Garrett VanValkenburg - Guitar / vocals/Keybord Nicholas Choma - Guitar / vocals Steve Maffia - Drums/Guitar/Sax Van Daalhuyzen - Bass
Influences
Garrett: Metallica, Bullet for My Valentine, Senses Fail, Alkaline Trio, My Chemical Romance, In This Moment, System of a Down, Nightwish, Rammstein, Dethklok, many other bands that I just can't list, a lot of classical piano
Nick: Alice in Chains, Korn, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, Slipknot, Duran Duran, Metallica, Radiohead, Marilyn Manson, Steve Vai, Adema, Rammstein, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Eminem, Tom Petty, Nine Inch Nails, Evanescence, Linkin Park, and of course, Dethklok
Steve: The Mars Volta, Dream Theater, Korn, Tool, Dethklok, Joe Corroza, latin drumming in general.
Van: Primus, Beck, Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Les Claypool, Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, Beck, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains, older Green Day(think dookie), Red Hot Chili Peppers, System of a Down, Tom Morello in general, things with heavy complicated bass riffs, and Dethklok(its madatory to like them in this band)
Blu Mantra was first conceived in June of 2007, by Garrett, at which point Steve and Nick joined in. They started off slow during the summer, and have since been working on new material as well as forging a unique and melodic sound of their own. Current and future plans include playing out and releasing an EP, and just getting their name out there in general. in march 2008, Van joined up as bassist. Any feedback you can provide for the band (positive AND negative) will be greatly appreciated from the band.
@ Nick - For Psychosis and Lost in the Abyss, it's me (Nick) singing. Garrett and I are going to be switching off for vocals though, from song to song (and in some cases from verse to chorus), so we can give the band a wider variety of sound and style. Glad you liked us!
