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Kenny and I grew
in the same neighborhood and knew the
others guys from school. Paul was in my
homeroom and knew John and Steve
Sarmanian. Kenny knew Steve Coviello from
some class. We somehow all got together
and decided to form a band. We had a
pretty good run for being a bunch of young
kids just trying to be cool.
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Personnel:
Mark Pennington - Rhythm Guitar and Lead
Singer Kenny DeRosa - Bass
Steve Coviello - Lead Guitar
John Aloisi - 2nd Lead and Rhythm
Steve Sarmanian after Paul Palladino left
- Drums
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Influences:
Beatles,
Stones, Cream, Hendrix, Airplane, Byrds et
al.
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Setlist
Sample:
Get Off Of My Cloud, Somebody To Love,
Purple Haze, Live, Mustang Sally, In The
Midnight Hour, and even Boogaloo Down
Broadway.
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Equipment:
Mark -'54Strat, no kidding. My grandmother
gave it t me.And I ran it through a Brand
New Bandmaster head with a 4x10 cab. Kenny
played a Precision through a brand new
Bassman with cab. Steve played a LP and I
sort of remember a Firebird. And plugged
into a Twin. John played a natural Rick325
into I think an Ampeg. Paul had a
Slingerland set and then Steve played a
Ludwig kit.
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Rehearsal
Space:
First at
Paul's basement and then at Kenny's sister
Kathy's house.
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Band
Vehicles:
Whatever
our parents drove worked well for
us.
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Fashion
Statement:
Far out,
groovy and psychedelic. And the chicks dug
it!!!
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Best
Gig:
A Battle
of the Bands at the Boys Club in Lynn,
Mass. We were great and we kicked ass
bigtime. And the chicks dug us!!! Although
I can't remember what we won.
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Gig
from
Hell!:
I don't
remember one in particular but I'm sure it
was somewhere in the beginning of the band
before we figured out just how much we
were being screwed by club managers and
promoters.
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Last
Gig:
Because I
was president of the Drama club, I
supplied the entertainment so I didn't
have to be in the play. We decided to play
"The End" by the Doors. Looking back, I
guess that it's a little ironic. Needless
to say, the reaction was somewhat "mixed".
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Comments:
The time in the
band has to be the best four years of my teens. The
music scene was exploding and we were caught right
in the middle of it all. I'm sure if we had known
that we could become millionaire rock stars that
dated supermodels and flew arounbd the world in our
own private jets, that we would still be doing it.
And given the opportunity, I know we would do it
all over again. Peace, man.
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