Name: Douglas Sean Robb

Nickname: "Teriyaki MoFo"

Birthdate: 1/2/75

Birthplace: Hollywood, CA

High School: Agoura High School, 1993

College: Moorpark College

Interests: Basketball, Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Drawing, anything active!

Favorite Bands: Faith No More, Tool, Mr. Bungle, Incubus, Ave. 120, Jamiroquai, Abortion Breakfast

Favorite Musicians: Mike Patton, Steve Vai, J.S. Bach, all those lovely cute boys in Incubus, Danny Elfman

Turn-ons: Photosynthesis, warm water, Jell-O molds, blocked shots, shoes, mouthwash, farts & farting

Turn-offs: His own bad breath, bare feet, cold water, baskets, Jell-O cubes, breathing, and people who don’t admit to farting.

Background: Doug grew up all over the Valley before settling in Agoura in the third grade. He picked up the guitar while living in Japan during the 8th grade. Doug played bass for his first band, "Sound Off for Chesterfield," in high school, and for "Ave. 120" shortly after. He decided to give singing a try with Dan.

Name: Dan Estrin

Nickname: "Funk"

Birthdate: 7/9/76

Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA

High School: Agoura High School, 1994

Interests: Music, Afros, and Late 70’s and 80’s TV shows like C.H.I.P.’s, Dukes of Hazard, What’s Happening, and The A Team

Favorite Groups: Weezer, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Incubus, The Pissing Idiots, Fishbone, Ave. 120, and Show Me Your Titz

Favorite Musicians: John Frusciante, Mike Einzinger, Jose Pasillas, and Dirk Lance

Name: Markku Juha Lappalainen

Nickname: "Thrill Seeker"

Birthdate: 4/6/73

Birthplace: San Fernando Valley, CA

High School: Notre Dame, 1992

Interests: Japanese animation, painting art, self loving, building models, snow & skate stuff, and the space above

Dislikes: Old anal people who tell us what to do

Favorite Music: A bunch of techno and ambient stuff, a glob of acid jazz, and some of the other stuff out there

Life Story: Came to conquer. He’ll tell you if he wins or not after.

Comments: Keep your head clear and think for yourself.

Name: Christopher Light Hesse - First name used to be Forest (parents are hippies)

Nickname: "Humboldt Stress"

Birthdate: 1/26/74

Birthplace: Humboldt County, CA

High School: Arcata High, 1992

College: 1 year at College of the Redlands, studying music theory

Favorite Musicians: Stewart Copeland, Vinnie Colaiuta, whoever Dave Mathews' drummer is, Jose Pasillas and a bunch of friends you've never heard of.

Favorite Groups: Grew up on Rush, matured on Phish, now only likes heavy metal.

Interests: Surfing, running, surfing, biking, surfing, girls, surfing, surfing, surfing

Background Info: Chris grew up in the super mellow county of Humboldt. Believe it or not, he does not smoke pot- anymore. His dad played drums in the 70's for a popular band called Good Dog. Chris began playing drums in the school band in 5th grade, and got his first drum set at 14. He moved on to Jazz band in high school, and played around with his dad's friends until he formed his first heavy metal band, Thunder Slugs, in 12th grade. In college, Chris joined a local funk band, Rumplestiltskin, where he started fooling around with odd meters and other great things you may not know about. After a couple years he moved to Los Angeles with the guitarist of Rumplestiltskin to pursue a career in music. Things didn't work out with the group, and Chris began searching for other musicians. The second add in the Recycler he answered was for Hoobustank, and the rest is history!

Name: Jeremy Adam Wasser

Nickname: "Yoda"

Birthdate: 2/23/75

Birthplace: Panorama City, CA

High School: Agoura High School, 1993

College: University of Miami, December 1997 (projected graduation date), double- majoring in electrical engineering and music engineering, minoring in jazz saxophone performance

Interests: The Simpsons, Star Wars, Transformers, Dodgers, Lakers, Spelling Television, Seinfeld, Miami Hurricane Athletics, food, computers, recording engineering, raw sewage, early 80's flics, and old school video games like Joust and Donkey Kong.

Favorite Groups: Brand New Heavies, NWA, Mr. Bungle, Incubus, The Police, No Doubt, Steely Dan, The Pissing Idiots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and early 80's bands like Men at Work and the Eurythmics.

Favorite Musicians: Beck, Bjork, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Prince, James Taylor, Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, Seal, Jessica, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Cannonball Adderly, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Stitt, Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker, Tom Harrell, Kenny Garrett, & Phil Woods.

Background: Jeremy began playing piano at the age of 8. Tiring of incessant requests for "Axel F," he picked up the alto saxophone in the sixth grade. Jeremy quickly learned, however, that the alto saxophone was too small an instrument to conceal his gut, so he switched to the larger tenor saxophone in the 9th grade. At the age of 16, Jeremy was a finalist in the "jazz" category of the 1992 Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards, and soloed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. That same summer, he was named to the Monterey Jazz Festival High School All-Star Big Band. For nearly five weeks, the group toured all over Japan and performed with such artists as Rufus Reid, Richie Cole, and Bill Berry. The group also shared a stage with Dizzy Gillespie and Branford Marsalis in September of 1992 at the Monterey Jazz Festival. In the weeks immediately following the Japan trip, Jeremy fulfilled a fellowship to the Aspen Music Festival, and performed with musicians such as Chris Potter, Gary Burton, and Eddie Daniels. In 1993, Jeremy received a full scholarship to the University of Miami in Florida.

Jeremy joined his first band in late 1992. The group featured an eclectic array of talents, and included two guitarists, keyboards, three background vocalists, four horn players, drums, percussion, and a rapper- thirteen members in all. After one show and a private meeting with producer Quincy Jones, the group dissolved after a tragic accident in which seven members of the band spontaneously combusted. Frustrated and fat, Jeremy vowed never to perform with a "band" again. In the summer of 1995, however, Dan and Doug approached Jeremy about playing with their funk band. They assured him that they could provide flame retardant costumes for virtually every performance. The rest is asparagus.

Name: Derek Kwan

Nickname: "Kwanzaa"

Email: dsk2@acpub.duke.edu

Homepage: http://www.duke.edu/~dsk2

Birthdate: 9/1/76

Birthplace: Santa Monica, CA

High School: Agoura High School, 1994

College: Duke University, 1998 (projected graduation date)

-Major: Music

-Minor: Political Science

Interests: Duke basketball, Duke football, Duke recruiting, Coach Krzyzewski Fan Club, Lakers, Dodgers, Carolina Panthers (FFL), Taco Bell

Favorite Groups: Pearl Jam, Take 6, Sublime, Free Flight, Berlin Philharmonic, The Dogg Pound, Mingus Orchestra

Favorite Composers: Bach, Mahler, Dvorak, Ibert, Mozart

Favorite Musicians: Jean-Pierre Rampal, Jim Walker, Cannonball Adderly, Sonny Stitt, Kenny Garrett, Greg Osby, Tupac Shakur, Antonio Hart

Experience and Background: Desiring to break Oriental stereotypes, Derek brutally dismantled and burned the violin that was given to him ten years ago. His parents then bought him a flute, knowing that the temperatures in the barbecue where he burned the violin could not reach the intense level of heat required to melt the metallic flute. Close to three years later, and due to the vicious badgering he suffered through for playing such a "feminine" and "Zamfir-eque" instrument, Derek started playing the saxophone to create a more masculine, sexy, and macho image for himself.

Derek began playing saxophone for Hoobustank in the summer of 1996. Before this, he served as principal flutist of both the California All-State Honor Band and Orchestra. He was also a winner of the 1994 Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards in the area of Jazz Instrumental. In 1995, Derek was named a winner of the Yamaha International Young Performing Artists Competition, and was awarded a fellowship to the Aspen Music Festival. In July, 1997, he participated in the Lake Placid International Music Festival with Julius Baker, Jeanne Baxtresser, and Jim Walker, among others. Derek hopes to be playing music for the rest of his life in one way or another, and if music doesn't work out, there's always business school.