Drummer Steve Hamelman began to study the rudiments of drumming as a fourth-grader at Sunquam Elementary School in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Musically prolific, he has played in a rolodex of bands including The Equations, The Lost Souls, The First Underground Banana Waffle, The Tumblers, The Test Ban Band, Crash Course, Cheap Help, Silver, Midnite Run, Left-Lane Tourists, Rock 'n' a Hard Place, and others whose names he has forgotten. He has also played as a snare drummer in marching bands and as a pit drummer in many community and campus plays. He is probably the most non-intoxicated drummer on the East Coast.