BEN COMBE

I was born in Framingham Massachusetts on October 16th, 1976, It was a Tuesday. Soon after, my family moved to Holliston Ma. where I remained through High School. I began my music career as a singer, my sister was a bit of a diva for her age so I felt the need to compete. So, I was in chorus, I was a drama geek, I had leading roles in musicals, was in a Barber shop quartet during a brief stint at a swank private school in Chestnut Hill Ma. And was the singer In my first rock band aptly named 'Ego Alley' with Dan B. on guitar. I started playing the guitar in sixth or seventh grade because I liked 80's hair rock, it just seemed to make sense, my father played, and my grandmother was a piano teacher, and at Birthday parties my family would harmonize Happy Birthday, so music was always fun and encouraged. So much so that when I went to Berklee College of Music, I didn't mind doing the homework. Now as I push 30, I still feel the same innocent awe that first inspired me to play, and I feel privaleged to play in a band with these 3 fellows. And it makes me chuckle that Dan and I, after all these years are still sharing the same dream.

Guilty pleasures: Expensive foreign foods, messy cars, The Netherlands, and woman that I know will break my heart from day 1.

Zodiac sign: Libra

Favorite foods: Osso Bucco, real italian style pizza, red wine, and anything my mother cooks except for Garbanzo bean Loaf.

Fondest memories: playing in the dirt, everything that happened between 1994 and 1995. Wine festivals In Germany, Vegas Phish shows, Ashley Anderson. Raves with Durf and Tanzi and Dano and packages from Summer Jane Bell.

Regrets: Julia Frenkle, not going inside with Christen Di'andrea, Not keeping in touch with Nate Donabed, making my parents worry from 1992 to the present. ignoring good advice, and my horrible tendency to learn things the hard way.

Wishes: someone to haul my gear around, an Abyss guitar, to have dinner with Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Paul Mcartney, Elizabeth Hurly, Kirsten Dunst, Trey Anastasio, Bill Clinton, and the cast of Seinfeld and the Dali Lama.

Things to do before I die: Learn how to surf, get a tatoo, see the northern lights, swim with a Dolphin, buy my Mom a Porche, and see the Pyramids.