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Band practice for Jon Dzurino means a 500-mile drive.

The Washington resident heads to New Jersey on available weekends to meet up with the rest of the members of Tierney. But that's par for the course, as far as he's concerned.

"If you want to describe our band in one word, it's dedication," says the guitar player and singer, whom most of his friends know as Dez.

His odysseys are just for the summer, though. Band members will reunite in the fall at Five Towns College on Long Island, a school known for its audio engineering program.

Tierney came together in the spring, drawing its moniker simply from the surname of lead singer Cary Ann Tierney.

"We decided, no one puts faith in their band names anymore," Dez says. And some of the ones out there are kind of cumbersome: "The story of their life is their band name, and it's like 15 words long!"

Dez shares vocal duties, and other members are lead guitarist Jay Falzone, bass player John DiMeglio and drummer Kevin "The Don" Donovan, who's hosting the summer rehearsals in Jersey.

The band's influences lean toward metal, as per Jay's riffs and Dez's vocals, but also include some jazz elements, particularly the bass playing. And Cary Ann brings a background as a theater major to her performances.

Tierney's repertoire consists wholly of originals, with the singing styles of Dez and Cary Ann serving as counterpoints to each other, often in the same tunes.

Although most of the band members hail from New Jersey (Cary Ann is from Connecticut), Dez says the others plan to come out this direction to check out the scene. Perhaps Tierney will be able to put its distinctive style on display locally in the near future.