the band
the I.O. was founded by composer-keyboardist-guitarist
ben morss. he played
with
Cake. he played with
Wheatus. he writes musicals. he is a
trained composer. he led pop-punk goofballs
The Pilgrims to nationwide
college radio charts. one of his musicals is published by Samuel French. you
can hear his playing in the movie
Sidewalks of New York. he
played with California acid-jazzers
11:11 at
sxsw and nxnw.
on bass is the melodic and powerful
Rus Wimbish, and the amazing
Dan Davine
bangs on the drums with an unearthly combination of ferocity and precision. The
band also features the melodic and crunchy guitar stylings of
Shawn Setaro, the
powerhouse vocals (and sax and Casiotone work) of
Tate Evans, the astonishing
vocal and violin talents of
Lucas Steele, fancy fingerboard work from cellist
Joanne Lin, internationally acclaimed violinist
Ben Kreith, and the skills of
other fine string players who float in and out of the Orchestra like dandelion
seeds in a spring zephyr.