User:Darrenverpeut

'Darren Verpeut is a 37 year old Musician from New Jersey. Starting on the drums at age 11, at 13 he began playing guitar and writing songs. By age 16 he was taking vocal lessons regularly and performing in night clubs throughout the N.Y./N.J area. Working many jobs related to the music industry such as Latin Percussion (L.P.) and Sam Ash Music as well as performing in different local cover bands as both a drummer and a singer at different times, he began a networking of friends that put him in many different musical situations and experiences. in 1994, he performed in the Ditchdogs which was a hard rock/metal band with a southern tinge. At the same time he performed in ATL (all time low) with Mike Cristi and Alan Tecchio from Non-Fiction, and Dave Jengo formerly of Revenant. in 1997, he played drums in "ours" with lead singer Jimmy Gnecco and Jimmy signed with Dreamworks records soon after. Darren did some touring and pre-production for ours before the first album "distored lullibies" was released. Darren sang lead vocal and wrote the music for the band "Soulvine" and the band played shows mostly in New York. In 2001, Darren toured with Jimmy Gnecco and Ours once again in support of the bands second album "Precious" and appeared in the video for "Leaves" which appeared on MTV. Ours also appeared on the late show with Carson Daly, and the much music show in Canada. Currently, Darren is married with a child and released his first solo album entitled "Racing Towards A Setting Sun" which is available on iTunes and CdBaby.