Dealing with a noisy roommate may be annoying at times, especially when said roommate is holding band practices.
Political science and statistics freshman Jared Neufer's roommate just had to deal, before they moved practice to drummer and architecture freshman Alex Atallah's house.
The band started when bassist and psychology freshman Mark Reineke entered the wrong ASU 101 course and met Neufer. Atallah came next. They were later joined by lead singer and mathematics freshman Taylor Smith, then by guitarist and pre-med freshman Joey Russo to form The Pedestrians.
The band has been in the works since August 2007.
Neufer says the band's music is influenced by many genres including pop, progressive rock, alternative and heavy metal. "We like to be flexible and experimental a little bit," Neufer says. "I guess we're trying to make pop music, but at the same time, more complex — something new."
The band unites atypical instruments such as the saxophone with off-the-cuff influences to create a distinctive sound unusual for bands in their infancy.
The Pedestrians can agree that as a band, Tally Hall, Porcupine Tree and Queen have been major influences.
The band has yet to perform any shows, but don't worry, the members say they know what they're doing.
They are working on songs that will soon make it to an EP. "Our goal right now is to get a solid half hour of music so when we perform live with other bands we can start giving them out," Reineke says.
Other students might think it to be difficult to mix homework with band practice, but The Pedestrians think otherwise.
"If I don't play music, I'll go insane," Russo says.
