Darren Walker (7)

Darren was born in Oakley, Kansas but grew up in the small western Iowa town of Exira, where he first developed an interest in singing. He sang along with the record player in his basement as he played his favorite songs by Journey, Black Sabbath, Boston, Foreigner, Aerosmith, and as fate would have it Head East. The summer before his junior year in high school, Darren's family moved to northwestern Missouri where Darren would join his first band a few years later in 1982. He sang lead vocals and played bass guitar until 1988 when he left to join the band Bad Gypsy. He put down his bass guitar and became the band's lead vocalist until the band dissolved 5 years later. Prior to joining Head East, Darren joined the Kansas City area bands Toymaker's Dream and London Drive where he shared lead vocal and bass duties. He also shares these roles in Head East, playing bass on a few songs enabling bassist Greg Manahan to play six-string guitar adding to the band's versatility.