band bios
doppelganger formed in 2017 as friends from several different Riverbend bands got in a room to jam some covers, for fun. Eventually launching doppelganger as a 5 piece, the band started developing a wide catalog of songs at a rapid rate, and was gigging later that same year.
Nearly a decade later, the band follows the same simple formula: Play music, loud, for your friends.
Shout out to doppelganger alumni!
starting out
Russ
instrument: guitar, vocals.
Russ started music on piano and quickly moved on to guitar. A couple years after getting his first electric guitar, he was hitching a ride to his first gigs at 15, and has never looked back.
Russ has been with the band since 2017, eventually switching from lead guitar to guitar/vocals as needed to keep the band going.
Nathan
instrument: drums
Nathan has been playing drums with doppelganger since 2017, and in bands since the ‘90s. He painstakingly scrounged up enough cash to individually catalog-order each piece of his first kit, a Tama rockstar set, from Guitar Terry’s in Alton Square Mall.
It’s been back-beats and bells ever since.
Evan
instrument: Guitar, vocals.
Evan joined the band in 2022, and he is a man of many hats. Every now and then he’ll sing lead, but you’ll typically see him ripping guitar solos, singing harmony, and somehow quietly screaming into a microphone.
Also, he’s probably the dude in black.
ryan
instrument: Bass, vocals.
Ryan joined the band in 2023, and what an addition he has been. Ryan’s a seasoned bassist and brings a dynamic vocal ability that adds range to the song catalog.