Why Summit Avenue?

So, we have frequently been asked, "Why are you guys called Summit Avenue? Did you go to St. Thomas?" Let me just make the record clear, no one in the band has EVER gone to St. Thomas. As a matter of a fact, Tony, Jeff and I are all proud Johnnies (St. John's University for you 'out-of-staters'). Our buddies in Panoramic Blue are also proud Johnnie alums. Well, 75% of them. AND Kevin and Matt from Quietdrive graduated from St. John's. Wow, that's a lot of studs coming out of Collegeville, MN.

But, I'm clearly getting a bit off track, which NEVER happens to me. Back to the name... Jeff, Tony and I were in a previous band called Another Day. Another Day had a song called Summit Avenue about our runnings-in around our old rehersal space in St. Paul not too far from the famous road. When Ben joined the band, one of his suggestions was "Summit." We told him about our song and he was totallly down with the name "Summit Avenue". Thus, the legend began...

Since then, we've shortened the name to Summit Ave. Don't worry, we're not going to go all CCR, ELO, or OAR. Maybe NKOTB, though. You know what I'm saying!

Peace,
Shua