Members of Dying Street

The following list details musicians who have been members of the American band Dying Street since its formation on 27 May 2017.

Vocalist David Stefanovic was the only member who has been a part of every one of the band's incarnations, until he retired in February 2050.

Mike Barrett was an unofficial member since the band's creation, but he became the official member in February 2018.

The band went on hiatus in April 2024, and the band did the reformation in February 2027 to celebrate the 10th Anniversary.

Rio Coka was the consistent member since July 2017. He and Stefanovic were the longest consistent members until the band's split-up in April 2024. To celebrate the group's 10th Anniversary, Rio became the member again in February 2027. He left the band in July 2027. He was replaced by Jim Bunty. In October 2031, Bunty was arrested for drugs abuse. In December 2031, the band announced Rio Coka will become the band's drummer again.

In January 2032, the band announced the line-up will be Stefanovic-Barrett-Zeal-Yukteswar-Coka, while Christopher Benton will be the band's session musician.

Christopher Benton left his position in July 2035, but the band didn't announce his withdrawal.

Mike Barrett, the long-time guitarist of Dying Street, left the band for good in June 2036 after the second leg of 2036-37 tour. He moved to Japan with his family shortly after. Jaa Deen replaced Barrett on the third leg of the tour. In November 2036, David's cousin, Tesha Erakovich became the official band's guitarist, stated that Tesha is "definite" guitarist for the band.

In May 2037, Dying Street celebrated its 20 Anniversary. Stefanovic and Zeal announced that the former members will be playing one-off song from each album. Former members who appeared on 20th Anniversary are:


 * Scally, drummer
 * Neil Durham, keyboardist
 * Little Lucas, bassist
 * Anton Spack, keyboardist
 * Rod Star, bassist
 * Boomtown, keyboardist
 * Luke Silter, keyboardist
 * Lewis Benton, keyboardist

The following former members who didn't appear on the 20th Anniversary:
 * Jim Bunty, drummer (Bunty was under house arrest)
 * Mike Barrett, guitarist (Barrett was asked on his Twitter account about DS 20th Anniversary, he answered that he wasn't so sure being on the anniversary due to his withdrawal from the band 10 months ago)
 * Trent Nixon, guitarist (Nixon said: "Why should I be there? It's like I've never been a part of Dying Street. Embarassing."
 * Agent Mapother, bassist (Mapother died in car crash in 4 December 2031)
 * Marlon Cosby, keyboardist and vocalist (Cosby replied: "Dying Street is a really great band, and I'm stil in contact with David, Raymon, Michael and Rod but I wasn't a big part of them, you know.")
 * Chris Benton, keyboardist (Christopher announced: "My father will be there for me")
 * Arjuna Samadhi, drummer (Samadhi said that it would be stupid to see a touring member who hadn't been a part of main projects)
 * Jaa Deen, guitarist (Deen said: "Arjuna pretty much explained everything, we were only the touring members")

The band dissolved again in December 2039.

In January 2045, Colin Zeal announced Dying Street reunion, but with the different line-up. It turned out that Zeal hadn't informed about the reunion to David Stefanovic. The line-up contains: bassist Colin Zeal, drummer Jim Bunty, keyboardist Christopher Benton, guitarist and vocalist Albert Benton, and vocalist Seth Gray. Rio Coka, Anton Spack and Mike Barrett were invited to join the band, but they refused due to Colin Zeal's disagreements. The three of them stated that Dying Street isn't the thing if Dying Street is without Stefanovic, because he was the key member. David Stefanovic announced that he will reform Dying Street with new name SCECS which will consist the former members of Dying Street. These members are: Dying Street former members Mike Barrett and Anton Spack supported David Stefanovic and Rio Coka for reforming the band in the right way. They criticised Colin Zeal for stealing Dying Street's name without Stefanovic's knowledge. Colin Zeal commented that he didn't call David because he would disagree with Colin's opinion on reforming Dying Street. Colin Zeal also added: "When the band broke up in 2039, David said he's the band leader, that he's the only one who is in charge of band. I disagreed with that. Back in 2027, when we reformed the band, David, Dojo, Rio, Anton, Mike and I signed that we are the owners of Dying Street name. We also agreed that we can make our own opinions on the band's future. After Mike's departure from our band, he changed himself, he started being more nervous than he was before. Mike was one of the closest friends of David. They really loved each other. Mike moved to Japan after he left the band. David was getting depressed, their contacts were really rare, that made him really nervous. I know a lot of people are nervous because I 'stole' Dying Street name. I didn't. I decided to reform the band to continue the legacy.
 * S - David Stefanovic, vocals and guitars
 * C - Rio Coka, drums, backing vocals
 * E - Tesha Erakovich, guitars
 * C - Marlon Cosby, keyboards and vocals
 * S - Rod Star. bass guitar

David Stefanovic commented on Colin Zeal's story that he's right about his behaviour after Mike's departure which was affected by bad depression. "Colin Zeal was definitely right about telling you the deepest stories of our band that our fans didn't know it. We signed a document that Colin, Mike, Rio, Anton, Dojo and I can use the band's name and we will all make the decisions about the future. Mike left the band in summer 2036, we finished our tour with the new guy Jaa Deen. After the tour finished, we had no plans of recording the new album, we decided to make the tours and it lasted 2 years, from 2037 to 2039. We thanked Jaa Deen for being our guitarist on the tour, Jaa Deen didn't want to tour with us again, so we hired a new guitarist, Tesha Erakovich in fall 2036. Remaining members: Colin, Raymon, Dojo and I decided to talk about our future. They saw I changed a little bit, but it wasn't a big change. During the tour we had at least 1 fight a month. I am very sorry that Tesha saw us like that, I guess he hasn't imagined us like bad people who fight every month. After the various fights, Dojo decided to leave the band because he couldn't stand us anymore on the New Year's Eve in 2038. We didn't want to cancel our tour. You didn't know Christopher Benton became the session musician after Dojo Yukteswar joined the band in 2032, we recorded our last album Crime and Punishment in 2035. He wasn't credited on our record as a session musician. He left us before the album's release. He disagreed with us for being credited as session musician which led to his departure. Colin and I decided to call him for once more, he accepted the offer, and our last year together in 2039, we performed around the world again. After the tour finished in early December 2039, there were huge disagreements with me and Colin. Colin wanted to record a new album after 5 years being inactive in the studio, but I disagreed with that. Rio Coka decided to step out from the band after several fights with us. Chris and Tesha were getting anxious, their departures were on the edge. Colin and I decided to shut down the band once again. I know how hard was for all of us, mostly for Tesha who had a great pleasure to tour with us. Chris decided to work with other musicians, Raymon decided to leave the music scene for a little bit, Colin continued his side work, being a producer for famous singers. I was trying to get in contact with Mike Barrett, but he was busy the whole time, so I had rare talks with him. Yeah, Mike Barrett's departure killed me inside, he was my closest friend and my friend since my childhood, he was like my brother, but I didn't get over it really fast, I'm not that kind of guy. About Dying Street under Colin Zeal, we discussed a couple of days ago. We decided to keep Colin's version of Dying Street alive for two years. It also depends on my band, it will last for two years and Colin Zeal and I will decide about the band's future together."

Mike Barrett commented on David Stefanovic's statement: "I didn't know that he was really depressed, I am very sorry that we didn't have too much contact. I'm glad everything is alright now. I'm even sorry for saying that Colin 'stole' the band's name. I was really nervous when I heard that. I wasn't informed about the band's situation after I left the DS."

DS with Colin Zeal and SPECS toured from January 2045 to June 2046. Those bands broke up after their tours. In January 2047, Stefanovic and Zeal announced the newest Dying Street reformation which will represent 30th anniversary of the band. The members included: David Stefanovic, Colin Zeal, Mike Barrett, Rio Coka and Anton Spack with special addition: Jim Bunty, Dojo Yukteswar, Rod Star and Tesha Erakovich. On 27 May 2047, the band made a tribute for their formation. The band decided to bring other members which are: Scally, Little Lucas, Neil Durham, Boomtown, Christopher Benton and Luke Silther. The DS special addition was removed in 2048. The original Dying Street band decided to record a new album.

On 12 December 2049, David Stefanovic suffered a heart attack. The band announced that Stefanovic is retiring from Dying Street due to his health issues 2 months after. The band also announced the new line-up, bringing old members of Dying Street: Marlon Cosby on vocals and keyboards and Tesha Erakovich on guitars. Although Stefanovic was retired from the band, he was still appearing in the social media. He stated that the remaining members didn't want to continue without him, but he encouraged them to continue the DS project.

Asked about the future releases, Zeal stated, that, the band were planning on recording the new studio album, but he thinks it'll be impossible without David. Stefanovic stated on his Q&A livestream that he has nothing to do with decisions made by the band since he's retired.

Members
Note: Bold text shows founding members.

Current members

 * Colin Zeal – bass, main producer (May–Aug 2017; Nov 2017–Jul 2019; Jan–Apr 2020; Aug 2021; Feb 2027–Dec 2039; Jan 2047–present)
 * Mike Barrett – guitars, backing vocals ([unofficial May 2017-Jan 2018]; Feb 2018–Jul 2019; Jan 2020–Apr 2024; Feb 2027–Jun 2036; Jan 2047–present)
 * Rio Coka – drums, backing vocals (Jul 2017–Apr 2024; Feb–Jul 2027; Dec 2031–Dec 2039; Jan 2047–present), keyboards (Dec 2031–Dec 2039)
 * Anton Spack – keyboards (Nov 2017–Jan 2019; Feb–Aug 2027; Jan 2047–present)
 * Marlon Cosby – keyboards, lead vocals (Nov 2023–Apr 2024; Feb 2050–present)
 * Tesha Erakovich – guitars (Nov 2036-Dec 2039; Jan–Dec 2047; Feb 2050–present)

Keyboardists

 * Dojo Yukteswar – keyboards (May–Aug 2017;Jan–May 2020; Jan 2032–Dec 2038; Jan–Dec 2047; in Dojo&David 2025–2027)
 * Neil Durham – keyboards (Aug–Oct 2017; Jan–Nov 2019; Nov-Dec 2022)
 * Boomtown – keyboards (Jun 2020–Nov 2022)
 * Luke Silther – keyboards (Jan–Nov 2023)
 * Lewis Benton – keyboards, backing vocals (Aug 2027–August 2030) ; drum machine (June-July 2028; Jan 2029–August 2030)
 * Christopher Benton – keyboards (Aug 2030–Jul 2035; Jan–Dec 2039; Jan–Dec 2047), session musician, producer (Jan 2032–Jul 2035; Jan–Dec 2039)

Drummers

 * Jim Bunty – drums, backing vocals (Sep 2017; Jul 2027–Oct 2031; Jan–Dec 2047)
 * Scally – drums (May–Jul 2017)
 * Arjuna Samadhi – drums, backing vocals (Oct–Dec 2031)

Bassists

 * Little Lucas – bass, main producer (Aug–Oct 2017)
 * Agent Mapother – bass, main producer (Jul 2019–Jan 2020; died 2031)
 * Rod Star – bass, main producer  (Jun 2020–Apr 2024; Jan–Dec 2047)

Guitarists

 * Trent Nixon – guitar (Jul–Nov 2019)
 * Jaa Deen – guitar (Jul–Oct 2036)

Vocalists

 * David Stefanovic – lead vocals, guitars (May 2017–Apr 2024; Feb 2027–Dec 2039; Jan 2047–Feb 2050; in Dojo&David 2025–2027)