SAUNDERS, EVAN E.

[EVAN ELIAS SAUNDERS]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, background-image: url(http://i54.tinypic.com/2nqfdd2.jpg); border: solid 5px #d6d6d6; width: 250px; -webkit-border-radius: 50px 4px 50px 4px; -moz-border-radius: 50px 4px 50px 4px; line-height:85%; margin-top: 5px] EVAN ELIAS SAUNDERS, "good things will come my way" TWENTY-TWO | BROOKLYN FIRE | GUITAR | KENNEDY BROCK "SO TELL ME, WHO ARE YOU AGAIN?" "i'm evan saunders, twenty-two, one of two guitarists for brooklyn fire. hey, that was pretty simple enough." "RIGHT RIGHT, SORRY. SO TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF." "i think in a nutshell, i'm a pretty simple person. i can be anything you want me to be, i like not having to fit into a set and standard mold as a person, very go with the flow. sometimes i'm a typical guy, the type who just loves cars and drinking and all that other shit; and sometimes i can be kind of a girl, sitting at home eating ice cream with my dog and watching sad movies. so really, i can fit in with anyone if you want me to, just drag me out and i'll mold right in with everyone else that i'm talking to. i do love going out and interacting with people - parties are rad and i enjoy being social with anyone even if i don't know who the hell they are. making friends is my thing, i guess, i really like friends - and i guess you can say i am kind of a people pleaser overall. but that doesn't mean i'm a pushover. i really hate people who are totally fake, but most of all i hate hate hate drama, and if there's drama in the air you can watch me leave the area cause i don't want a part of it. i'm pretty honest, too; if you've got something to say you should tell me, cause i would tell you my opinion in a heartbeat, no hesitations. don't take me too seriously though, i do like to kid around a lot, and unless i tell you otherwise just assume that i'm joking around with you. let's just say i like to enjoy life while staying real as much as possible, but then again i'm a little bit of a hypocrite when i say that because admittedly i get a little paranoid of reality and what people think about me. i'm a private person, too, and i keep my personal life on the d-l. which is why i stay away from gossip. and i always always always am kind to whoever i come across, cause i do believe in karma and i'd like some good karma going back my way, in addition to keeping any of my personal things under wraps. no dirty laundry for you. i'm nice, and i try to be a good person. i'll bring you food and booze or something if you're down and you needed a pick-me-up. i do like to listen to people's problems, i'm actually a big help if you like hearing a straight-up opinion without any bullshit. my biggest flaw is probably that i've always felt like i needed to impress someone out there, and that sometimes leads me into doing things that i don't need to do, because i need and want to be noticed by people. i don't know, it's always been an issue of mine since i was a kid or whatever, since it's all been a rough few years while i was in the process of growing up. i guess all the insecurities i've had really led me to build myself up really high with this persona, but it's rare that i crack in front of other peoples or let them totally in to knowing exactly where i came from or why i am the way i am. i don't like when people expect a lot out of me, probably because i personally don't expect too much out of people. i've been let down a lot in some senses, but you know, i've always got high hopes for everyone, everything, and myself. i think everyone's a puzzle that needs to be figured out, and i like observing others and trying to look within them. all in all, i just try to be me, whoever that may be, as much as possible. i learned the hard way that you gotta say everything you need to say and do everything you wanna do before it's too late, 'cause life really is too short and you don't know what's going to happen. i'll live my life one day at a time, with a smile if i can muster it." "INTERESTING! WHERE WAS IT THAT YOU SAID YOU COME FROM?" "i'm a classic middle class american kid who grew up in suburbia. florida was pretty sweet, with all the water and the sun and stuff. i never had any problems at home, really, aside from the standard sibling disagreements and fights with my mom about curfews. my dad left when i was sixteen, and basically i just kind of shut down cause i didn't know how to deal with losing my father and not really being able to see him, since to this day i really don't know where he is or what woman caused him to leave since my mom still won't tell me, even if she denies it was about another woman. i have a younger sister who's three years younger than me and we're typical siblings - i rile her up, she gets mad, and vice versa. aside from the years between my father leaving and me graduating, i wasn't ever a rebellious child or teenager - i always did what i was told to, always tried to be as happy and ignorant as a child could be, for as long as i could be. but of course life happened, puberty happened, high school happened and everything left me at the helm to steer my decisions to my future. i went to UCF for a year before i dropped out because it just didn't feel right at the moment, and in the time i took off i met the people in my band by chance when one of my friends had a house show. i mean, guitar was pretty much my own saving grace in high school, so i was pretty into the suggestion of trying out for their newly freed up guitarist spot. and basically, it's been a year since i joined brooklyn fire, and the rest of my band mates definitely treat me like i was an original member. i'm pretty glad that i got the chance for this and i couldn't ask to be hanging out with anyone else but these people. plus, i gotta say that touring the country definitely beats the feelings of cabin fever i was prone to having in college." "WOW. SO WHAT IS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF YOU LIKE?" "i like to sleep in. so you'd probably see me stumble out of bed at like one o'clock or something. or if we're on tour i'm usually the first one up...yeah, don't ask me how that happens but it just does. my day is just, you know - eat, practice, write some songs if i've got ideas, go out and do stuff, go to practice, hang out with people, go out, come back, pass out, repeat. add all the tour duties whenever we're booked - driving, loading in, hanging out in the green room, warming up, sound checks, playing, loading out, hanging with fans at merch, repeat. that's really all there is to it." "NICE. LAST QUESTION... WHY ARE YOU WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?" "i wanted to live and do something out of the ordinary. i usually like knowing where i'm gonna be, but for once not knowing is actually pretty exhilarating and i guess that's why people get a thrill out of uncertainty. i love the fact that it brings you to the unknown and enlightens you travel-wise, and i've met some pretty cool guys and girls on tour that i know will be my friends for a while. hopefully we'll be on tour again soon, we're just taking some time off to spend at home but we'll probably do a few local shows to fill the gap, but yeah." "ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD?" "my facial hair grows really fast. and stop asking me if i'm dating jeremy." hey there, the name's steph. i live in the eastern time zone and this is my third character.