Biography

John Ellis – Vocals, Guitar, Piano. John was born in Durban, South Africa. Darryl Swart – Drums. Darryl was also born in Durban, South Africa. Daniel Ornellas – Bass. Daniel was also born in Durban, South Africa.
 * Tree63**

Tree63 was born in the year 1996 with there debut album “Overflow//,// 1997//”.// The band came up with this name because the band founder John Ellis, was standing under a tree when he recruited the final band member. Due to a clash with another American band “tree” tree63 added “63” to its name//.// John has a bachelor of arts in music, Darryl finished high school, and Daniel has the same bachelor and went to the same university as John. Tree63’s influences include DC Talk, Jesus Christ, and Family Force 5

//The following is a quote from Tree63.com//

**Q) How did you pick the name Tree63? Does it have any special meaning? A) We were originally just “Tree,” after the numerous references in the Bible to trees: the garden of Eden, the cross Jesus hung on etc. “63” was the title of our second record, and it came from Psalm 63. When we got to the States in 2000, we discovered a band in Boston called “Tree” already, and they were unwilling to give up their band name, so we had to either alter or change ours. The compromise was “Tree63.”**



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