Check Out This Pennsylvania Band Of Wounded Vets Called The Resilient
Audrey Conklin | Reporter
An unlikely American rock band, fittingly called “The Resilient,” is making headlines this week for all the right reasons.
The group of five is made up of “some of the most combat-wounded people in history,” according to their website, and they practice in a home in the woods of Bethel, Pennsylvania.
Its members include guitarist Nate Kalwicki, who lost his leg in Afghanistan; bassist Marcus DAndrea and lead vocalist Tim Donley, both of whom lost their legs; drummer Juan Dominguez, who lost an arm and both legs; and professional musician Greg Loman.
The five “met at Walter Reed Hospital through the MusiCorps program during their physical rehabilitation, and have since developed and maintained a brotherly bond through their friendship and commitment to music,” their website states. (RELATED: Deployed Dad Gives Son The Surprise Of A Lifetime During Taekwondo Practice)
“Through the recovery, we all discovered this really intense passion for honest musicianship, and theyve all gotten so good,” said Loman, who met his four bandmates during their recovery at Walter Reed, in an interview with CBS News.
Not many bands have a mission beyond creating great music, but The Resilient does. Along with obviously wanting to create great music — which they do — the band has another mission to present and share the message of, you guessed it, resilience.
“We just wear our scars on the outside whereas most people have, you know, theyve got all their own messed up stuff going on inside,” said Donley, adding, “Theres something about it, that just, the motivation, the drive, the just the soul of it. It doesnt feel it can go anywhere but up.”
“Musics life,” Dominguez says in a video on the bands YouTube page. He goes on to explain that he was in a comaRead More – Source
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