The Quixotic Monks, a local band comprised of five juniors, performed at the Hard Rock Cafe in Boston on November 3.

Sean Neusch is the lead singer, Ben Weber is the bassist, Maggie Del Re and Amir Bagheri play the guitar and Dave Poretsky plays drums.
Del Re explained part of the meaning behind the band’s name.

“[Quixotic] means overly idealistic to the point where it’s not realistic anymore,” Del Re said.

The band performs covers of all different kinds of rock music.

“[We play] Red Hot Chili Peppers [songs] the most, [as well as] Nirvana [songs], just rock music,” Neusch said.

“Hopefully we’ll start writing originals soon,” Del Re added.

The Quixotic Monks had an abundance of support for their performance at the Hard Rock Cafe.

“It was a really cool experience because a bunch of friends and family came out to see us perform live,” Neusch said. “It was a unique experience.”

Since there have been recent member changes, Weber was not a part of the band at the time of the performance, but described what it was like to watch from the audience.

“I didn’t play, but the Hard Rock Cafe is a really cool place with really cool lighting and everyone was energetic and it was exciting just to be there,” Weber said.

Following this gig, the band is taking a break from playing in public in order to improve their sound, but they will be back to playing live in a few months.

“This band is a pretty new project, and we’re actually going to take a break from gigging just to rebuild and to focus on our sound first,” Del Re said. “So we’re not gigging right now and probably won’t be again until around March, but after that we should be back.”