Growing up in a musical family, Justin began playing guitar at age 9. Early influences were Crosby Stills and Nash, Jimi Hendricks, then later Stevie Ray Vaughn and Pearl Jam. In his early 20s, Justin formed a band with some high school buddies. They called themselves “Author Unknown” and mostly played bluesy covers mixed with a few originals around the local Seattle scene. Years later, and after a few personnel changes the band changed their name to “Buckets of Rain,” and focused on original songs. Justin can be seen all around the Seattle area on any given night playing solo or with any number of bands.
Also born into a musical family, Nabil took dulcimer and piano lessons as a child but switched to guitar when he found out about bands like Cake, Phish, Sublime and later Dispatch. He formed his first band Moodring while still in high school and began playing shows around the area. Known as a fierce rhythm player , but can also rip off a wicked solo just for fun if the song needs it, he joined the band in 2011 adding guitar, backup and lead vocals to the bands material.
Jon began his musical life playing guitar and piano, but at age 17 realized his heart was in the low end and switched permanently to bass. He honed his skills in the Seattle metal and hard rock scene of the late 1980s and 90s in bands including Jagged Dagger, Frankly Scarlett, and SuperBall. Early influences were Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden, and more recently Stax Records, Muscle Shoals, and Motown. Jon enjoys recording in his studio, Shabby Road and joined Author Unknown in 2001 (before the name change in 2006) making him the second longest tenured member of the group.
A native of Maine, Andrew began playing drums in his early teens and it quickly became his only job and set him on a career path that would take him all over the world, from Europe to Asia and beyond He has toured all up down the East and West coasts of the U.S. and parts in between with various bands over the years and continues to thrive in the Seattle scene. He can be seen most nights playing with any number of groups around town as well as recording a steady stream of artists in his studio, Bedhead productions. Influences include drummers of all styles and parts of the world and the music of the great songwriting of Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, and The Beatles. Andrew is also the longtime drummer for legendary harmonica player Lee Oskar.