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Genre: Hard / Progressive Rock
Band Members: Matt Dorado - Guitars & Vocals Angelo Jensen - Bass & Vocals Mark Raney - Drums
Hometown: Portland, OR.

Angelo : Bass Guitar & Vocals Born in 1963 in Los Angeles, California, Angelo started acting in Hollywood at the age of three, doing commercials for company's such as, Clorox, Laura Scudder, and Schwinn bicycles. After moving to Hawaii, he continued his acting career and landed bit parts on Magnum PI and appeared with legendary actor Brian Keith on the pilot episode of "The Little People". By his teens, the acting bug had played out and he turned to music, playing the club circuit in Honolulu for a number of years, until joining forces with guitarist Brian Spalding were they formed the Power Metal band Aaronsrod. Aaronsrod was the cream of the metal crop and hosted and opened for headliners such as, Ratt, Dio, Dokken, Rush, and the mighty Judas Priest. RoadRunner Records signed Aaronsrod in 1985, releasing their debut album "Illusions Kill" produced by Rick Asher Keefer for Sea West studios. 1986 saw Aaronsrod relocating to Hollywood California were they plied their wares on the infamous Sunset Trip, headlining clubs like, Gazzarris,The Whiskey, The Troubadour, and The Roxy, just to name a few. By 1992/93 AARONSROD disbanded due to the changing climate of the music scene, namely the introductionof Grunge. Angelo Moved back to Hawaii were he partnered up with former Aaronsrod drummer Gerard Gonsalves to form Native Tongue and become mainstays in the club scene and opened for Warrant at the famous Gussie L'Amour's in Honolulu. In 1996 Native Tongue signed with Moon Surfer Records and released their self-titled CD the following year. They also became the house band, and Angelo Jensen the Music Director, of the famous CheeseBurger in Paradise restaurant and bar in Waikiki for the next seven years. In 2010, Angelo met up with Bay Area guitarist Matt Dorado to found Earth to Ashes.

Matt : Guitar & Vocals Hailing from The Stack (Hayward, CA), Matt got his first guitar at age four. Since then a guitar, music in general, has always been close by and an integral part of his life.Around age 13 Matt also started playing saxophone. This guitar / saxophone combo continued through high school and college. During his early twenties Matt played with various bands ranging from rock to jazz to traditional Latin and Portuguese music. Around 1994 Matt moved from the Bay Area in California to the Portland, Oregon area. For about ten years music took a back seat to work and family. It was during this time that Matt married his wife Michelle and the two of them started a family and a construction business. After a few years Matt had returned to school and earned a degree in Civil Engineering. While in back in school, the urge to play music became too much to ignore, so in addition to his engineering course load, Matt also took some music classes and played for several years in a local cover band. Tiring of the cover band scene Matt returned to original music in Jan 2010. It was at this time Earth to Ashes was formed.

Mark Raney: Drums Born and raised right here in Portland, Oregon, Mark was gifted with his first drum set when he was only 5 years old! His early influences were Motown and the Beatles, then he heard Led Zeppelin and Rush, and the rest is history. He started playing seriously at age 14, with his brother Rick on the bass. He has played in a variety of bands, including Sacred Ties, BurnAgain Mission, Josephine Ocean, Cement, and Sky Blue Mind, to name a few. Mark took time off from playing live a couple years after getting married to his wife Jennifer in 2000. He continued topractice and did some studio work. He was lured back into playing live at the Monsters of Rock initial show at Dante's in 2012. Hooked up with Larry(former guitarist with Earth To Ashes) at the3rd MOR show in February of 2013, which eventually led him to Earth to Ashes.