The Real Venue opens its doors to local band Faucet Friday April 6 to promote their first HourZero show.
Other guests include, Daphne Loves Derby a band from Washington, Patchwork Medic, Undersin Clair and De Amor.
Teddy Myers on drums and Dustin Moore on rhythm guitar, started the band back in 1998 in junior high school.
After spending two years together unnamed, they finally decided on Faucet and started to develop their image.
As sophomores in high school, Myers and Moore designed a logo and adopted their 'do or die' attitude toward success.
"I started the band because I wanted to get more girls than a 80s rock band," said Myers. "My football career just wasn't taking off and I needed something else to focus on. No, really though I love to make music and playing drums is a release for me."
After recruiting lead guitarist Frank Littlefield, they knew they had to change their sound in order to hit it big.
"I heard what the guys were offering and I couldn't turn it down," said Littlefield. "I knew what they were doing was going to make it big."
Bouncing around from bass player to bass player Faucet was in desperate need of some stability.
"Basically our dream was taken away when we didn't have a bass player," said Moore. "The uncertainty of whether or not we would make it put strain on all of us."
The eclectic sound of Faucet has come a very long way since their debut on the stage of Apollo High School's Talent show.
"Our sound can be best described as if Avenge Sevenfold and Fall Out Boy had a love child that they neglected to tell the world about," said Myers.
It wasn't until year ago that they found lead singer Grady Melton and adopted their current lyrical and musical style.
"Style isn't something you happen upon," said Melton. "It is something you work at and develop and that is what we have done."
It wasn't until catching now bass player Nathan Beilman, Moore realized that the chemistry between everyone was nothing less than perfect.
"I wanted everything to happen then, right now," said Moore. "I had to learn patience and waiting for the right bass player was essential. We are like a family now and even though we are dysfunctional at times being able to jam and get along with everyone is very important to realizing our dream."
Beilman agrees.
"Somehow we've made it," said Beilman. "I know that from this day forth we have all participated in something that will change our lives forever."
In 2004 Kronik energy drink became the bands sponsor and since then the band has accelerated into the spotlight.
Kronik energy sponsors Team Kronik which is comprised of skateboarders, BMX riders, various motor sports, and bands from all over the nation.
However, today the band may be getting a new sponsor. Monster energy drinks have shown a huge interest in the band, according to band members.
"Nothing is official yet, but we have talked with Monster and they want us," said Myers.
In order to connect with their peers, Faucet has turned its focus to many local events and has enlisted the aid of an Arizona well known in the industry, Tim Harmon.
"If you play in AZ, you wanna be friends with Tim," said Myers. "He pretty much owns the local AZ scene."
By participating in countless battle of the bands and doing local charity events such as the Arizona State University fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi's awareness campaign to raise money for military hospitals overseas, the band has gained many newfound fanatics.
"I drove all the way down here just to see the boys," said Adrienne Good, Northern Arizona University junior. "They have a style that no one else on the market has right now."
The band finished the EP entitled "having this means you liked us before we were famous" just 10 months ago.
"We went broke making the CD," said Myers. "We had to wait almost a year for funds to produce the EP."
Members Moore, Littlefield and Melton sold their cars to make money for the CD to be ready to release. Production fees, replication costs and venues have cost the band more than 40 thousand dollars.
Knowing the full extent of the bands triumph in the face of diversity, producer Ryan Greene has seen the band through the hard times.
Greene, owner of Crush Recording Studios, has produced bands such as Authority Zero, Megadeath and NOFX. He recently collaborated with Faucet to bring the bands new sound into fruition on their new EP.
"The band has so much potential it is hard to say where they will go in order to achieve their goals," said Greene. "
The Real Venue is located at 5014 S. Price Road in Tempe.
Faucet hits the stage tonight at 7 p.m. and doors open at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $8.
Reach the reporter at: casey.kelsey@asu.edu.
