About Us

Bob Driscoll - Bob had been playing guitar for 3 years. He is heavily influenced by Rory Gallagher and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He is also influenced by the sounds of Freddie King, Dave Hole, and Ronnie Earl. He currently is living in New Orleans but is returning to Massachusetts for the summer.

Mark Loud – Mark has been playing guitar since he was 12. he has had a very strong passion for music ever since he was a kid. His influences are Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie King, and many others. He has also been a practitioner of the Martial Arts since the age of 7 and is currently working as an instructor. Some of his favorite activities are to go to the movies, read comic books, and hanging out with his friends.

Curtis Manning – Curtis has been playing the drums for about 6 years. He first started playing for the high school band in the 8th grade. Playing music is Curtis’ favorite thing to do and probably always will be. Aside from playing music he enjoys to longboard around town, or go to the beach and skimboard. He also enjoys an occasional round of golf. Next year he will be attending Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire. He will major in communication and take music Technology on the side. He hopes to one day open his own recording studio. Until then he plans to keep playing music and doing what he loves as much as he can.

Max Martelli - Max had started playing the guitar 3 years prior to the band. He was approached by the others to play bass and has since been dabbling in both. While being both inspired by a plethora of artists and songwriters, he is heavily influenced by guitarist Pete Townshend and Bassist John Entwistle. He is currently living in Massachusetts.

Amy Dubenetsky – Amy has been publicly singing for nine years in musicals, talent shows and bands.  This is Amy’s third band as a lead singer.  She was approached by Mark (her roommate’s brother) to sing for a Christmas show in December of 2007.  The show consisted of cover songs and was aired on WCAT, in Winthrop.  After that night, Mark asked Amy to be the lead singer of The Last Of The Independents and she has been with the band ever since.

The Last of the Independents

       It started with Mark and Bob. They had been in a band called The Blueshift. After playing a few shows they ultimately broke up. Mark and Bob still stayed together in search for a new band. This opportunity came one night when Bob met up with Curtis who had minor experience with bands. He and Curtis decided to start a band. Of course Mark got dragged into the picture. The frameworks for the final project were coming together. All they needed was a bassist. Bob and Mark had known Max from years before and had found out that he played the guitar. They asked Max to take up the bass and he gladly took the opportunity. They got together one day; started playing White Room and The Last of the Independents was born. They have been together for about a year now.