REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — There’s a four-man band playing these days at Firehouse Pub that has its roots in the Pacific’s Kwajalein Island.

Spend a few minutes with The Zooks, and it is evident their free-style, fun-loving, laid-back ways are very much reminiscent of rock bands with an island twist.

Featuring singers Dave Byrge on drums; Ty Bennett on keyboard, guitar and harmonica; Ray Cutshaw on bass guitar and Randy Razook on guitar, The Zooks has a reputation that goes back to the days when Cutshaw and Razook played with a band on Kwajalein Island.

“This version of Zooks came together about a year ago,” said Razook, who played with the original band on Kwajalein Island.

“Ty and Dave are brothers-in-law and they’ve played together for years on a lot of different islands. They were professional musicians for a decade in the ’90s. Ray and I got together when we were working on Kwajalein in 2000. When the four of us got together, it was really easy to just pick up and play together.”

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“Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army”; Photo credit Kari Hawkins, USAG Redstone