Tyler Tompkins, Drummer of Gorilla Party, Prepares for sound check on stage at The Smiling Skull on Thursday, November 21, 2019
Preston Frick, Bass Player of Gorilla Party makes faces at his friends during soundcheck at The Smiling Skull, in Athens, Ohio, on Thursday, November 21, 2019.
Frick moves amplifiers on stage to prepare for The Battle of the Bands organized by The business fraternity PI SIGMA EPSILON at The Smiling Skull, on Thursday, November 21, 2019.
Frick (Right) and Tompkins (left) try testing the microphone before the Gorilla Party set at The Smiling Skull
Frick (right) checks his phone while Tompkins (back) sets up the drum kit before Gorilla Party starts playing at The Battle of the Bands on Thursday, November 21, 2019.
Carson Dunlap, Lead Guitar and Vocals for Gorilla Party sings for the audience at The Smiling Skull on Thursday, November 21, 2019.
Frick plays his Bass Guitar during the Gorilla Party set on Thursday, November 21, 2019
Tompkins slams his drums while Gorilla Party plays at The Battle of the Bands on Thursday, November 21, 2019
Dunlap plays his Guitar during the Gorilla Party set on Thursday, November 21, 2019. Dunlap has played Guitar for 2 other bands in the past but now is only in Gorilla Party.
Frick sings the song “Bikini Bottom Blitz” for Gorilla Party at The Smiling Skull. Frick sings this song only for the ban due to his ability to scream the lyrics
Ted Wharton (left), Max Pelletier (middle) and Collin Spens (left) form a mosh pit to Gorilla Party at The Battle of the Bands on Thursday, November 21, 2019. Wharton, Pelletier, and Spens were in the competing band Cardboard Sailors and supported all the bands that played.
Dunlap screams the vocals to a Gorilla Party song at The Smiling Skull on Thursday, November 21, 2019.
A close up of Dunlap’s hands while playing Guitar for Gorilla Party on Thursday, November 21, 2019.
Frick spins around on stage while playing Bass on Thursday, November 21, 2019
Dunlap puts on a Vinyl at his home in Zanesville, Ohio, on Sunday, November 24, 2019. Dunlap, Tompkins, and Frick are all from Zanesville, but didn’t go to the same high school
Dunlap plays sample vocals for Tompkins during a band practice on Sunday, November 24, 2019
Tompkins lights a cigarette on his way to Nelson Market to meet with Gorilla Party member Preston Frick on Thursday, November 14, 2019.
Dunlap (right) shows off his new guitar strings to Tompkins (right) on Sunday, November 24, 2019.
Tompkins (left) shows off a new drum sample to Dunlap (right) in Zanesville, Ohio, on Sunday, November 24, 2019.
Tompkins (front) and Dunlap (back) react to a joke told by Dunlap’s father on Sunday, November 24, 2019
Frick uses his computer to research articles for a homework assignment in his dorm on Tuesday, December 3, 2019. Frick is a third-year student that still lives on campus in Hoover House on South Green
Frick (left) lights a cigarette outside a local venue named the “New Happiness” with friends Mac Kempf (front right) and Keane Morris (back right) on Wednesday, November 6, 2019.
Frick practices Bass with his second band in Luchs Hall, on South Green, at Ohio University. Frick is in a second band that currently has no name and has 2 other members
Frick (left), Tompkins (middle) and Dunlap (right) hangout before the Gorilla Party set at Red Brick Tavern, in Athens, Ohio, on Thursday, November 14, 2019.
Dunlap plays Guitar and Sings during The Gorilla Party set at Red Brick Tavern, in Athens, Ohio.
A close up of Dunlap playing Guitar for Gorilla Party on Thursday, November 14, 2019.
Tompkins prepares to play the Drums on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at Red brick Tavern in Athens, Ohio
Frick (left), Dunlap (middle) and Jeremiah Hayes (left) perform a Post Malone cover song on Thursday, November 14, 2019. Dunlap lost most of his voice before the show and had local artists help play songs for the band during the show that he didn’t have the voice to sing.
The members of Gorilla Party, Preston Frick (left), Carson Dunlap (middle), and Tyler Tompkins (right), jam out during their set at Red Brick Tavern on November, 14, 2019.
Tompkins plays the drums during the bands set at Red Brick Tavern