Steve Bonner - drums
At age 7 Steve was learning how
to play the guitar until he found his uncle's
drums in the closet. He ditched the 6-string
much to the dismay of his father, and started
playing drums and never looked back. After
lessons from various instuctors, he played in
the marching band at Chamberlain High as the
head (chief) drummer in charge and was heavily
influenced by friend and teacher Joe Murphy.
He always knew he wanted to be a performer and
his musical influences came from his parents
who always had on vinyls and concerts playing
around the clock. Steve's drumming style comes
from such greats as Phil Collins, the late and
great Jeff Porcaro of Toto, Chester Thompson,
and Vinny Colaiuta.
When the toads aren't playing Steve is watching Seminole football, selling drugs for Forest Pharmaceuticals and spending time with his two boys... Brock and Cole.
Chad Rose - vocals
Chad knew he wanted to rock the
second he saw the video for "Don't Tell Me You
Love Me" by Night Ranger. And he's proud of
it. Imagine that? He's been singing since age
4 and run the gamut from opera to Cole Porter
to Counting Crows. He's also a writer heavily
influenced by Chaucer, Keats and Faulkner. See
his taste isn't all bad. Now days you'll find
him reading every american history book he can
find, training for the ironman and listening
to Taylor Swift because his daughter does.
Chris Ryals - bass guitar
Here's
where Chris' rockin bio will go once he sends
it to us!
Eddy Totten - lead guitar
Eddy's interest in guitar was inspired by three
different events in his life: his grandmother's
hillbilly/southern Baptist heritage, watching
flamenco players on the street corners of Spain as a
little boy, and also the hippie rock revolution as
influenced by his uncles and aunt.
Eddy enjoys all styles of music and tries to pull from them as he feels fit - sometimes all within the same guitar solo!
A good description of Eddy's
playing is Santana meets Robin Trower at a
hillbilly church for Sunday service.
Eddy enjoys all styles of music and tries to pull from them as he feels fit - sometimes all within the same guitar solo!
A good description of Eddy's
playing is Santana meets Robin Trower at a
hillbilly church for Sunday service.
Larry Wiezycki - keyboards, rhythm guitar
It all started with a first grade teacher playing
songs on the piano for her class - that's the power
of a teacher for you! Coming from a family with no
musical background or interest, Larry didn't even
have a piano in his house until decades later but
still the hunger was there.
Luckily his grandmother picked
up on the interest and started him in piano
lessons at the age of 7.
Biking to and from his grandparent's house each day to practice (since they had a piano), the chance to play was something he always cherished. Maybe this was why he always loved finding a random piano somewhere in a store, classroom, hotel, you name it... if it had keys Larry would start playing it, and people would gather. "This was very cool" Larry thought.
Little has changed since then. After regular gigging in a rock band and the attempts to get that elusive record deal seemed to become much more unimportant than other things (like starting a family), Larry found a home at Grace Family Church playing on Saturday nights again. It's a pretty awesome gig, without all the broken beer bottles and cigarette smell!
Luckily his grandmother picked
up on the interest and started him in piano
lessons at the age of 7.
Biking to and from his grandparent's house each day to practice (since they had a piano), the chance to play was something he always cherished. Maybe this was why he always loved finding a random piano somewhere in a store, classroom, hotel, you name it... if it had keys Larry would start playing it, and people would gather. "This was very cool" Larry thought.
Little has changed since then. After regular gigging in a rock band and the attempts to get that elusive record deal seemed to become much more unimportant than other things (like starting a family), Larry found a home at Grace Family Church playing on Saturday nights again. It's a pretty awesome gig, without all the broken beer bottles and cigarette smell!