Umair Suri

- Vocals, Guitar

From Teaneck, NJ. He has completed a major in Ceramic Material Science and Fiber Optic Engineering at Rutgers and is working on a minor in Economics for the upcoming semester.  Umair has been playing guitar for about 2 years. His influences include Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Def Leppard, and a number of punk pop bands like Green Day and The Offspring as well. He brings an interesting guitar sound to the band since part of his influences are not entirely punk based. He has also helped Pinch in the writing of lyrics, song structure. His strongpoint are his guitar riffs that help develop a song.

Here’s what Umair has to say:

“Hey what’s up guys?  Thanks for checking out our page.  I hope you like it so far.  A little bit about myself… real quick… I play baseball volleyball,  I live in Teaneck, NJ which is cool since it is only about 15 minutes away from NYC.  I just graduated as an engineer.  I like engineering and it kind of helps when you play in a band in which so much equipment is involved.  If you come to rehearsal or a recording session chances are you will see me somewhere putting wires together or setting levels and setting up equipment.  I love doing it.  I love music equipment.  I’m like my own roadie. For me its all about playing music that the band has such an influence on.  I have good time on stage playing some chunky guitar riffs or soloing when I don’t even really even know how… But if it sounds good and is in the right key its ok with me.  Right now I want to see if we can record some good demos that we can really promote ourselves with.  Coming up with good riffs is a pretty tedious process.  Anyone can hold the guitar for ten minutes and come up with a bunch of notes that you can repeat.  But for it to actually  flow right and to be able to envision it as a part of a song is a little more time consuming.  The way I write is I try to just get some kind of melody in my head (usually with a few hooks and soaring choruses) and work backwards from there.  I remember when this thing started back at Rutgers when Pinch and I would perform in front of like 7 people who were like not at all interested in hearing us play… without drums or bass mind you.  I think we have definitely made a little progress since then.  We are playing Hoboken on a Saturday Night.  I think that’s pretty cool.  And it looks like its only going up from here!  Drop me an email at doubleyellowline@50megs.com if you have any questions about anything.  Take Care. ”

Sincerely,

Umair Suri