Name:  Ricky Pool

Birthday:  August 11, 1979

Equipment:  5 string Ibanez Soundgear SR405,  4 String Carvin LB70, 4 String Peavey 
Foundation (fretless) 4 string Ernie Ball Sterling (thanks James), 
Ampeg B2 15" combo & 4x10 extension cabinet, Boss ODB3 Bass 
Overdrive, GHS strings

Musical Influences:   Extol, Living Sacrifice, Tourniquet, 
Meshuggah, Underoath, Cannibal Corpse, Slayer, Morbid 
Angel, Soul Embraced, In Flames, Dream Theater, Symphony X, 
Dimmu Borgir, Old Metallica, Lengsel

Favorite Scripture: Psalm 3, Romans 12

Job in band:  Bass

Testimony:  I grew up in a Christian home. I accepted Christ @ age 7.  When I got into my teen years, I slipped just as everyone does and started living for myself.  I hung around with the wrong people and made mistakes that I regretted for years.  Those mistakes hung in the back of my mind constantly.   At 18, I laid those burdens at the feet of Jesus and rededicated my life. Later that year I felt called to the ministry. I played in a few alternative bands but still it didn't seem that I was doing what I was called for.  At 20 I  met Derek and Mike and was asked to join Syringe.  I am now playing the music I love for the Glory of my Father, and I have gained brothers I never had now that I am in Syringe.  I am blessed to play music for the ministry of Our Lord and Savior with some of the most talented musicians I have ever been around. I am very thankful for this opportunity and know that we will take this ministry with us until the day we are called to be with Him. God Bless.