haVeBlue makes sweet, sweet music for all to hear. It smashes and grinds, sears and sinters. haVeBlue is a phenomenon best served on stage by twice as nice in the can. It lumbers forth on the shoulders of reuben and dV,, always looking for the blastiest of beats to scoop like a hydratic hoover. haVeBlue will move you - oh yes, we will.

Reuben Espinoza - guitars/vox - reuben@haveblueband.com
Reuben Espinoza was born and early-on raised in central New Jersey, but spent his formative years on the mean streets of Brooklyn, NY.  Heading to Miami at the ripe age of 17, he met current band-mate dV Blue in college, and in 1992, along with Mike Menninger, started their first band, SanDeMantis.  With the untimely and tragic death of Menninger in 1994, Espinoza took some time off while the other remaining members moved on to other projects.  In that time, Espinoza learned 90% of Alex Lifeson's solos from Rush's early years.  He has since forgetten all of them.  In 1996, Espinoza joined the proto-punk rockers, The Feebles.  In 1997, Espinoza reunited with dV Blue to play bass and keyboards in Blue's new project, Goth Chix In Vinyl.  After a brief hiatus from music in the first half of 1998 while living and working in NYC, Espinoza returned to Miami in July, and with Sasha Weisfeld and Carlos Vega, formed The Epsteins.  In August 1999, Espinoza disappeared for 9 years,and was rumored to be living in a cave in Hilo, Hawaii.  In October 2008, Espinoza returned to NYC and joined up with Blue once again as a member of haVeBlue. 

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