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Competent Insanity

Known notoriously among the high school and college community, Competent Insanity has produced song upon song about the absolute insanity of everyday life. Having been started when its group members entered high school, they had no idea where their eclectic songs, new style, and charisma would take them. It's led to veritable success among teenagers, arguably music's biggest fan base. From world travel to high school, no topic is safe from the satiric wrath of Competent Insanity. Every member is a lifelong friend of the other, from the first, and will no doubt support each in their current endeavors. Now, on to meeting the stars and their music.

Tyler Evans, which is the name he uses currently, was the lead guitarist. He had such acoustical talent that he will be forever remembered as "Strings." He first started to come into contact with the group all throughout high school. At one of their concerts, he approached a member for an autograph. In the course of the conversation, he managed to get an audition for the group after playing a song or two. The group decided to give him a try, and right away, he became the lead acoustic guitarist. His hobbies include reading Dickens, growing roses in rocky soil, and conducting various experiments with Jell-O. While in the group, he was known as "String Cheese." His whole family wears glasses, and he was born with them as well. He is single, but still looking. Hunter Snapp, named after his father and his favorite pastime, was the bass player, one of the best in the county. He was one of the founding members of the group, and his creative input has helped to shape the albums the group has produced. While taking a test in his freshman year of high school, his mind wandered off to thinking of making a band to sing songs about life's little quirks. He talked to his friends about the idea, and with the help of music teachers and very understanding parents, Competent Insanity came to be. He was born in Ireland, where he got his love for potatoes and all things green (even mold). His hobbies include the bass guitar, studying prehistoric cavemen, and breeding types of wood. His girlfriend, Ginger C. Lantro, was a potential Spice Girl, but her beauty and love for weird things led her to Hunter. During his days with the group, he was known as "Hunter Gatherer."

Ben Houston, the keyboard man and another founding member of the group, had talent from birth. In fact, his first words were "Let's tickle the ivories!!!!" A good friend of Hunter's, he was invited by Hunter to embellish the group with his vast keyboard talent. Since then, his prowess has graced many a song, especially in the album "Love in The Style of Headbanging: Wedding Songs." Some popular hobbies of his include climbing steep hills, collecting Spanish ceramic dishes, and making leotards. He was born in the BrokeBack Hospital, in the middle of a town called Nowhere. Studying at various schools of piano since age 3, his talent and love for weird things has proved invaluable to Competent Insanity. The group has referred to him as "Keys." He is single, but still looking for a girl who can withstand piano music for hours at a time.

Patrik Hare, the group's touring manager and auxiliary percussionist, joined the group halfway through his sophomore year of high school. The group discovered him while playing a graduation ceremony, where I Slept Through Class, But I Graduated Anyway was selected as the class song. After the ceremony, he approached Hunter, who offered him an audition while accompanying a current hit song of the group. He did so successfully, and his management talent has helped the group manage its incredible touring schedule of high schools and colleges all over America. His hobbies include sampling herbal teas, collecting asphalt samples at motor speedways (even a Richard Petty commemorative), and testing out shag carpeting. He is single, but doesn't mind. It gives him more time to go to Indy 500 races. He was lovingly refferd to by the group as "Bookie."

Ryan Hann was the group's chief drummer. Along with Patrik, his drum skills have lit up the stage along with good spotlights. Not much is relatively known about him, and he prefers it that way. If his parents ever found out, oh the trouble he would have been in. All we know for certain is that his hobbies include cultivating crabgrass, making bowls out of the shells of old sea turtles, and sifting sand with his lovely girlfriend, Mary Ann.

Michael Paynter, the group's songwriter and French Horn player extraordinaire, was the last founding member of the group. He was raised in a small town southeast of Biloxi, Mississippi, but moved to North Manchester to follow his dreams of becoming a literary genius. After two failed book deals, he met Hunter and Ben. They took a shine to his creative abilities, and so recruited him to become the permanent songwriter of Competent Insanity.