REAL NAME: ISAAC MICHAEL IRVINE

BIRTHDAY: 11/25/75

EQUIPMENT: RED WASHBURN WITH BLACKBACK PICKUP AND SILVER IBANEZ (RG SERIES) , MESA BOOGIE DUAL RECTIFIER, BUTTERFINGER SMELLING MICROPHONE

HISTORY: I WAS BORN IN OHIO AND JUMPED BACK AND FORTH FROM OHIO AND MICHIGAN VISITING BETWEEN MY PARENTS WHO WERE DIVORCED WHEN I WAS VERY LITTLE.  AT A VERY EARLY AGE I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ASTHMA AND WAS IN AND OUT OF HOSPITALS. IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM IN MY LIFE. WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH I MOVED TO SAN DIEGO CA, AND THEN FOR HIGH SCHOOL I MOVED TO ALAMEDA (BAY AREA) WHERE I GRADUATED FROM ENCINAL HIGH SCHOOL. IN HIGH SCHOOL I DID PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.  I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO HAVE AS MANY EXPERIENCES AS POSSIBLE. I WAS ON THE WATERPOLO, SWIMMING, DIVING, AND WRESTLING TEAMS, I WAS COACH OF THE GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM, I WAS EVEN IN A FEW PLAYS. ONE WAS A MUSICAL WHERE I FIRST SANG IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.  I THINK MY VOICE CRACKED EVERY NIGHT. I WAS SO NERVOUS. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTO ART TOO.  FOR A LONG TIME THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME.  I NEVER GOT INTO MUSIC UNTIL AFTER I GRADUATED WHEN I STARTED WRITING HOW I FELT ABOUT STUFF. PICKING UP A GUITAR WAS THE NEXT NATURAL STEP, I ONLY WISH I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER.  I JUMPED AROUND TO A FEW COLLEGES TRYING TO FIND MY PLACE WHEN I LANDED IN VEGAS. I WAS GOING TO UNLV TO BE AN ART TEACHER WHEN I RAN INTO A COUPLE GUYS THAT WERE LOOKING TO START A BAND.  I HAD NEVER EVEN THOUGH TO START A BAND.  I WAS CONTENT JUST TO PLAY BY MYSELF.  BUT I TRIED IT OUT AND HAPPY CAMPERS HAS BEEN MY LIFE EVER SINCE.  I USED TO HAVE A ROUGH TIME KEEPING A SOLID LINE UP IN THE BAND 'CAUSE PEOPLE GO TO SCHOOL, HAVE KIDS, HAVE JOBS, OR ARE JUST STUPID, BUT I'VE ALWAYS KEPT IT GOING 'CAUSE IT'S MY BABY.  IN 2002 I ALMOST DIED BECAUSE OF A SEVERE ASTHMA ATTACK.  IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME, BUT IT MADE ME EVEN MORE DETERMINED TO SUCCEED WITH HAPPY CAMPERS. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE TIMES GOING TO BE UP. I WANT TO USE THE TIME I HAVE DOING WHAT I LOVE.

IN THE BAND: I SING, PLAY GUITAR AND WRITE THE LYRICS TO THE SONGS.  I ALSO DID THE LAYOUT FOR THE CD'S AND THE ARTWORK ASSOCIATED WITH HAPPY CAMPERS.  I EVEN DESIGNED THIS WEBSITE YOUR LOOKING AT. 

OUTSIDE THE BAND: TO PAY THE BILLS I'M A WAITER/BARTENDER. I'VE WORKED AT THE SAME RESTAURANT FOR 5 YEARS BECAUSE THEY WORK AROUND MY HAPPY CAMPERS SCHEDULE.  THEY ALSO DON'T SEEM TO MIND I SPIT IN THE FOOD. I ALMOST HAVE A TEACHING DEGREE FROM UNLV TO BE A TEACHER, BUT I PUT SCHOOL ON HOLD TO DO ALL THE THINGS I LOVE DOING WITH HAPPY CAMPERS LIKE RECORDING AND TOURING. YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE RIGHT?  I LIKE TO DRAW, PAINT, SCULPT. YOU NAME IT.  I LIKE SPORTS AND BOARD GAMES, PLAYING ON THE COMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMES WATCHING FOOTBALL, GETTING IN DEBATES, HANGING OUT WITH MY FRIENDS, HANGING OUT WITH MY GIRLFRIEND, WATCHING MOVIES, AND WRITING AND PLAYING SONGS ON MY ACOUSTIC GUITAR.  

RANTS AND RAVES: 

FAVORITE FOOD:  ANYTHING EDIBLE AND SOME THAT AREN'T

FAVORITE CAR: BIG VANS

FAVORITE ANIMAL: MONKEY AND ZOEY MY DOG

FAVORITE BAND: HAPPY CAMPERS

TOP TEN ALBUMS:

NIRVANA "NEVERMIND"

BAD RELIGION "STRANGER THAN FICTION"

GREEN DAY "DOOKIE"

NOFX "PUNK IN DRUBLIC"

PENNYWISE "UNKNOWN ROAD"

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE "SELF TITLED"

BEATLES "NUMBER ONES"

DEPECHE MODE "CATCHING UP WITH DEPECHE MODE"

HAPPY CAMPERS "BLACK BEAR ALBUM"

UNWRITTEN LAW "BLACK ALBUM"

NO USE FOR A NAME "LECHE CON CARNE"

TEN FOOT POLE "REV"

I GOT LOTS MORE BUT THAT'S ALREADY MORE THAN 10...