Personnel
With no FM signal reaching her remote mountain town, Jackie's early musical experience was limited to AM radio and Saturday morning cartoons.Thankfully, she escaped to Philadelphia and discovered that most bands do not put out promotional lunchboxes. A sucker for any song with a hook, Jackie is known for colorful, sparkly guitars and annoying bursts of inappropriately timed creativity. When you are falling asleep to Conan, she's cranking out pop tunes at the speed of sound.
Jim's lifelong dream is to be a member of the world's cleanest band. His bass grooves and obsession with timing keep us tight, while his fastidiousness keeps our equipment in mint condition (we have all the hang tags!). Often mistaken for Russell Crowe by celebrity-seeking foreigners, Jim plays only sunburst finish basses; they match any outfit. Ignore his brooding expression. He's merely trying to remember where he left his Windex.
Alumni
Charles joined The Beloved Infidels in April 2009 and left in July, so we knew virtually nothing about this rhythmic mountain-biking man-child. Well, we do know he lived in New Jersey.
If Zac Braff and Dave Grohl had a love child, Phil would be their boy – a drummer with guitar visions who volunteered in the wild and wooly Temple Hospital ER in preparation for med school. And believe it or not, in addition to (or in spite of) being a great drummer, Phil actually had reliable transportation, gainful employment AND lived above ground! In fact, he had a schedule that would make Lance Armstrong seem lazy, but still managed to squeeze in band practices, shows, recording and video shoots. Hmmm. He actually must have been twins.
How can you not love a guy who drove all the way from Schwenksville to Philadelphia for band practice? Evan's perpetual grin and sunny disposition had earned him the nickname Mr. Fun, and we'd all like to have some of whatever he's on. He maintained creative control over all intros, solos and endings, and his love of old-school punk and impressive collection of boutique pedals (all distortion) drove the band to rock just a little harder, even on the slow songs.
Peter had lived most everywhere, from Northern Vermont to Union Square...and is it any wonder he gravitated toward the big city? With two maximum security correctional facilities
in his hometown in rural upstate New York, Pete's teachers moonlighted as prison guards, and he was in high school before he realized that cigarettes are not generally accepted as currency. While he was and still is an amazingly accomplished drummer, he had yet to master that most elusive of talents, the stick twirl. A lover of vintage gear, Pete was determined to will his prized set of Ludwig drums to himself in his next life. Oh yes, brewed a mean cup of coffee.
iel Nogueira (2006) > guitar
When asked where he was from, Daniel would say something that sounded like “Hu-ee-oo”. Apparently it’s in Brazil and we all said it wrong. In his first teenage stage experience, in a metal band, of course, the overenthusiastic lead singer introduced Daniel to the crowd as Satan. Daniel’s mother was not pleased. While it’s kinda strange that a metal-loving South American ended up in a Philadelphia indie rock band, Daniel managed to pull it off, but after he warmed up with a crazy Zack Wilde riff at The Rittenhouse Row Festival, the frightened soundman turned him down so far that Daniel was playing air guitar. An actual international playboy, he had women around the globe and the text messages to prove it. Blame it on Hu-ee-oo!
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