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Sierra Kay Kusterbeck (born December 18, 1990) is an American musician who has served as lead vocalist of the band VersaEmerge since 2007.
Early life
Sierra Kusterbeck was born December 18, 1990 in St. Petersburg, Florida.[1] She began taking vocal lessons in the third grade. [2]
Career
Kusterbeck auditioned to be VersaEmerge's lead vocalist in 2006, by sending a tape of herself singing one of VersaEmerge's songs, "The Blank Static Screen".[2] While the other members of the band weren't too sure about Kusterbeck, guitarist Blake Harnage convinced them that she was right for the job. [3] Kusterbeck lied about her age, saying she was 18 years old, when she was really 16, so she could get an audition. However, Kusterbeck later cleared this misunderstanding and explained that it was more of a mix up; she was turning 17 a week from the audition, and she said to Harnage on the phone, "I'm 17, my birthday is in a week". This was misconstrued to mean she was already 17, and was turning 18, however she actually meant she would be 17 in a week.[4] Kusterbeck dropped out of high school to pursue music as a career. VersaEmerge released their first EP with Kusterbeck on vocals in May 2008, called "Perceptions". They were signed to Fueled By Ramen in 2008, and they released their self-titled EP on February 3rd, 2009.
VersaEmerge
VersaEmerge released their first EP, "Cities Built On Sand", in 2005, featuring former members Spencer Pearson on lead vocals, Anthony James on vocals, programming and keys, Josh Center on rhythm guitar, Nick Osborne on bass, and Anthony Martone on drums, as well as current guitarist Blake Harnage. With the departure of Pearson, James, Center, and Osborne, Harnage and Martone recruited former bassist Devin Ingelido from Bury the Ashes.[5] The following year, Sierra auditioned for the vocal position by sending a tape online. In 2007 Sierra became an official member of VersaEmerge.
References
- ^ "Sierra Kusterbeck".
- ^ a b "Back Words". Cite error: The named reference "Sierra Kusterbeck's Tumblr" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ FBR Plus: Other Videos: VE Q&A<http://fbrplus.com/>
- ^ RAW Interviews: Paragraph 1<http://csrawinterviews.blogspot.com/2009/06/sierra-anthony-from-versaemerge.html>
- ^ Bury the Ashes on Purevolume<purevolume.com/burytheashes>