Name: Andrew "Mr. Machismo" Mericle
DOB: 5/20/82
Instrument: Trumpet
Musical Influences: Pat, Dave, George, Matt, Bunce, Bryce, Vito for inspiring me to be a better musician every time I play! Johann Sebastian Bach, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, 311, Incubus, Smashing Pumpkins, Reel Big Fish, TOP, Maroon 5, Wynton Marsalis, Dave Matthews Band, Alter Bridge, Creed, OAR, Tool, Stone Temple Pilots, Audioslave, Velvet Revolver, John Mayer, Nirvana, Fuel and Metallica just to name a few.
If you could meet anyone alive or dead who would it be: Johann Sebastian Bach or Mark Tremonti
1 Thing you can’t wait to Happen: To show the entire world what Stealing Jane is all about!
Hobbies: Getting Taby's with the cool people! Comic Book Collecting, Music, Playing Video Games, Going to the Beach and seeing live shows. Spending time with the most beautiful girl in the world.
First CD Purchased: Temple of the Dog (self-titled)
First Concert attended: Temple of the Dog
Top 3 Bands you’re dying to play with: Reel Big Fish, Dave Matthews Band and Maroon 5
Top 10 albums:
1. Ten: Pearl Jam
2. Stone Temple Pilots: Core
3. Soundgarden: Down on the Upside
4. Dave Matthews Band: Crash
5. Alter Bridge: One Day Remains
6. Creed: My Own Prison
7. Fuel: Sunburn
8. Alice in Chains:Dirt
9. Smashing Pumpkins:Melllon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
10. Alice in Chains: Jar of Flies
Top 3 Shows you’ve ever seen:
1.Temple of the Dog @ Roseland,
2.DMB @ Giants Stadium
3. Alter Bridge @ Roseland
Favorite Truck Stop Food: Subway
My life saving Items When on the road: Comic Books, Nintendo DS, My iPod & my cell phone.
Favorite Color: Sky Blue
Favorite Foods: Tostitos with Spicy Restaurant Style Salsa
Favorite Indie band CD: Code Anchor
Favorite Movies: Spider-Man 1 & 2, Batman Begins, Vanilla Sky, The Last Samurai, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Pirates of the Caribbean 1 & 2, The Departed
Favorite TV shows: Grey's Anatomy, Nip/Tuck, The Soprano's, Rome, Desperate Housewives
Favorite Actors/Actresses: Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Penelope Cruz, Christian Bale, Tobey McGuire
Favorite band one liner: Show Me Your Toots -or- Fresha Pepper
Favorite out of State Venue: Lupos Heartbreak Hotel
5 Most memorable Stealing Jane moments:
1. Playing my first gig with Stealing Jane @ McCoys when Bunce had his tonsils
taken out. It was the start of a great relationship and now I have the best group of friends anyone could ask for!
2. Steamboat Landing during the tornado!
3. Christmas Rocklobster of 2005!
4. Playing w/ Stealing Jane @ Long Beach right on the ocean!
5. Either My 27th surprise birthday party or The Rhode Island trip where we
got a flat!
Quotes: Die Young & Live Forever! -Lestat from the Vampire Chronicles, "There are two natures in each of us the good and the evil" -Dr. Jeckyl from Jeckyl & Hyde