// PERSONNEL FILE — CHANNEL 42 RECORDS //

THE BAND

[ FOUR HUMANS. ONE SIGNAL. ZERO APOLOGIES. ]
// member profiles //
Ben
Ben // Vocals
Hooks
Chaos
Passport Stamps

The architect of high-concept metaphors and three-minute anthems. Ben has stamped his passport across continents and still can't outrun his own static — which is exactly why the lyrics hit the way they do. He grew up finding the melody in the hiss of old CRT televisions in suburban Illinois, and he's been translating that frequency into song ever since. Every lyric sheet is a mission statement for the misunderstood. Every chorus is a patch for a bug in the human condition. He treats life like a "chosen one" narrative where the only move is to keep the melody going, even when the world feels stuck in a season-ending cliffhanger.

Leo
Leo // Lead Guitar
Shred
Bit Crush
Origin Story

Leo treats his guitar like a programmable interface — and he's been overclocking it since he first figured out that hardware breaks in interesting ways. The quiet corners of Illinois gave him time to turn isolation into technical mastery, using six strings as both a shield and a megaphone. His sound lives in the space where vintage tube-amp warmth gets shredded against bit-crushed digital edges: The Simpsons wit compressed into Smallville-grade earnestness, wrapped in enough gain to make the analog and digital worlds argue. He doesn't just play riffs — he's rewriting his own origin story with every power chord.

Marcus
Marcus // Bass
Low End
Skepticism
Demon Count

The analytical heart of the operation. Marcus splits atoms by day and splits frequencies by night — the kind of precision that keeps a core from melting down carries directly into bass lines that are heavy, exact, and unapologetically punk. He's the skeptic in the room, the one tracking anomalies in the groove to make sure the band's bigger experimental impulses don't collapse under their own weight. If there's a demon in the hardware, Marcus is already at the door with the salt and a four-string ready to drive it out.

Jax
Jax // Drums & Tech
BPM
Taco Intake
Secret Weapon

A walking glitch in the laws of thermodynamics. Jax is simultaneously the band's drummer, technical director, and living proof that metabolic physics don't apply to everyone — fuelled by a legendary taco intake that somehow converts directly into double-kick endurance. He views rhythm as a series of data points: acoustic power precisely synced with electronic glitches, MIDI chains managed with the same focus he brings to a comic book or a technical schematic. Usually the quietest person in the room — right up until the arrangement demands total saturation, at which point he deploys a lightning-fast speed-rap flow like a secret weapon. The Legacy Systems keep running because Jax won't let them blue-screen.