Welcome to the original sound of Fiesta Drive, a tight four-piece guitar based combo which can turn out foot stomping original rock, generating the excitement and presence necessary to entertain any audience!

Fiesta Drive are:

Aron Neale - Lead Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Mandolin & Harmonica
Murray Tomlin - Electric Guitar & Vocals
Jason Clark - Bass Guitar & Vocals
Henrik Rylev - Drums & Vocals

Welcome to the original sound of Fiesta Drive, a tight four-piece guitar based combo which can turn out foot stomping original rock, generating the excitement and presence necessary to entertain any audience.

Formed in 2002 Fiesta Drive are a relatively new band, though there front man Aron Neale has been performing extensively both locally and internationally for the past 12 years.

Aron Neale, singer / songwriter, was born 20th September 1971 in Auckland, New Zealand.
He was raised on the music of the Stones, the Beatles, Paul Simon, Bob Seger and Fleetwood Mac – to name the more prominent artists in his parent’s record collection.
From a young age Aron was in the process of creating a "sound"; blending these international influences with his own unique original rock flavour.

Aron went on to develop his own musical interests including the sounds of popular Rock and
R & B artists such as Springsteen, Mellencamp and Dylan and the vibrant up tempo country rock beat of Steve Earle & The Dukes. By the age of fourteen Aron had been playing guitar for two years and was in his first garage band. Three years later he had been performing regularly with a number of bands as a singer/guitarist, and at the same time completing studies in Architectural Quantity Surveying, Construction Project Management / Cost Engineering.

Aron's first major band was the well known Auckland 'Folk, Rock & Blues' combo, Acoustic Attitude. Acoustic Attitude played a very successful mix of popular covers and original songs, many written by Aron. Before calling it quits in 1994, Acoustic Attitude had played many residencies around the Auckland area, attracting a very large and loyal following.

The secret of the Attitude's success was the accessible repertoire: a mix of folk rock, blues, country and R & B which appealed to a wide selection of audiences at many popular venues including The Nag's Head, Water Jump, The Horse & Trap, Java Jive, The Gluepot, Pier 21 and at many private parties. They were in demand, fully professional and fully booked every week.

Since going solo, from 1995 to 2001, Aron has recorded Various Singles and the self titled album, "Aron Neale" which includes 16 of Aron's original compositions. This is his third recording project since Acoustic Attitudes "Live Attitude" at Auckland's infamous venue The Gluepot, during a packed concert in 1993.

Aron has also toured extensively overseas where he visited the UK, Europe and North America on a "Rock Pilgrimage" of his musical influences. Along the way he met and played with John "Cougar" Mellencamp, Bob Seger and Steve Earle. One of Aron's songs was selected by the Don Williams Music Publishing Group at the Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase.

During this time Aron ‘sounded out’ record labels, visited Mellencamp's recording studio a number of times, met both John Mellencamp’s and Steve Earles bands and met with Garth Brooke's manager, Robert Metzgar, who showed an interest in promoting Aron's work in the U.S.A.

Aron Neale is now back from overseas, and based in Auckland with his new band "Fiesta Drive” which has been enjoying success in New Zealand, playing successful gigs all over the country.

Off stage, Aron has built his own professional ‘state of the art’ recording studio. It was in this studio that Aron mixed the audio for Fiesta Drive’s first DVD, filmed live at the ‘Kings Arms’ on the 7th of April 2004. He is currently recording and producing Fiesta Drives first studio album, as well as various projects for other popular New Zealand artists.

Born and raised in the Northland town of Whangaerai, Murrey aged 31, started playing guitar 15 years ago. With his major influences being Angus, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix and Clapton, it was inevitable that his first group ‘The Homeless Dogs’ were to enjoy much local success with there own brand of hard rocking blues. After moving to Auckland when he was seventeen he soon joined ‘Double Vision’ who were regulars on the pub circuit. Murray’s Heavy Metal band ‘Murder in Paradise’ won third place in the 1995 battle of the bands.

Jason Clark’s Background (Bass Guitar)

Jason grew up in Panmure South Auckland, he started playing the bass 10 years ago.
The bands Jason has played in include Red Rum (Blues Band), Beaver (Rock Covers Band), and Protocol an all originals hard rock band. Music is very much apart of Jason’s family, his father plays the drums, his uncle plays bass and his bother Sean is the Singer/ songwriter/ guitarist.
Jason’s influences include Split Enz, Black Sabbath, Neil Young to name a few.

Henrik Rylev’s Background (Drums)

In his native Denmark Henrik has played drums for various blues/rock, rock and hardrock bands. Well known in the music industry for his session work for many Danish recording artists including his work both live and in the studio as a member of the popular band ‘Pretty Miss Mills’.
Henrik moved to New Zealand 8 years ago and joined the Auckland band ‘Help Your Selfish’, and later on he also played in the Auckland band ‘Milk’. Henrik also played with Tim Werry and the legendary band ‘The Holiday’s’, Henrik now plays exclusively with Fiesta Drive.
Henriks influences include Brian Downey (Drummer for Thin Lizy), Simon Philip’s (Drummer for Gary Moore) and his favourite band apart from ‘Fiesta Drive’ is the ‘Black Crows’.