Appreciate the nod....

.....but please be original and find your own path.

Two-thirds of its members wore flannel shirts during a recent practice session; another is in the early stages of a Kurt Cobain coif. Some of Completely Random’s influences were in heavy rotation on MTV in the 1990s — Nirvana, Green Day, a hint of Weezer; other influences match the influences of garage bands in the 1990s — the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix.

But Gen Xers were at least in their 20s before the members of Completely Random were born: Jack Campbell, who sings and plays guitars and drums, is 14; Sam Wattrus, who plays bass and is taking vocal lessons, is 15; J.J. Sivak, who sings, plays guitar and is learning drums, is 13.