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The Story of Genius: From Eric’s POV

Biographies are typically not my cup of Green Tea. In fact, I think they’re generally ridiculous. But I was thinking, “Isn’t that what Him Genius is; generally ridiculous?” The name Him Genius itself is an oxymoron: To call someone a genius in the most caveman-esque and grammatically incorrect way. The band’s name also somewhat symbolizes where we stand in our views about music. You can’t be too serious about this medium. You have to laugh at the circumstances to come to face you. Otherwise, you’ll continue to end up where you started. Rebuilding a band from the ground up. The good thing is that Sam, Scott, and I have been close friends for many years now. Scott and I are brothers. Yep, the secret is out. We’ve been for 22 ¾ years. Scott was my central inspiration for who I am today in a lot of ways. I looked up to him dearly. Scott is also the reason why I wasn’t permitted, when I was younger, to be a lot of the ways I am today. He was, and still is, an amazing guitarist who wrote thought provoking music and played in some great bands. It wasn’t long before little brother was busting out the acoustic and writing songs of his own. About a week into my sophomore year at North Miami Senior High (woot…) I was sitting in my regular chair in my first period class. Guitar class. I vividly remember that I was playing 2x4 by Blind Melon when I noticed this tallish, Mohawk-toting punk scoot his chair near me. This punk, believe it or not, was Samuel Santilli. Over the year, Sam and I forged a pretty close friendship. Sam did not start playing bass until a couple of years after this occurrence, mostly due to a little band called Sunny Day Real Estate. Throughout several bands and member changes, Scott, Sam, and I have always stayed together. Maybe that’s because all three of us are a bit picky, or maybe people have always been picky of us. Regardless, we’ve remained together. When Him Genius formed in the summer of 2005, we made it essentially clear that we wanted to keep it simple. No over-thinking, over-producing, and just over… doing? So our songs have become shorter, our minds, clearer, are hearts pumping out the music we create. So I hope you enjoy. I hope somehow this music makes sense to you like it does to us. It’s not perfect, but last time I checked, neither were we.