Hypnocrats

Guitars, harmonica, banjo, Keyboards, lead vocals, and Backing Vocals – Sean E Ray “S.E.Ray”, born in 1971, started playing guitar at age 8, then drums at age 12. Grew up in the Washington DC area. Starting in the early 80s, played with D.C. punk bands such as Team Wattie, The Wimps, Carmel, Seepage, Progressive Deterioration, and many others, performing and opening up for many of the punk rock bands with up-and-coming artists such as Marginal Man, Scream, Beefeater, 7 Seconds, Government Issue, David Grohl's Mission Impossible, Brian Baker's Dag Nasty, and many more. In 2019, SERay released his third solo album called “Welcome to Tomorrow”. In the same year, SERay recorded an album called “The Universe Lied” with the band Miranda’s Rites, which was released in early 2020. Shortly after that, SERay resurrected an old band called 2 Screws Loose.  After multiple releases of full-length albums and singles, SERay disbanded 2 Screws Loose in August 2025. In that same month, SERay met Jay Ashton at a pool party.  SERay recalls Jay mentioning that he wanted to put out an album before he was 70 years old. SERay invited him into his studio and together started working on music. After formulating their direction and having written and recorded several songs, Jay suggested to bring in Atomicc Cate.  And the Hypnocrats was born, releasing our first album "Hypnotic Highway" April 3rd, 2026.    

Rhythm guitars, Lead vocals, and backing Vocals - Jay Ashton, born in ????

Keyboards, Lead vocals, and backing vocals - Cate "Atomicc Cate" Cooper, born in ????

Bass and backing vocals - James "JJ" Jenkins, born in ????

Drums and percussion - Ernest Veloz, born in ????