Jay Quintana is a self-taught vocalist with roughly two decades of performance experience. He grew up singing with his aunts and uncles and developed his style around powerhouse rock vocalists including Ronnie James Dio, Sammy Hagar, Chris Cornell, Rob Halford, and Geoff Tate.

His background includes Citizen Pain, Death Bed Confession, and Straight Six, along with years of high-volume live work. Jay has toured Europe, performed on bills with artists including Six Feet Under, Tesla, and Dio Disciples, and appeared at venues and events including the Whisky a Go Go, The Gothic Theatre, and Rocklahoma.

In The Grind 5280, he also serves as manager and booker, bringing leadership, business sense, and production awareness to the band.

Brian Mesa has been playing guitar for 47 years, beginning with his first guitar at age eight. Primarily self-taught, his lead-guitar influences include John Sykes, Doug Aldrich, and Kee Marcello.

His musical background includes Wishdoctor, Guild of Ages, The Seventh Time, and Relapsed Band, along with extensive live work in clubs, theaters, festivals, corporate events, private events, fairs, and touring throughout the continental United States.

Brian also brings substantial recording and production experience. Within The Grind 5280, his role extends beyond lead guitar and backing vocals to set-list assembly, promotion and PR, press materials, production relationships, and the maintenance and development of the band’s onstage IEM and technical systems.

His approach is preparation first: handle the details so the band can walk onstage focused on the performance.

Ty Moyer brings more than 40 years of musical experience to The Grind 5280. Inspired early by listening to music and watching his father’s band perform, Ty developed primarily as a self-taught, play-by-ear bassist while also playing drums and rhythm guitar.

His background includes Riot Act, Five 13, Fallen, and The Grind 5280, which he joined in 2016. Ty has extensive live-performance experience and recording credits that include Riot Act’s What Is Real and Rocktrauma, along with Dark Red Sky’s Another Place.

Reliable, professional, attentive, and punctual, Ty brings steady musicianship and experience to both the stage and the band’s social-media efforts.

Dave Curnow brings more than four decades of musical experience to The Grind 5280, with a background spanning live performance, international touring, studio recording, and session work.

Growing up in a musical family, Dave received both school-based musical training and private instruction before developing drums and percussion as his primary instruments.

In the early 1990s, Hard Knox signed a three-record deal with CEG Records and was later renamed Silence by the label. The band’s five-year run included East Coast performances and international touring throughout Germany, France, and England.

Dave has performed at CBGB in New York, CB’s Gallery, CB’s Underground, casinos, fairs, festivals, and private functions. His recording background includes three records for CEG Records, session work for other label artists, and side projects through FTM Recording Studios.

With The Grind 5280, Dave handles drums, vocals, and backing vocals while bringing energy, musicianship, preparation, and professionalism to the live show.

Andy Sewald brings 46 years of playing experience and 26 years of live performance to The Grind 5280. He started with trumpet and drums in school before rock music pulled him toward guitar, bass, and piano.

His primary instruments are bass, six-string guitar, and piano, with early influences rooted in KISS, Alice Cooper, and the rock music of the 1970s and 1980s.

Andy’s band history includes 4 Play, DOA, Danna Rocks, The Further, The Swerve, Falling West, Whiskey Road, and The Grind 5280. His live background includes the Denver circuit, outdoor festivals, cancer benefits, reunions, weddings, and other events.

Onstage, Andy focuses on preparation, accuracy, musicianship, and having fun, while contributing rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, and lead vocals when needed.