Suspicious Package is (L-R) Tom Toles, Josh Meyer, Christina Sevilla, Tim Burger, and Bryan Greene.

Long-rumored in existence but kept tightly shrouded in the secrecy of Tom Toles’ basement, Suspicious Package finally exploded onto the Washington, DC music scene in May 2008 with their sell-out premiere performance at the Red and the Black in DC’s Atlas District. They’ve since performed at the Rock and Roll Hotel, the National Press Club, the Hard Rock Café, the embassies of Finland, Italy, Denmark, and Germany, Andrews Air Force Base, the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier in New York City harbor, and other venues.

Suspicious Package plays a mix of rock, blues, punk, funk, pop, zydeco and originals. Pulitzer prize-winning Washington Post political cartoonist Toles drives the rhythm of Suspicious Package on drums and vocals, former TIME and Bloomberg correspondent Tim Burger plays bass, with L.A. Times’ national security correspondent Josh Meyer on lead guitar and vocals. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Bryan Greene and Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Christina Sevilla also sing and play rhythm guitar and keyboards, respectively. Suspiciously, none of the members had ever played in a rock band prior to their 2008 debut.