Hard as it is to believe, the high-energy pop cover band Aftershock, which lit up the Marlin stage in Beach Haven June 11, was the product of jazz.

Drummer Justin Transcina and his brother and guitarist Jeff Transcina were involved in a jazz band in high school. After graduation, they started to pursue original music and eventually switched to cover songs. Finally, they recruited keyboard and vocalist Aaron Casaro and synthesizer and bassist Nick Marzullo.