The Origin Story
From The Ivory Tower To The Dirty Stage
They met in the practice rooms of the San Francisco Conservatory and Cal State East Bay. They bonded over a shared frustration: they were tired of playing music for professors and wanted to play for people.
The band originally formed as a jazz-fusion trio called "The Dean's List," but they hated it. They felt stiff and academic.
The change happened one rainy Tuesday at a rehearsal space in the Dogpatch. Liam started playing a simple three-chord rock riff—something the others would usually scoff at for being "too simple." But then Sadie leaned into the mic and screamed a melody over it. Marcus dropped the jazz brushes, picked up heavy sticks, and hit the snare like a gunshot.
They realized their technical training allowed them to play simple music better than anyone else. They could make a simple rock song sound massive.
They renamed themselves FALLEN—to signify their departure from the "high society" of classical music into the beautiful, dirty world of rock and roll.
