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Bass, Keys, Vocals

Ted Savas grew up on the northern plains of Iowa, where he classically trained on the piano through his early college years. His influences included Chopin, Mozart, and Bach. He gained his early stage experience in theater productions, and played keyboards in a number of original and cover bands during his teen years, including Lyra and Wethersfield Road. In the late 70s, after seeing Rush play, he bought a 4001 Rickenbacker, taught himself bass, and performed with the rock band Abalon (1977-1979)= until New Years' Day 1980, when he founded (with his brother Anthony and drummer Jim Liston) the hard rock band Disciple, a Midwest favorite that toured several states. After practicing law, running businesses, and raising a family, Ted picked up the bass in 2011 and began playing again, this time co-founding Arminius in 2014.

Ted plays Rickenbacker 4003s, powered by a Gallien-Krueger 1001RB-II 700/50W Biamp Bass Head through a pair of Acoustic bass amp cabinets (4x10 and 1x15).

Donvan Campbell

Drums

Donovan Campbell is a multi-instrumentalist with wide experience in many varieties of music. The drummer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter was born in 1979 in Monterey, California. He started playing drums at 9 years old and was playing shows in night clubs with the band Blues Funktion (1993-1998) when he was just 14. Donovan played guitar for Monterey-based Martyrs of a Lost Generation (1998-2002), a metal project he started and for which he wrote much of the material. He sang and played guitar for goth metal band Autumn (2000-2002), also from Monterey, The Mourning Star (2002-2003), and played guitar and was the primary songwriter for A Temple of Mirrors (2006-2011), a progressive black/doom metal project. After a stint with Vulture King (2-11-2012), Donovan secured the drumming slot for Dr Luna (2012-2014), a Chico-based touring act that enjoyed significant success. He joined Arminius in 2016. In addition to his current Arminius gig, Donovan writes music and plays all the instruments for his solo project Lake Of Fire (2013-present).

Guitar

Anthony also hails from Iowa, where he played guitar with country-rock band Abalone (1977-1979) before joining the rock band Disciple (1980-1981). He moved to California after college and formed Arminius with his brother Ted in 2014.

"Ants" uses the following gear: Marshall Silver Jubilee 100w head, 4x12 cabinet loaded with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers. Gibson SG, Flying V and Les Paul. TC Electronics Spark Boost Pedal, Cry Baby Wah Wah and Line 6 Wireless