The Happy Accidents

The Happy Accidents play rock & roll music. Just like too many ingredients can ruin the best soufflé, simplicity is the watchword, the mission. No scratching, no samples, no raps. The plan is to make the world safe for loud guitar rock again. This is not revisionist. It does not ape the past, and it does not pander to the present. Good songs and fun performances are timeless. These are the things that the Happy Accidents aspire to. The roots of Pittsburgh party rockers the Happy Accidents lay in the precursor band Wade, which included guitarists/singers Mark Spaeder and Andy St. John. The duo honed their songwriting and performing skills as the group played several big festival shows (i.e., Surge Fest, X-fest, and making the semi-finals of the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands in Dallas, TX). When Wade broke up in the late '90s, Spaeder and St. John decided to stick together and form another group; enlisting Wade's former road manager, Shaun Gilmour, to handle drum duties, and Jack Kelley to fill the bass position. This led to the birth of the Happy Accidents and their debut release, Greatest Hits. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide