Derek Vasconi
Derek Vasconi hails from Sharon, PA, a mid-size city an hour north of Pittsburgh. At some point during his four-year collegiate experience, Derek founded, along with a few friends, the wildly popular and massively successful metal and hardcore band, FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW. Derek co-wrote the first two albums that FROM A SECOND STORY W.... more
Derek Vasconi hails from Sharon, PA, a mid-size city an hour north of Pittsburgh. At some point during his four-year collegiate experience, Derek founded, along with a few friends, the wildly popular and massively successful metal and hardcore band, FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW. Derek co-wrote the first two albums that FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW, better known as FASSW, released on the label Black Market Activities and distributed through the legendary Metal Blade Records. From this point, it was headlining tour after tour and playing gigantic festivals like Hellfest and the NJ Metalfest.
Around 2007, an idea began to take hold of Derek that filled the creative hole left in his heart due to leaving FASSW. The story is based, in part, in Derek’s time working in Evanston as a counselor and also on his time spent living in Hiroshima. It must be mentioned that Derek is an otaku of the highest level, having lived in Japan several times and while doing so, spending countless hours exploring all things anime, JPOP, manga, and practically living in Akihabara’s nerd cafes and videogame stores. Currently, Derek is working on several more novels.He also continues to work on musical projects and make websites.
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Official Site: www.derekvasconi.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DerekVasconi