's jumping finally cracked his wood bedframe. The name Joystick Company was thought up out of the deep recesses of Brett's brain after one of their first practices and was made the name almost immediately. One of their first live performances was for friends at Marina's Amphitheatre, with which they used to slowly rise up to clubs like Hollywood's Whisky and the Palace. They hope to continually play these places on a regular basis so their music can be appreciated by as many people from as wide an area as possible. So go see them as soon as you can!!!
Click here to see more photos of the band.
Cooper
Cooper has been playing drums for 8 years and took lessons for 5 years. He has been playing in bands since he started playing and doesn't plan on ever stopping for anyone or anything. He grew up learning mostly punk and rock music but from taking lessons, his drum teacher, Toby Harwell, has definitely got funk stuck in him, without a doubt. If he could change anything about his drumming he would just want to have more time to take lessons.
Equipment
Chubby Custom Drums (custom made by Cooper and Toby Harwell's custom drum company)
Toms: 10 x 8, 13 x 11, 16 x 14
Bass drum: 22'x18
Snare: Yamaha Manu Katche Model
Hardware: all d.w.
Cymbals: 14 high hats, 20 ride, 18 and 19 crashes, 20 chinese
Favorite Bands
DaveMatthews Band
Unwritten Law
311
Incubus
Iron Maiden
Click here to see more photos of Cooper.
Kevin
Kevin has been playing bass for about seven years now and had been in about three bands before he joined this train wreck called Joystick Company. He was basically the local bassist and bandless at the moment that Brett and Cooper came calling but he had played with Cooper in a previous band named Unknown so they new what he was all about.
We will be recording a new cd pretty soon so if you can't check Joystick Company out live, you can hear songs that include him shortly!
Equipment
Bass: Black Ibanez SR400Sound Gear w/ Active 3-Way
Strings: Bassboomer heavy 115 scale bass strings
Amp: Ampeg SVT350H 1000hz head and Ampeg cabinent containing 2 five inch speakers, 2 10 inch speakers,and one 15 inch speaker
He plans to upgrade in the near future to two SWR 4-10 cabinents and a Warwick thumb 5 or fortress 5-string bass as soon as the finances start cooperating.
Favorite Bands
311
Incubus
Green Day
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Unwritten Law
Rage Against the Machine
Influences
Jaco Pastorius
Flea
P-Nut
Click here to see photos of Kevin.
Brett
Brett started playing guitar at age 11, taking lessons every week for 6 and one half years. He's been singing ever since he's been playing guitar. In eighth grade he transferred out of a private school into a public school. That's when he started meeting more people that were interested in music, especially when he started at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, CA. He then started getting into playing in bands; a couple ska bands, one punk band, and then Joystick Company. Brett was also voted most talented in 1999 ( senior year ) by his fellow classmates. It was cool of his friends to vote for him! He actually got a picture in the yearbook! Out of high school Brett took a few semesters at a local junior college. And that's it! You're looking at the rest, basically all he's been doing is playing music and promoting Joystick Company.
Equipment
Guitars:Yamaha SE603M , Fender Mustang, Jackson Stealth HX, Fender Telecaster, Jasmine Acoustic, Washburn D10E/B Acoustic, more to come! Amplifier: Marshall Bi chourus 200 ( 350 watts ) 2x12, Celestion speakers.
Cords: Monster cable
Strings: Martin SP ( for electric and acoustic ) usually medium gauge. Don't ever buy extra light or light gauge for acoustic guitars!
Picks: Always mediums either the yellow dunlops or the ernie ball picks
Effects: He don't really use much effects, except for some boss pedals: flanger, etc; He also uses an ernie ball volume pedal and a roland footswitch
Favorite Bands
Travis
No Doubt
Pinhead Gunpowder
Incubus
The Wallflowers
Guns N Roses
Fiona Apple
Green Day
Craig David
Destiys Child
P Diddy Dog
Nofx
Unwritten Law
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
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| Date |
Venue/Club |
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| December 28, 2001 |
whisky a go go |
hollywood CA, usa |
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Location:
huntington beach CA, usa
Joystick Company Website
joystickcompany@aol.com
Regular Tour Area:
local orange county bars/clubs and clubs/venues in the hollywood area |
