 Peters and Gardner were married in 1997; they had a child in winter of 2003.Originally a four-piece with Dennis Bass also on guitar, Poem Rocket had a string of (often short-lived) drummers, most notably William Shin (Seam) and musician/author Ian Christe.Other drummers auditioned for the band, including author Paul Collins, who performed with the band in 1993 at CBGB.