Fossil Farm

Bay Area based Fossil Farm has been entertaining  audiences with a fun and lively assortment of classic, folk, and alt-rock music for two decades. The group puts their own modern spin on music from the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Byrds, Lumineers, Foo Fighters, Tom Petty, Chris Isaak, Fleetwood Mac, Moody Blues, Traveling Wilburys, and more.

The band began as a collaboration of musical ideas between Drew Morrish, a British pub-band rocker, and Rich Fassler, a part of the 60’s East Bay garage band scene. The two met by chance in 2004 and discovered they shared the same musical interests and style, despite growing up over 5,000 miles apart. They quickly formed Fossil Farm with the help of local guitarist Derek Kroes, and drummer Greg Deckrow, and began playing south bay gigs, including local pubs and clubs, private parties, the American Cancer Society fundraising events, the San Jose Rock and Roll 1/2 Marathon, and others. Greg moved out of town in 2012 and Paul Ybarra took over as the drummer for the band.

In 2017 the band lineup changed significantly when drummer Paul Ybarra and rhythm guitarist Derek Kroes left the band. Drew moved over from bass guitar to 12 string acoustic/electric guitar, and drummer Bruce Scott and bassist Hans Muller joined.

In 2019, the band dynamic changed once again, as lead guitarist and cofounder Rich Fassler left to move up to Bainbridge Island. Lead guitarist Bob Megantz took up the challenge of replacing Rich.

 5 years later, drummer Bruce Scott decided to move down to Southern California. The band was lucky to find an ideal replacement in the form of drummer Bob Montoya.

The latest iteration of the band includes:

Drew Morrish - 12-string guitar & vocals

Hans Muller - bass guitar & vocals

Bob Megantz - electric guitar and vocals

Bob Montoya - drums

Drew manages the PA sound equipment for the band, and often records and videos performances. Many of the bands favorite numbers can be found on our Youtube channel https://youtube.com/FossilFarmBand/videos and in the Music section of this site. 

Contact us for more information, check out our music, and sign up on our mailing list. Hope to see you at one of our shows!