INGRID STENZEL (Accordion, Keyboard, Vocals) - Ingrid started her career in music when she was five years old and recalls being unable to read sheet music. She also recalls that when she messed up she got slapped hard on the hand. Ingrid jumped from teacher to teacher because she hated practicing and every instructor wanted her to practice. She picked up the accordion a couple years later, but soon gave it up with too many other things going on. Her accordion zest came back in high school and since then she’s had a fun time toting it with her while living abroad in Spain, Denmark and Argentina. "People don’t know what to make of the accordion. They really don’t know what to do when they hear it. I like it when they sing and want to dance polka. As far as singing goes, I used to watch a lot of old movies with Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly… I like people who have fun entertaining and sound saucy doing it."

JOE KWON (Electric and Acoustic Cello, Bass, Vocals) - Joe has been performing cello since he was just a kid. At the age of 9 he started private studies in High Point, NC. A year later he was giving his first concert for a crowd of a thousand. At age 16 he left his home town of High Point, NC to study seriously at the Idyllwild Arts Academy. Joe has studied with some of the great names in classical cello. It was not until he met Leon "Sicko" Godwin his Freshman year at UNC, that he began playing outside the confines of classical structure. After graduation, Joe worked for IBM for a few years, but left the financial security of a 9-5 job to be a poor musician, and has finally settled into getting his Masters in Music from UNC-Greensboro while continuing to rock it out on the cello at night with Big Pretty and The Red Rockets.

LUCAS McLAWHORN (Vocals, keys) - Lucas grew up in rural NC, where he played in the dirt a lot. He played a lot of hoops growing up with his two brothers. Learned to appreciate Spanish from his Mexican neighbors. Grew up on the Beatles. In third grade, he met a young man by the name of Leon Godwin. They still recall telling their teacher that they were now officially going to be friends. Little did they know what destiny had in store for them. Lucas played basketball, free-style rapped, and chased girls in high school. Attended UNC-Wilmington for four years, studied in Spain for a year. Went to teach Spanish at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill, where he rejoined his old friend Leon and began to talk about a musical project. Coached a sick basketball team for two champion years. In 2003, Lucas rode his bicycle across the USA with Leon and some other troubadours (see Laundry Mat). Along with spreading love, knowledge, and social awareness with his music, Lucas’s other ambition is to bike to the tip of South America.

GARY MITCHELL (Drums, Hand Percussion,Vocals) - Born in Colorado and raised mostly in North Carolina, Gary Mitchell began drumming at the age of twelve. Graduating from UNC Chapel Hill in 2002, Gary gained a thorough background of marching, drumline and percussion, as well as drum-set playing in a variety of styles. Picking up guitar and keyboard along the way, Gary is now not only a very well-balanced and experienced percussionist, teaching a number of high school drumlines and private students, but has also become a capable guitarist, singer and songwriter, performing in many venues around the Triangle. As the last member to join the original group, he has found not only a near perfect niche for his style of drumming, but also a great outlet for all of his musical attributes in the group.

VICTOR SGROI (Bass) - A self-taught guitarist, Victor first picked up the bass when he had to fill in for a departed band member in his high school band, Plan B. Years later, he once again succumbed to the call, this time to play for BP and RR. A fan before he was a member, Victor is thrilled to be able to contribute to the songwriting process as well as mooch as much as he can from the experience of the rest of the band. As the newest member, he’s still trying to find his place amidst the wide-ranging personalities of his bandmates, both on-stage and off.

Victor sez: "I honestly have no idea what happened. One night I’m sitting there, watching my favorite local band rocking out. The next week I’m onstage, faking my way through the set on bass. I must have made a pretty convincing performance, ’cause now they think I’m a legit bass player. And I guess since I’m actually in the band now, that makes me legit? These guys must have been desperate…"