Paul Masvidal (vocals, guitar, guitar
synth)
Paul Masvidal lives in Los Angeles, CA
where he and Sean Reinert are busy with Aeon Spoke.The band has been playing in
the LA area and have gained quite a following. They have already released two
EP's and finished recording their debut LP in February of 2003. Paul has a home
studio in LA where he spends most of his time writing and recording songs. He
has also been scoring music for short films and various freelance music gigs
for TV networks.
Sean Reinert (acoustic/electronic drums,
keyboards)
Sean Reinert currently lives in
Hollywood, CA nearby Paul where he works as an engineer at Capitol Mastering in
the Capitol records building. He has also been composing quite often with Paul
on various soundtrack projects for television, movies and commercials as well
as engineering independent releases and doing some session work. It should be
noted that, through it all, Paul and Sean's primary focus is still Aeon Spoke
and most of their energy is put into that.
Jason Gobel (guitar, guitar synth)
Jason Gobel is now living in Portland,
Oregon with his wife Cynthia and two children. Jason's son, Jason Jr., is just
learning how to play the guitar and recently got his new classical guitar from his
dad. He has worked closely with Sean Malone in the past on a number of projects
including Gordian Knot's new release Emergent. He is currently not involved in
any new projects but has been enjoying spending his time writing and recording
his own material in his home studio. According to Jason, some of his best
memories are from the time he spent in Cynic where he experienced a musical and
creative freedom which has been difficult to match since.
Sean Malone (bass, chapman stick)
Currently Sean Malone lives in Oregon
where he teaches Music Theory at the University of Oregon. He continues to do
session work with many different artists as well as spend a lot of time on his
solo project Gordian Knot. GK has already released two albums: (self-titled) in
2000 and most recently, Emergent early in 2003 which features appearances from
all of the other three Cynic members from Focus.
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Tony Teegarden (vocals, keyboards)
Tony Teegarden is currently still living
in Tampa, Florida where he owns his own business and is doing quite well. Tony is
an entreprenuer (along with his wife Tonia) in a company called Prepaid Legal
Services Inc. and says that "it's a great feeling to be in control of my
own destiny and helping mentor and guide others toward the same goal of
finacial independence." He is still very active as far as music goes and
about a year and a half ago recorded a song for a movie sound track (he
recorded guitar, keyboards and did actual singing and death vocals). He's
currently happily married (since 2000) and says he is "just really enjoying
life right now". Some bands/music that Tony has been listening to include
Frank Gambali and Scott Henderson. As well, he has not denied his metal roots
and listens to bands such as Mudvayne, Killswitch Engage, Pulse Ultra and a
very technical death metal band out of Florida called Capharnaum who are
"much in the vein of the Cynic '90 demo but crazier!" They aren't
signed yet but expect they will be soon. Most recently, Tony has hooked up with
a band called Adrift whose lineup includes the likes of Jack Owen of Cannibal
Corpse and a long time friend Kevin Astl. Tony contributed a song called Broken
Mirror to the group and it can be heard at Adrifts' website at the above link.
Tony Choy (bass)
Tony Choy is currently playing bass and
singing vocals with a Latin musical group named AREA 305 who are based in the
South Florida area around Miami. Area 305 has just recently released their
self-titled debut album and their music has been described as "combining
hot Latin beats, virtuoso musicianship and a wall of brilliant vocal
harmonies...Area 305 are igniting airwaves and dancefloors everywhere."
The group has had much success with Latin audiences, in particular, across
South America and the Caribbean so Tony has certainly been putting in his
"road time" as of late.
Chris
Kringel (bass)
One thing is certain when it comes to
Chris Kringel, he has not been idle since his days in Cynic. Chris currently
lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he plays bass for a long standing and well
known local blues band called Group Therapy and has also been helping out in
many other acts around town including local Jazz favorite Barbara Stephani (see
LINKS page for all of the bands). Chris is an alumnus of The Berklee School of
Music in Boston, MA and the author of the Play Bass Today! - Level One and
Level Two instructional books. He has appeared on recordings by artists such as
Inda Eaton, Jack Grassel, Jeff Schroedl, and Kirk Tatnall and has authored many
Hal Leonard instructional books/CDs. Chris is endorsed by top bass
manufacturers Warwick and Stuart Spector Design and he currently teaches bass,
performs live and in the studio for several different artists in the Milwaukee
area and is working on his first solo album. He has just started his new band
Atomic Willis and has opened his new personal website.