Rick was born in Minneapolis, MN in 1970 & grew up in Farmington, MN. He currently lives in Savage, MN.

In school, Rick was a proud member of the Tiger Marching and Concert Band, as well as the guitar-slinger for the jazz band. Rick played the piano & trumpet until age 16 where he found the magic power that was the guitar and never looked back.

Rick’s musical influences are U2, The Beatles, The Cure, Dave Matthews Band, Pink Floyd. Rick plays lead guitar, rhythm guitar and vocals.

Shannon began playing music at age 7 & no one could get her away from the family piano. She also was a soloist in school choir & performed in several musicals. She took college level music courses at UW-River Falls while in high school, won state soloist in Swing Choir & also won a scholarship to UW-River Falls for her vocal abilities.

Shannon joined the band Sir Real & composed over 100 original songs.

Shannon’s musical influences, to name a few, are Pink Floyd, Journey, Queen, Crash Test Dummies, Shinedown and Shpongle. Instruments: synthesizer, piano, tubular bells, marimba, glockenspiel, auxiliary percussion.

Shane began playing Electric and bass guitar in his early teens. He co-founded his first high school bands, Dorian Gray & Hung Jury, covering Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Metallica, Megadeth & Anthrax.

While serving in the military & attending college, his focus turned to writing original material.

In 2006, Shane formed the band Broken & continued to write music as well as record & produce music for several amateur artists. In late 2016, Shane was asked to join a new band that formed in a now defunct record store in Saint Paul. That band, Burn Room, evolved into 8LivesDown.

He grew up listening to classic rock including Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones & AC/DC. His favorite genres are early English blues from the 1960s including Fleetwood Mac as well as American blues, including Mike Bloomfield, Savoy Brown & Johnny Winter.