Staump.com

Carlsbad/San Diego CA

TIM CHAVEZ

Guitar, Screams & Whispers

JEFF PILSON

Percussion, Backup Vocals

Steve Blake

Bass,Backup Vocals

THE ESSENTIALS ARE IN THE PUREST OF FORMS A HARD ROCK POWER TRIO!!! THREE INDIVIDUALS OF NEARLY UNMATCHABLE MUSICAL CHEMISTRY & CREATIVITY THAT PRIDE THEMSELVES ON THEIR ABSOLUTE NO BULLSHIT, ALL KILLER, NO FILLER APPROACH TO ROCK& ROLL,HAIL FROM NORTH COUNTY SAN DIEGO .THE ESSENTIALS FIRST EMBARKED ON THEIR JOURNEY WE CALL ROCK & ROLL AT THE TAIL END OF 2003 EXPLODING ONTO THE RED HOT SO CAL MUSIC SCENE WITH THEIR UNIQUE SOUND AND INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR PLAYING ROCK MUSIC. THE WAVE OF POSITIVE ENERGY THEY CREATED PUSHED THEM DIRECTLY INTO THE STUDIO WHERE THEY FEROCIOUSLY ATTACKED THEIR FIRST RECORDING VENTURE THE FIVE SONG E.P. TITLED **EMPTY**. WITH A TENACIOUS " SLEEP WHEN YOU’RE DEAD" TYPE OF WORK ETHIC THE BOYS WERE ABLE TO FULLY COMPLETE A COLLECTION OF ELECTRIFYING FACE MELTING KICK ASS ROCK SONGS THAT IS NOW THE EIGHT SONG L.P. DEBUT ALBUM **ASHES TO ASHES** RECORDED AND PRODUCED AT DML STUDIO BY FORMER DRUMMER OF FINCH ALEX PAPPAS. THIS ALBUM IS A TESTAMENT OF LIVING THROUGH "A HAZE OF CIGARETTES AND BOOZE". NAME THE VENUE AND THE ESSENTIALS HAVE PACKED THE HOUSE WITH IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS OF UNQUENCHABLE HARD ROCK THIRSTY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PROUD TO BE LOYAL ENTHUSIASTS . NOTORIOUSLY KNOWN FOR DELIVERING THE MOST HIGH OCTANE, PASSIONATE AND MEMORABLE LIVE PERFORMANCES ON THE SCENE. CHECK OUT THE BLOG WEEKLY. P.S. DALLY IS KING!!!