Day In Day Out is looking to rock outside the state

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The local rockers in Day In Day Out are not passive musicians.

In fact, they are about as active as it gets.

The band is comprised of five members: Terry Bishop on bass guitar, guitarists Stefan Borghesani and Steve Krantz, dummer Patrick Shuefelt and vocalist Jake Zyrek.

Shuefelt, who also acts as manager for the band, said the group tries to play as many shows as possible.

“We try to play a minimum of three shows a month,” the Mount Pleasant resident said.

But Bishop, a Shelby Township senior, said the members are not satisfied and want to aim beyond three shows a month.

He wants to get in their van — dubbed AngerFury Murder Machine — and take the music out of state.

“We want to tour, man,” Bishop said. “I know playing Michigan is pretty cool, and we’ve played a lot of spots, but we want to get to the point where we can get in the van and go out of state.”

“We want to become a full-time touring band,” Shuefelt added.

Throughout the band’s two-year run, their music has taken shape from a variety of influences.

While Shuefelt and Bishop said they are influenced by bands such as Thrice and Thursday, Borghesani said they are influenced more by “life in general, pretty much, more than music.”

Borghesani also said he wants people to take a break from life sometimes and just enjoy the time they have.

“People get pretty caught up, I guess, in the hustle and flow of life,” the Rochester Hills senior said. “It’s pretty easy to forget about how short of a time we have on here.

“We just want people to get out there and have a good time and forget about the (stuff) that people tell you to worry about.”

That message is what the band tries to drive home with every show.

Zyrek said they are trying to build a community around music.

“We want a collective cooperative,” he said.

The members of Day In Day Out, which began as a bedroom-jamming punk trio, all share the same vision for the band’s future.

Aside from wanting to spread their music around the country, they want to be able to do it for a job.

Krantz, a Mount Pleasant resident, said he would give up anything to continue playing.

“We want to do it as long as we can. We are willing to change our lives for the band,” he said.