“I wasn't  looking for anything really,” says 45-year-old percussionist/vocalist Steven Paradise. “A friend of mine called and said I should check out this band he was working with (at that time it was a five piece with no name) and everything just kinda happened. Ha!  Fate, maybe? I don't know.”

“An Indian keyboardist introduced me to Jimi,” adds bassist Patrick Samford, 25. “I think he was from Bangladesh or something. Him and Steve and Jimi were jamming and trying to see if they could work some keyboards in or not and the guy called me I came over and we kinda just meshed right then and there.”

“I think the first song we played together was Simple Kind Of Man by Skynerd,” quips guitarist Jimi (no last name, just Jimi), age 37. “I’m chalking that one up to fate/destiny, man. Sometimes you just know.”

That chance jam has resulted in a powerful three-piece band with a clean, classic rock sound that transcends generations and just gets the toes to tapping the instant you hear them.

The band lists a score of influences, the most evident being Motley Crue and Hendrix. The lead track on their MySpace profle, “Happy Mix 1,” doesn’t miss the Crue by much and you’ll find yourself drumming on your keyboard before it’s over.

Another track they’ve uploaded to MySpace, “My Baby,” carries a very evident ring not only of another artist they list as an influence, Alice Cooper, but also sounds more than a little like another Texas trio – ZZ Top.

The difference in their ages helps the band’s members blend several influences – from the glam rock of the Crue/Alice Cooper era to today’s “angry rock.”

“I think that people are more apt to be angry these days ... stress... home, work, life in general is totally different,” says Jimi, who’s been slinging his guitar around for 26 years. “So of course the music is gonna change, not that it's worse or better. Shit every generation says their music is better. So It's really a matter of opinion, and well opinions are like assholes ... insert joke here.”

From the group’s elder spokesman comes the observation that rock’s roots had that clean sound: “The sound back then was clean, and it made sense,” says Paradise.

“I don't think the music has changed as much as the attitude,” adds Pat. “I do hear that the, um, extracurricular activities were better back then for what that's worth. Maybe that's the true difference.”