Almost
30 was started in Green Bay, WI, in August 2002 by three guys
with broken livers who had to find something to do in their
spare time besides drink.
Paul Fruzyna and
Shea Nimocks met back in high school and have been friends ever
since. They spent many years skateboarding, hanging out, and
listening to music before they put their first band together.
Union Yes was started during Paul and Shea’s senior year
of high school. They played a few shows, including their first
live show in front of capacity audience at the City Center Theater
in Green Bay.
After high school,
Paul and Shea went their separate ways to college. In the
summer of 1993, they put together a band that would only last
the summer, Arabesque. Throughout their college years, Paul
and Shea kept in touch, but they never got around to forming
another band. Paul played guitar and sang in Staplegun and
Bessemer while attending Marquette University in Milwaukee.
After college,
Paul and Shea both moved back to Green Bay to become responsible
adults. Although this has yet to happen, they both knew that
they wanted to start a band again. After many attempts with
people who didn’t have the same ideas, or were just plain
too talented, Paul met Phil LeQua through his girlfriend.
Phil had a background in metal, playing in the a death metal
band Spawn about the same time Paul and Shea were in Union
Yes.
At the first
practice, things clicked and it seemed like the band thing
would once again happen. Phil brought a list of names his
girlfriend had put together to one of the first few practices.
One name on the list, Almost 30, seemed to fit, because it
captured the significance of three guys teetering on the edge
of old age. Almost 30 is taking a laid back approach to its
music, playing basement band punk rock and having fun at the
same time.
We are almost
30. We are Almost 30. American punk rock since 2002.
Paul
Fruzyna - guitar, vocals
Phil LeQua - bass,
vocals
Shea Nimocks
- drums
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