BAND MEMBERS: |
DivineIntervention is comprised of five core members: Ken Brower, Austin Fiore, Tom Gvoth, Keith Mandra and Jamie West. KEN BROWER acoustic and electric guitars, slide guitar, resophonic guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, lead and background vocals. Ken started taking guitar lessons at the age of seven and has been playing the guitar ever since. His playing style comes from the influences of rock, southern rock and country. He has played with his church praise band for over 10 years and accompanies the church choir during concerts and cantatas. After the formation of the band, Ken taught himself how to play the slide guitar as well as resophonic and pedal steel guitar which add to the tonal diversity to DivineIntervention's sound. Ken is one of the band's songwriters and has written Under The Influence, Man On A Mission and 7-Year Blues to name a few. Ken is the founder of the band and serves a manager for Divine Intervention Music Ministries. Ken plays Guild electric and acoustic guitars, Dobro and National resophonic guitars, a Wilcox pedal steel guitar and uses Fender amplifiers and Shure microphones. AUSTIN FIORE acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, lead and background vocals. Austin is a self-taught guitarist. He started playing the guitar at age eleven and at fourteen taught himself how to play the bass. Austin's playing style comes from a host of musical influences. In his late teens and early twenties Austin was a member of numerous secular bands. Austin brings to DivineIntervention a powerful and clear voice making him the band's key lead vocalist. He is also a fine songwriter and has written numerous original songs for the band including Jesus Cares, Hang Onto Jesus and More Than Words. Austin is a founding member of the band and is the band's recording engineer. Austin also owns Mirror Image Sound where all of the band's studio material is recorded. Austin plays Fender and Gibson electric guitars, Martin acoustic guitars and uses Fender amplifiers and Shure microphones. TOM GVOTH drums and percussion, background and lead vocals. Tom starting playing the drums when he was eight years old and he has been hitting them ever since. Tom took formal drum lessons for six years. His playing style comes from the influences of Rock and Southern Rock. Tom has performed with various marching bands, concert bands, drum and bugle corps., a few secular rock bands (before becoming a Christian), church worship bands, and the Christian rock band Bethel. Tom, referred to as the "Human Metronome" by his fellow band mates, employs a great sense of timing and sensitivity. He keeps DivineIntervention's rhythm section "in-check" by relentlessly driving the harder tunes but adds just the right tempo to the band's more worshipful praise music. Tom is a founding member of the band and is also the Web Master for the DivineIntervention web site. Tom plays Ludwig drums, Zildjian cymbals and uses AKG, CAD and Shure microphones. KEITH MANDRA 4 and 5-string bass guitar, background vocals Keith started playing the bass guitar when he was twenty-one years old. His playing style comes from the influences of hard rock and jazz. He has played with church praise bands for over fifteen years and accompanies church choirs during concerts and cantatas. In 1998, just after the band was formed, Keith decided to teach himself how to play the 5-String Bass. This change has provided DivineIntervention with deep and powerful bass accompaniment. Keith is one of the band's founding members, is a co-songwriter and is also the Treasurer for Divine Intervention Music Ministries. Keith plays Fender and Rickenbacher basses, uses SWR bass amplifiers and cabinets and uses Shure microphones. JAMIE WEST violin, piano, keyboards, background vocals Jamie started playing the violin when he was five years old. As a teenager he played before numerous church congregations and continues to serve in this capacity today. He has been a violinist accompanying many choirs and musical ensembles, and has been a member of numerous orchestras. He recently played in the orchestra backing Christian artist Steve Green at Madison Square Garden. Jamie has been a choir director, church music director and is obtaining his music degree. Jamie plays Alesis keyboards and uses Fishman violin pick-ups, Peavey amplifiers, Carl Martin effect processors and uses AKG and Shure microphones. |
