ROCKLAND—Peytonious Maximus is all grown up.

Some of you may remember her in a “Hail To The Rad Kids” story I did on Peyton Feener in 2013 when she was just 17 with her mermaid colored hair, playing drums in her bedroom. Even back then she was in the beginnings of a band, which took solid form, when she and her friend, Jake Nagy, gave it a name: drive by todd.

She’s now 22, and together with Nagy, 23, on lead guitar, they cycled through a number of members before they found the perfect fit to make the band a trio with Joanna Grierson, 28, who performs vocals/rhythm guitar/bass.

“We all played a wedding last year and the fit was never so perfect,” said Feener.

All three have full time jobs and both Nagy and Grierson are also parents of small children, so it takes extra effort to get together for practice; but that doesn’t deter them.

“We get turbo shots from Dunkin’ Donuts,” said Feener. “They’re coffee shots that keep us going. drive by todd runs on Dunkin’.”

All three give off a sweet, positive vibe in person, with just a twist of silliness.

“We’re very influenced by Tenacious D,” said Feener of the comedy rock duo, Jack Black and Kyle Gass. They also bill themselves as “zesty music” influenced by The Doors, David Bowie and Queen as well as 1990s alternative bands such as Hole, The White Stripes and 2000 bands such as Cage the Elephant.

They just returned from Connecticut studio after recording their first album.

“Jake’s stepdad owns the studio,” said Feener. “It was totally amazeballs. So, we drove five and half hours down there for a weekend and just cranked out a five-song demo.”

They are set to compete in a Battle of the Bands at tonight’s annual Trekkapalooza, an annual rock n’ roll fundraiser to benefit the youth mentoring organization, Trekkers.

They aren’t the youngest members (there is one more band headed up by teens called The Extension Chords, a jazz combo) but they know they are up against a number of established bands such as the Midcoast staple, The Tune Squad.

This year’s musical theme for the Battle is “Road Trip.”

“We just got back from a road trip [to record the demo] so it’s perfect,” said Feener. “We’re performing three originals, Asked how many hours they practiced to get ready for tonight’s event, Feener answered “A hundred billion.”

“I think it’s really exciting,” said Grierson. “After all of our hard work, we equally want to devote our time to the band. It’s just exciting to see things take off.”

Check out Grierson’s power vocals, Nagy’s lead solo and Peytonious Maximus’s bubbly drumming in their romping YouTube video “The Groove” embedded in this story.

Other bands competing tonight include The Good Guys, The Once Over, Group Therapy. For more information, visit trekkers.org.

Kay Stephens can be reached at news@penbaypilot.com