4. Now:
• Name of the band: Symptoms
• Genre: indie/electronic/rock
• Age: 23-25
• Physical appearance: new geek
• Background information: From New York (USA). Graduated from College with a Music Tech
degree. Started out in the industry as a music technician/ sound check guy for a rock band
and continued up the ladder in his career.
• Talents: Playing keyboard + digitally creating music
• Interests: Keyboard/ music/ computers
• Family: Close family, modern values and atheist religion
• Symptoms is signed to XL Recordings as they create music and sign music artists in the same
genre of rock, indie and electronic.
• The lead band member's ideology is to follow your dreams (as that's what he did, growing
up around music and dedicating his education and life to it).
• Symptom's influences are; Arcade Fire, The Kooks, The Killers, Awolnation, Foster The
People, and The Filthy Youth.
• Likes: hiding, Halloween, dark spaces, diversity and making music.
• Dislikes: vibrant colours, cheesy music, sun, X-Factor (or processed shows similar)
