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ROB SANZONE

About Me


Instruments Played:
Guitar (all styles, electric and accoustic), Lap steel, Bass (electric and upright), Voice, Banjo, Musical Saw, Drums, Percussion, Keys, Clarinet, Bass clarinet, Baglama, Digeridoo
Musical Stylings:

All over the map, with strong roots in Rock, Punk, Metal, Alt. Anything, Funk, Blues, Pop, Reggae, Ska and Surf.
As a musician, as well as an engineer, dabbling heavily into experimental sounds and sonic textures including home made effects like the suitcase talk box. If it makes a noise, Rob can play it.
Career Highlights:
-Billed with , Cypress Hill, KRS-1, The Might Mighty Bostones , Doug Wimbish and Will Calhoun (Living Colour) , and Strange Folk.
-Performed with Davinchi and the Wrong Crowd at US Open Snow Boarding Championship in Stratton Vermont in 2000
-Opened for Original P which featured original members from Parliament Funkadelic
-While with Gargantua Soul , the band won The Nation-Wide Hard Rock Cafe Battle of the Bands in 2003 sponsored by Sobe, played the X-Games in Philadelphia PA and in Puerto Rico , opened for Papa Roach , Filter , Sevendust , Joey Belladonna of Anthrax Non Point, Seether, Cold, Tree, Ratt , and toured all over the midwest & east coast on a Tour Featuring Twisted Method, Dope & headlining act , Mushroom Head .
-Recorded a track with Gargantua Soul and Prof. Griff of Public Enemy .
-Performed Live on stage with Stephen Pearcy of Ratt and Fred Curry of Cinderella for the Rhode Island Fire Benefit Concert
-Performed solo opener in front of Australian guitar wizard Jeff Lang on his last tour of the states.
-With Killing Floor , has shared the bill with Full Blown Chaos , 100 Demons , Death Threat , Scurvy , Crowbar , Death Before Dishonor , Bury Your Dead , as well as recording sessions featuring Rick Ta Life of 25 ta' Life
-Has Played the Legendary CBGB's many times with Gargantua Soul as well as Kitty Kitty Bang Bang
Endorsements
Traynor Amplifiers & Cabs
Jeremy Gage Custom Instruments
Social Suicide Clothing
Myspace Contact Tables , hosting by Imgdump.net

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/02/2007
Band Website: http://www.ragingdeadbirdstudios.com/resume.html
Band Members: Home Base:
Raging Dead Bird Studios
-64 track Protools recording studio &
-Musical instruction for Guitar, Bass, Drums and Theory
Current Happenings:
Rob Sanzone's Juke Box Hero Guitar Medley Extrava-ganja - Audience Selected Set List Improved live on the spot. New Live Episode Every Tuesday Night at Club Helsinki in Great Barrington MA
The Roxies - New York City - Hard Rock - Bassist
Damn Near Guns N' Roses - G N' R Tribute Band - Lead Guitar
Killing Floor -Western Mass Hardcore - Guitarist, Vocals
The Ted Wermby Band - Psychedelic, Funk, Rock, Experimental - Guitarist, Vocals
Past Projects:
Gargantua Soul - Bassist
The Sodomeisters - 'Banned in G.B.' Punk Rock - Guitarist, Vocals
Davinchi & The Wrong Crowd Punk Funk Rock n' Roll - Bassist, Vocals
Socks Malone - Experimental Trip Hop / Funk - Guitarist, Bassist
SLOB - 90's Alt Rock / Metal - Bassist
Influences: Number One Influence: Lily Mina

Guitarists:
Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Angus and Malcolm Young, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Hazel, East Bay Ray, Duane Denison, Kurt Cobain, Buckethead, Dr. Know, Rev. Horton Heat, Paul Gilbert, Duane Burnside, Dick Dale, Grant Green, Jimmy Page, J DiBiasio, Aaron Freeman, Scott Ian, David Gilmour, Frank Zappa, John Frusciante, Mick Mars, Jeff Lang, Trey Anastasio, Dave Navarro, Vernon Reid
Bassists:
Flea, Les Claypool, David Wm Sims, John Paul Jones, Noel Redding, Nikki Sixx, Geezer Butler, EJ Dawson, Duff McKagen, Steve Harris, Mike Gordon, Eric Avery, Doug Wimbish, Tim Cummerford
Drummers: John Bonham, Mac McNeilly, Dave Grohl, Tim Alexander, John Fishman, Mitch Mitchell, Chad Channing, Brain, James Kimball, Matt Sorum, Chad Smith, Will Calhoun, Travis Barker
All Others: Vince Gauraldi, Peter Tosh, Henry Mancini, Bauhaus, Beastie Boys, Ozzy & Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Led Zepplin, Jesus Lizard, Minor Threat, Billy Joel, The Stones, Johnny Cash, Beck, Run DMC, Cypress Hill, Public Enemy, Elton John, Angelo Badalamenti, Twin Peaks, David Lynch, Einstein, Mel Brooks
Sounds Like: The Way The Part Should Be Played.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

The Snugglepussies Archives

Hey everybody, I have started to unearth some old skool recordings I did on a shitty old four track.  This was my first attempt at recording as well as my first solo effort from around 2000 -2001...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:42:00 GMT

Info - Lost In Confusion By DWC

Davinchi and the Wrong CrowdDWC, Davinchi and the Wrong Crowd, was a 5 piece band from Northampton MA, in late 1990's and early 2000's. Led By front Man Davinchi, an award winning poet who has been p...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:09:00 GMT

Info- Safe Bet by Killing Floor

Killing FloorKilling Floor is a western Mass hardcore band. The four piece band now features Rob Sanzone on guitar. Originally the bands bassist, Rob took over guitar duties when original guitarist ...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:25:00 GMT

Info - FuckiT by Powdered Calculus

Powdered Calculus - Pittsfield MAPowdered Calculus, from Pittsfield MA, is a four piece experimental, thrashy punk math-core project with influences ranging from Tool to Mr. Bungle to System of a Down...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:41:00 GMT