Chris
The average layman might think Chris to be the world’s model do-gooder. Perhaps the hardest-working drummer in the music industry, Chris teaches drums in multiple states, exercises, researches psychology, and helps old women cross the street. To those who know him, however, Chris is a reliable source of unthinkable stories, action, and feats of physical prowess. Often, Chris is the real boss during practice when Kyle worries that demanding another take would be tyrannical. In a typical week he has driven 800 miles. He bakes amazing gluten-free brownies.
Jimmy
Jimmy and Kyle met in a record shop, where Kyle noticed that Jimmy knew an intimidating amount of knowledge about every band he mentioned. Within three exchanges of words, Kyle asked him, “do you want to join a band and go on tour all summer?” Jimmy plays guitar, saxophone, and keyboards. He is the secret weapon in The Anatomy of Frank’s “party animal” arsenal. Jimmy is the calmest member of the band, and yet has a record-breaking number of stories that end in “and then the cops came, and I walked away before they saw me.” He loves watching B-list horror flicks, sleeping on the floor, reading bathroom graffiti, and sometimes wearing glasses
Erik
An enigma that continues to unfold even within the band, Erik seems to be a Russian-speaking, music-making, film-acting, dissonance-loving vegan who is every bit as enticing as his hair. If provoked, Erik can turn music into mathematics, introduce you to a band you’ve never heard of and will be crazy over, and charm you into playing notes on an instrument that you didn’t think could/should ever be played. He is a native of Richmond and has played rock, jazz, marching percussion, and innumerable other styles throughout his short life. A man of remarkable consistency, Erik seems to only have one mood: awesome.
George
George has recently reemerged into society after living in a cabin in the woods for the past 10 years (he and Kyle have decided to trade lifestyles). He has spent the last years composing stellar music for two basses, playing in several bands, and starting up a produce business from scratch. George has to eat two portions of food at any given meal, one of which nourishes his body, and the other of which nourishes his muttonchops. George rivals Chris in miles driven per week, except George wins on the basis that his truck does not have a CD player, so each mile counts as two. A loyal companion and a diehard sweetheart, George holds down the low end along with Chris’s right foot.
Kyle
Founder of The Anatomy of Frank, and a lover of the smell of paperback books. Most do not suspect it, but Kyle cannot remember any melodies he hears and has to write down nearly all musical ideas when they occur to him, or else they are lost forever. At any given moment he is usually dreaming about a foreign land and scheming a way to put on a strange concert there.
