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In Depth Band Biography

They say talent is handicapped by age, but surely then, Nothing More. is an exception. The young band members, ranging from age 15-18, have been hard at work for the better part of 4 years composing and writing music.

Guitarist, Josh Kercheville, and Drummer, Jonny Hawkins, met through a mutual friend at a Jam Session in late 1999. Then 12 years old and with 4 years of guitar playing experience under his belt, Josh Kercheville knew that he and Jonny had musical chemistry. "The music we were making was laughable, but what can you expect… All I knew was that Jonny was the most amazing drummer I'd ever heard." From this point, Josh and Jonny formed a friendship and parted their young band to pursue a more serious project. Josh Kercheville, who had originally been the singer as well as guitar player, resigned his position as vocalist to better benefit the band. After months and months of writing, Jonny finally met another guitar player/singer, Mark Vollelunga. The trio formed an even stronger bond and found that their diverse interests and writing styles came together in what has formed Nothing More.'s sound.

With Mark on vocals/guitars, Josh on guitars, and drummer Jonny Hawkins, the band lacked only one element - a bassist. "We must have spent an entire year searching the earth for a bassist." explains Josh, "After the longest time of searching we didn't even care if he could be our friend or fit our style; we just wanted someone who could play." Some temporary bassists fell through, until they found an amazing bassist. "His main inspiration was Flea, so there ya go… he wanted to solo and slap the whole time. I don't even know if he had any idea of what he was doing, but it sounded good... most of the time." This bassist lasted quite some time until the stretch of events, from not fitting in the band "family," to money problems, broke down and the bassist was fired. The never-ending search continued for many months. In the mean time, Mark decided that he should give up being lead vocals to concentrate on his guitar work. Mark, Jonny, and Josh created many of Nothing More.'s songs during this time period. With music ready for the stage all the band needed was someone to play and sing the parts.

"I should have asked around school from the beginning, but I didn't know any stand-out musicians." says Josh, "I asked one of my close friends (then known as Matt Reynolds) if he knew any bass players. He told me that he had just started, but at this point I didn't think that a beginner could cut it. He insisted on trying out for the longest time; meanwhile, I was trying to convince another bassist to give Nothing More. a shot." Eventually Matt Reynolds got his audition set, and he impressed the band members with his obvious talent and passion portrayed even as a beginner. Now called Fro for obvious reasons, the newly inducted band member started catching up right away. Practically overnight Fro drastically improved his bass skills and became familiar with Nothing More.'s songs.

Soon after Fro's induction the band became temporarily finalized with the addition of a new singer, Andrew. Only a month or two after Fro and Andrew became official band members the group started gigging. One of their first, and biggest, and obviously most memorable shows was on June 22, 2002 at the Hill Country Battle of the Bands. New to the local music scene, Nothing More. was an unknown and unexpected act. At the end of the night, Nothing More. was announced the winner and walked away with free recording time, radio airplay, and more.

Recording came soon thereafter, their 3 song demo included Jetta, a crowd favorite, Simple Sign, one of their newer tunes at the time, and Watch & Learn, an aggressive song full of meaning. After the recording session ended the band was not satisfied with their below par vocals. "Andrew had a real unique voice, it had a lot of potential, but things just didn't work out in the time we had with him." explains Mark. The band and Andrew parted ways on good terms.

The search for a singer followed. The band tried out vocalist after vocalist for months. "It seemed like forever since we had played anywhere, so we got this ingenious idea to promote our search for a singer by playing instrumental shows. But nothing came of that. We were all really bummed." Just when nothing was looking up for the band, Josh called Andrew for a friendly chat. Andrew raved about a guy he had seen singing in a coffee shop. Josh got this guy's information from Andrew, only to realize that this singer, Josh Klause, went to Jonny's school.

Jonny immediately talked to Josh Klause and set up an audition date. The band was amazed with his voice and power. On December 31, 2001, a time for new beginnings, the band got their new start with a full lineup including new vocalist Josh Klause. According to, "Everyone who heard the rookie seemed to have only good things to say. We immediately started getting ready to start gigging again." When the band took to the stage once more, the crowd's reaction was one of great approval. Nothing More. started saving their gig proceeds to fund another recording session.

Finally the band with their newfound singer entered the studio. The rookie broke out his vocal pattern, backups and harmonies for the 3-song demo in only a couple hours. This time, Nothing More. was stunned and excited about their new demo. They released the demo to the public on March 31, 2003.