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D.O.B.: 3-1-73
Hometown: Saratoga Springs,
NY
Bands: Lid,
Lush Life, Talkbox, 1 Black Shoe, EXIT, Hairdoo, Dickie Nyquist, The
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Jazz Ensemble, Well
Safe, The Saratoga Springs Jazz
Ensemble.
Influential/Favorite
Albums: Guns N' Roses-Appetite For Destruction, Pearl
Jam-
Ten, Led Zeppelin- IV, The Who-Who's Next, Jane's
Addiction- Nothing's Shocking,
Jeff Beck- Blow By
Blow.
Influences: Keith Moon, John
Bonham, Larry Levine, Zebra, Elvis Presley
For those who want
more...
The RockinDoctor (RD) has been playing the drums
since he was 10 years old. He
thanks his parents for
getting him involved with music at an early age. RD took personal
instruction from Yamaha/Sabian clinician Larry Levine of Saratoga
Springs, NY.
Throughout his career he has had a strong
interest in Jazz, and has played in the RIT Jazz
Ensemble
in Rochester, NY. He was also a member of The Saratoga Springs Jazz
Ensemble with Scott Underwood of Train and Pete Donnelly of The
Figgs.
RD's love of music spans many different genres and it
shows in his playing. He has played
in many original and
cover bands. RD's playing has progressed since his first original
band Hairdoo back in college. Hairdoo influenced him to become
interested in original music.
He then went on to play
with Dickie Nyquist, a 90’s alternative/classic rock band who played
all over New York.
On Long Island RD joined original rock
band 1 Black Shoe. While in 1 Black Shoe, RD has played many venues
in the Tri-State area with bands such as Nine Days,
Wheatus,
and Zebra. 1 Black Shoe also recorded many songs
that have received local airplay and have had songs that were
featured in the movie soundtrack for "The Family Web."
RD has
played with Talkbox, Long Island's Premier Original Rock Band. In
2002,
Talkbox made it to the semifinals of the Long Island
Music Festival and won the
WBAB Homegrown Live series at
The Downtown in Farmingdale. Talkbox has
performed with
national acts such as Firehouse and Zebra.
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