3rd Time Around is an alternative rock band originally from northern Delaware. 3TA was
created in 2005 with the simple purpose of playing music for the love of it. They are now
playing bars all over Maryland and Delaware, and with their full length CD being released
soon, they are planning on touring the country to get their music noticed.
3TA counts among its influences Pearl Jam, Guns -n- Roses, Dave Matthews Band, Bob
Dylan, The Beatles, The Stones, Led Zeppelin, Stone Temple Pilots, and many more. A
complete list would probably go on for pages.
3rd Time Around is: AJ Love, Adam Love, and Jason Lucabaugh
AJ started playing guitar at the age of 14. He joined Vinyl
Sun at the age of 15 with Adam Love and two friends. After
months of perfecting their craft, Vinyl Sun’s first demo was
released in the spring of 1995.
Vinyl Sun disbanded after the departure of Adam Love in 1996
and AJ began writing songs for a solo project. While suffering
from depression in 1997, AJ found peace in his music through collaborations
with other singer/songwriters.
In the fall of 1998, AJ Love’s solo album Eyes of Me was
released. To date, thousands of copies have been sold.
Singles from the album “Eyes of Me” and “Ghost Train” have
been featured repeatedly on WSTW’s Sunday night show,
Home Town Heroes.
Following the release of his solo album, AJ attended Full Sail University in Orlando, FL where
he graduated with an associates degree in Audio Engineering. AJ then returned home and
took jobs in several recording studios, unsure of his musical aspirations. Then, AJ joined
Karmakaze, where he played lead guitar from 2000 - 2002. While in Karmakaze, AJ
perfected the art of lead guitar. The band accomplished all that it set out to do, selling
T-Shirts, stickers, and headlining local Newark, DE bars.
Karamkaze broke up in 2002 and AJ spent a year writing songs, trying to put a new band
together. After auditioning several candidates, AJ asked Adam Love to play drums. Long
time friend Jason Lucabaugh on bass finished the trio and 3rd Time Around was born.
AJ’s influences are his parents Al and Annamarie, Adam Love, Jason Lucabaugh, Chad
Racine, Guns -n- Roses, Pearl Jam, and his family. The biggest influence of all is just plain
old music, from the Delta to Jazz to Rock and Roll.
Created the band with Aj & Adam back in 2004. Been playing the bass since High School. Back then I was in a band called Karma later becoming KarmaKaze. 90's rock basically. Jamming with the Love brothers and my brother Rick these days have been good times. 3rd Time Around has songs from the '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and 2000s. Adding new songs all the time. We feed off the crowd no doubt. But when we're all having fun together rockin', its a pretty cool experience. Good times.
Fourteen years, three bands, three drum sets, and seven
members rotated.
Adam Love, brother to AJ Love (lead vocals and guitar),
started his fourteen-year run with AJ and Matt Horn in the
band Vinyl Sun; the band where AJ and Adam first exposed
their musical genius.
From there, Adam went on to play in the band Karmakaze,
where he met Jason Lucabaugh (now the bass player for 3rd
Time Around).
Adam is a heavy hitting drummer much like his idol Dave
Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), combined with the smooth
metal sounds of Tool’s Danny Carry. He enjoys all rhythmns
of the skins.
Adam currently resides in Newark, Delaware.