Two Fallbrook High grads make mark on music scene

Eric Mattson and Nick Lanari graduated from Fallbrook High School nearly 16 years apart, but last week the two ended up performing on the same stage about 50 miles away from the place they grew up.

"The whole idea behind this is that it was nice having two Fallbrook grads performing on the same stage, both doing well," Mattson said, who now lives in Huntington Beach.

Mattson started playing in bands back in high school, creating his first band, Makeshift3, with fellow classmates at the time.

"We played the Vans Warped Tour, did four albums and we were very active for like 12 years until we all...