by Adam Levine ‘20

The popular Sherwood boy band Most Excellent, best known for its covers of 90s and early 2000s pop rock, originally was formed by juniors Nick Weinrich (vocals), Andrew Ventura (guitar), Benny Rubin (guitar), and Marcus Welch (bass) during last year’s homecoming halls to perform for the sophomore hall.

After the festivities ended, they still wanted to play music and recruited sophomore Andreus Brijbasi to play drums. Fresh out of homecoming halls though, the band was left with no name and had to make the crucial creative decision of what to call themselves.

“We originally had two other names– Flexicution … a Logic song that a lot of the guys in the band liked, and Chill Friends Type, which came from a comment … on … Instagram, but we just decided on Most Excellent because we were just trying out really stupid names, and it stuck,” explained Weinrich. “It’s from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.”