“But in 2020, all our gigs were canceled. “We launched the band before the pandemic,” Elias said. Elias also continues playing in Stranger, along with Dayton radio personality Jeff Stevens, who is lead vocalist. In addition to Elias and Hoeting, guitarist Thad Bissett and bass player Sean Kelley joined Seconds to Surrender. “We auditioned a lot of people and found some great guitar players, but we needed someone who understood guitar effects.” “The band evolved with different members coming in and out,” Elias said. He and Stranger drummer Rob Hoeting founded “Seconds to Surrender,” a cover band that plays songs from The Police and Irish rock band, U2. Now that he has retired from full time work, Elias has time to focus more on his music. He also sings lead vocals and plays bass. With Stranger, Elias plays the keyboard and the rhythm guitar, after teaching himself in college. “We quickly started to feel like rock stars.” “We started like any band playing small venues and then festivals,” Elias said. “During that time I met musicians that ended up playing with me in Stranger when we started that band about 26 years ago.” “I also played in two other bands,” Elias said. Throughout his time in college, Elias continued playing in bands – his first was Chantz – and developed enduring friendships through music. “I got the chemistry degree but then went to Pepperdine University in California for law school.” “I wanted to make the world a better place,” Elias said. But by his junior year, Elias had become interested in studying law. Explore ROBIN’S JOURNEY: Two brain surgeries reveal strength of human spiritĪfter Elias graduated in 1981, he headed to college at Miami University in Oxford, choosing to major in chemistry with the hope of one day becoming a doctor. The band stayed together for about a year but disbanded once their lead guitarist graduated high school. “They had a massive sound system and a lot of our friends from Stebbins came out to see us. They ended up earning a second place in the contest. “We pulled together the band to compete in that.”Įlias played the keyboard and sang lead in Mirage and the group created a tape with a few songs. “What got us started is there was a contest on a local station, and it was held at a place called The Bus Stop in Dayton,” Elias said. At the time, local radio stations did a lot to promote up and coming local bands. The sift is NOT for promoting your own videos - it is for sharing videos others have made.When he was a junior in high school, Elias started playing in his first garage band – Mirage. Mind you, we only share videos you discover that someone else has made if you "self link," by posting a video you have made, have posted or have interests in, you risk the ban hammer - read the posting guidelines before posting. And - you are guaranteed to find more very good videos here already! Post it here, and share it with the large community of video-interested users. Post and share it here - VideoSift is the best video aggregator on the Web, where we share, discuss, promote, and interact with the best videos out there on the web. Have you seen a really funny, surprising, scary, interesting, cute or in any other way extra good quality video?
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