The Specimen
The Specimen is a four piece Hard Rock band from Iowa City, IA. Our music combines many styles into one aggressive but melodic sound. Our roots are in hard rock, progressive, psychadelic, and power pop. This combination makes for a very unique yet accessable sound. Download now and you will understand. Then see The Specimen at the next show.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
We play live everywhere and anywhere we can. We have played live all over from major venues to small bars. The majority of our performances have been in our local area(Eastern Iowa), but we've have been moving more into other states recently.
Your musical influences
Faith No More, Cave-In, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters, Metallica, R.E.M., Alice In Chains, System of a Down, etc.
What equipment do you use?
Schecter, PRS, and Carvin guitars and basses
Mesa/Boogie, Ampeg, and Carr amps
Pearl and Ludwig Drums
Sabian Cymbals
Yamaha Keyboards
Anything else?
Find out anything you want to know about The Specimen at www.thespecimen.net.
The Specimen is:
Aaron Larson - Guitar, Vocals
Jon Crook - Bass, Vocals
Pat Weeks - Keyboard, Guitar
Charlie Shaw - Drums
