With a rich baritone voice and a distinct sound, Pete RG has all the right ingredients to become one of the most successful musicians and performers the world has seen.

Pete RG

Pete RG

Recently releasing debut full-length album, ‘Tender Souls’, we got the opportunity to catch up with Pete and the band to find out a little bit more about them. So, without further ado, here are 25 things Pete RG wants YOU to know about THEM!

  1. Pete speaks Greek as well as some German and Spanish.  Then again, everyone from Los Angeles speak some Spanish.
  2. Pete's diehard Los Angeles Lakers fan and was at the 2010 Finals Game 7 that they won.
  3. Pete has a 19 year old cat named Bootie.  She sleeps by his side every night when he’s home.
  4. Pete is a Wheel of Fortune game show champion.
  5. Pete was an American football quarterback when growing up.
  6. Adam (bassist) was born in Scotland.
  7. Brina (keyboardist) played soccer in at the University of California, Berkeley.
  8. Pete’s family is from a village in southern Greece.  He’s visited there every summer since a kid.
  9. Kevin (guitarist) is 6’4” and makes Pete, 5’ 11”, look short.
  10. Dave (drummer) is the official coffee and doughnut connoisseur of the band.
  11. Pete and Brina are engaged.  But, they haven’t had the time to tie the knot since they’ve been on tour so much.  Paris, perhaps?
  12. Pete lives in Venice Beach, California, where he grew up.  He was a skater kid.
  13. Brina was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Congo).  Her mom’s from Tanzania.
  14. Adam and Pete love to argue politics.  No one ever wins.
  15. Scotty (drummer filling in for Dave) has a dachshund named, Angus.
  16. Brina records and mixes every Pete RG song.
  17. Kevin is a guitar pedal junkie.
  18. Adam lived in Hawaii.  He wants to move back.
  19. Kevin’s favourite phrase is, “I’m not mad at that.”
  20. Dave is a Seinfeld junkie.
  21. Pete lives for Sidecar Doughnuts.  If you don’t know what they are, you should travel to Southern California to have one no matter what the cost.
  22. Dave was the original drummer for Pearl Jam.  He’ll be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with the band in April 2017.
  23. Pete’s favourite band is U2 and his favourite food is pizza.
  24. Brina is an amazing swing dancer.
  25. Pete was a history major in college and almost went to work in Washington, DC, before choosing a career as a musician.

You can get tickets for Pete RG’s tour and see all of the remaining dates now online at www.bandsintown.com/Candlebox?came_from=234.

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