band bios
doppelgänger formed in 2017 as friends from several different Riverbend bands got in a room to jam some covers for fun. Originally launching doppelgänger as a 5 piece, the band started developing a 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 doppelgänger 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 doppelgänger 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. He is a man of many hats and we’re happy he hangs them here. Every now and then he’ll sing lead, but you’ll typically see him ripping guitar solos, singing harmony, or 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.