Mad at The World - Band Members

Band Members

• Roger Rose – vocals, guitars, synthesizers, piano, drum programming, drums, percussion

Frontman Roger Rose, was a mail carrier in southern California, although his MySpace page currently lists him as living in Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX. He started MATW as a synthpop band due to the absence of this type of music in the Christian market (he has cited Depeche Mode as an influence). Because of difficulties in playing this music live, Roger then turned the band toward a more hard rock type of music. Finally, he settled on an alternative rock style of music for the last two studio releases. Roger married Julia in 1992.

Roger Rose was the main lyricist of the group. He did the vocals and guitars throughout most of the songs. He was also the primary songwriter. In an interview, he stated, "I think in most of my songs when I talk about things I'm always careful to point out the hope, or the answer, or the possibilities through some of (the) issues (of life)." Musically, Roger stated in a 2009 interview that his primary influence is "simple English pop rock."

• Randy Rose – drums, vocals, percussion

Randy Rose was a member of MATW during its entire existence as a band from 1987-1998. When MATW was a synthpop band during its first two years, Randy played percussion, worked on the drum programming, and sang backup vocals. Randy continued with drums and vocals as the band transitioned to a hard rock band in early 1990. He also formed his own metal band soon after, named Rose. After his tenure in MATW, Randy went on to make various demos under different names until forming his current band Mothership in 1998.

• Mike Pendleton – bass, guitar (1987–1992)

Mike Pendleton played the guitar, keyboards, and percussion on the first two albums, Mad at the World and Flowers in the Rain. He then switched over to bass guitar for the third through fifth albums, Seasons of Love, Boomerang, and Through the Forest. He is also listed as an engineer and mixer on Honky Mofo's 2004 self-titled disc, and as an assistant engineer on Greg Jasperse's 2003 disc Tournesol.

• Brent Gordon – lead & rhythm guitars (1990–1992)

Brent Gordon climbed on board for the third album in 1990, and he played lead and rhythm guitars up through the band's fifth album. He co-wrote the song "Draggin' the Chains" on the Boomerang album. He also provided artwork for various albums.

As of 2007 Brent was playing guitar for a worship band at a church in California. He also works in the field of animation for Disney. His artwork can be viewed at his website. He also has a blog that has many photos, including a couple with MATW.

• Benjamin Jacobs – lead & rhythm guitars (1993–1998)

Brent Gordan left MATW in 1992, Ben Jacobs took over as lead guitarist for the band. He was in Randy's other band, Rose at the time and was suggested by Randy. He performed on the albums The Ferris Wheel and The Dreamland Cafe. He also was for a brief time a member of ROSE for the albums 'Healing', 'Intense Live Series Volume 3', 'Crazy Little World' and 'Into The Unknown'. After the disbandment of MATW and ROSE, Jacobs went on and formed the band The Jolly Lamas. Benjamin Jacobs and The Jolly Lamas music has had numerous independent cuts played on regular rotation on Radio Stations across America and Canada as well and local and regional attention in their homebase in Southern California. The Jolly Lamas are currently writing and recording for their third album. They occasionally perform at various venues throughout Southern California. The Jolly Lamas songs have appeared on The Conan O'Brien Show, the independent film The Others and an Episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter and have been nominated several times at the San Diego Music Awards. In 2007 Benjamin Jacobs teamed up with Tim Bedley a teacher and drummer and started the successful educational rock band titled Rockin' the Standards Their first offering titled Math has hit number 1 on Amazon.com and Digstation under MP3 Albums - Children Category. Their Language Arts album is due out in early 2009.

• Mike Link – bass guitar (1993–1998)

Mike Link replaced Mike Pendleton as bassist in 1992. Like Ben Jacobs, he was in Randy's other band, Rose, at the time and was suggested by Randy. He performed on the albums The Ferris Wheel, The Dreamland Cafe and World History. He also was a member of Rose for the albums Healing, Intense Live Series Volume 3, Crazy Little World and Into The Unknown and played bass on Randy's Mood Ring project. After the disbandment of MATW and Rose, Link moved to Idaho and recruited to play bass for metal band, Paylface. He has also recorded/toured with other notable artists Factory Air, Oscar Ortega, Casey Corum, The Wannabes and Abel's Cry.