And Venus guitar player Nate Garcia plays at the Flying Walrus Oct. 24 in McAllen. Garcia is the Director of Digital Marketing for UTRGV. “I love music, it helps me unwind from stress and it’s something I love to do outside of work,” Garcia said. Adrian Hernandez/ THE RIDERHyperbeam bassist Jonny Melendez plays at the Flying Walrus Oct. 24 in McAllen. “It’s one of our longest trips for a show… the only setback was waking up really early because we were really looking forward to coming all the way down here,” said Melendez. “Where I see this band in 5 years is doing a big tour of some kind in Texas or heck somewhere out of state would be cool.”. Adrian Hernandez/THE RIDERAnd Venus vocalist and guitarist Robert “Bobby” Ruelas sings an encore song during a local band show at the Flying Walrus Oct. 24 in McAllen. “We all knew each other in high school, we would jam out, nothing serious came out till later on. We’re all original members except for the bassist. We used to have Trey Valdez as our bassist, really great friend of ours, but now with Adolfo it’s been great. I knew him since we were in a punk band. I knew him since 5th grade, we would cover band songs.” Ruelas added “Puro Pinche 956” before going backstage. Adrian Hernandez/THE RIDERAnd Venus Bassist Adolfo Perez checks for tune in between songs during a local band show at the Flying Walrus Oct. 24 in McAllen. “We all had love for music since we were little, around 2007 the guys hit me up that they needed a vocalist. At the time I was living in Austin and I made them go up with me to do shows and practice. We were up there for a couple of years you know…rest is history,” said Bobby Ruelas, vocalist and guitarist for And Venus. Adrian Hernandez/THE RIDER
