BROOKLYN BUZZ: Local band is B.O.Y.S. and more
As students at Fort Hamilton High School (FHHS), Lou Salvaggioand John De La O always enjoyed playing the music of their favoritebands and coming up with their own tunes on their guitars andkeyboards, but it wasn’t until 2004 that the now 30- and29-year-olds formed a band of their own with another friend, AdamTrombetta, 24.
That band, called Band of Young Saints – or B.O.Y.S. for short -has grown from its original three members to five with the additionof fellow FHHS alum Alexandra Wyshosky, 26, on vocals and guitaristBrendan Winick, 27, and developed its own unique sound in theprocess, playing seriously in clubs and restaurants throughoutBrooklyn and Lower Manhattan since 2007 and releasing its first EPas a five-piece (its third overall) earlier this year.
We describe [our sound] as garage-inspired power pop, saidSalvaggio, who plays bass alongside Trombetta on drums and Winickon guitar. We have individual eclectic tastes that vary,[although] we all know what we don’t like.