Nanyana Summer has been crooning as long as she can remember. As a child, she locked herself in her room to listen to music and express her young inquisitive thoughts in poetry.

With her Pops in the military, Summer's family traveled quite a bit. On road trips, he would pop in Sade cassettes; and Mom (who is from Thailand) sometimes threw in her favorite Thai jams.

At age eleven, Summer started writing songs with a neighbor-
hood girl group, and at fifteen, she taught herself to play guitar.

Her main influences (other than Sade) were Chris Cornell, 311, Stone Temple Pilots, Jamiroquai and Sarah Vaughn. Nanyana loves the deep lyrics and amazing vocals of Chris Cornell and Sade. Jamiroquai inspires the desire to be free in the funk, and Sarah Vaughn draws out the soul to sing like an angel.

Nanyana's aggressive side relates to the groove and metal of 311 and STP. When asked, she laughs, remembering her younger Rock-N-Roll days in Atlanta hanging out with the former Atlanta band Stuck Mojo, where she had a bit part in their "Pig Walk" video.

Summer eventually had an opportunity to co-write with Arrested Development's own Speech Thomas and is grateful for the advice and encourage-
ment she has received from him. She is also extremely grateful for what she has in her band-mates.

"There is such a tremendous amount of talent in these guys. I love the diversity contained in our sound. Each song holds the flavor of all our favorite avenues of music. We all come from different aspects of life, yet are unified by our love to create music."

"NANYANA" is Summer's first band, and she is confident it will be her only band. "I couldn't imagine sharing this work, this road, this dream with anyone else, blood, sweat, tears and all!"