friday's child is an american acoustic rock band, originally formed in northern/central new jersey area in the late 1990s by founding members tom walker (lead vocals, guitar), and rick ippolito (bass, backing vocals). the band existed as tom walker (lead vocals, guitar), rich haddad (bass, backing vocals), chris mcelroy (guitar, backing vocals) and kevin jahoda (drums & percussion) from 2007 to early 2012. in september 2012, dave drzewiecki rejoined as the band's drummer, after almost 9 years of playing in other bands.