Music like Driving East

Driving East is an American pop punk band from Fairfax, Virginia.

Driving East formed in 2002 after numerous line-up changes. Jon Jester, the original drummer, had moved to Los Angeles to work with his friends in the South African band Just Jinger shortly after they signed with Capitol Records. However, the lure of playing drums brought him back to the East Coast and back to Driving East. Before leaving the West Coast, Jester recruited Aaron Hubbard, who earned a Master's degree in music, to become the band's bassist, and New Jersey guitarist Dustin Largin.

The union of Jester, Aaron Hubbard, Nate Taylor, and Barrett Mullins made up Driving East at the height of their popularity in the mid-to-late 2000s. Producer Matt Squire, who worked with the band on A Black Eye or a Broken Heart, said of the band, "Many people try to write songs to get them on the radio but with Driving East what you’re hearing is what comes naturally to them."