DEPARTURE is more than a band. It is made up of a dynamic group of individuals.

Let's get to know them a bit better. Starting with Matt....

INSTRUMENT : Bass Guitar

MUSICAL INFLUENCES : Entwistle, Sting, Bruce, Craig, Kaye

QUOTE : "It's not really that way..."

Here comes Sean .....

INSTRUMENT : Drums

ROLE IN BAND : Besides drumming, Sean acts as the PR / Marketing guru for the band.

MUSICAL INFLUENCES : Gadd, Cobham, White

QUOTE : "Do we all start together on this?"

And then there is Bev.....

INSTRUMENT : Lead Vocals, Keyboards

ROLE IN BAND : Bev is the primary writer of many of the departure tunes. She brings a spiritual and musical strength to the group.

MUSICAL INFLUENCES : Wilson, Grant, Carpenter, Joplin

QUOTE : "Wouldn't it sound better if we all started in the same key?"

Here comes Bob....

INSTRUMENT : Lead Vocal

MUSICAL INFLUENCES : Dylan, Dylan, Dylan

QUOTE : "I really like the sound of that...it's got a groove..."

NAME : Alan

Alan's face doesn't show up on film (?!?), so we are not able to provide a picture of him. People ask us what he looks like. Hard to describe. But, face it, he's a guitar player....think hair....

INSTRUMENT : Guitar

ROLE IN BAND : Alan writes much of the material for DEPARTURE and has a strong hand in the arrangements and making the songs work for our instrumentation.

MUSICAL INFLUENCES : Clapton, Smith, Waters, Lee

QUOTE : "Are we gonna get this right or what?"

There is, however, a photo of Justin....

INSTRUMENT : Sound man / equipment junkie. Justin can't always be with us, but we always try to get him when we can to handle the sound duties, and to lend a festive mood to whatever we are doing.

ROLE IN BAND : Justin mixes the sound and keeps everyone smiling.

MUSICAL INFLUENCES : Zappa, Cage, Skynyrd

QUOTE : "That sounds - SWWWWWEEEEEEETTTT!!!!!"