Member Since: 5/5/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/viking1musicalprojects
Band Members: You can email or call (602) 722-8382 for booking information on any ongoing ensemble!! In addition to the projects listed below, solo shows are also available.1)"B.A.D.", an electric & acoustical duo with Rich Alfano. Using looping and other electronic technologies, we can cover a wide array of Genres with a sound approaching that of a full band with less volume.2) "FUNKELECTRIC", a hard driving, funky all-genre band featuring Rich Alfano (bass monster), Lonnie Silverman(guitars/synth), Kevin McDonough (sax/flute/vox), & Charge Michael (drums/perc/vox).3)"FRACTURE", King Crimson, Yes, Zappa & Genesis/progressive rock tribute band with Russell Foster, Lonnie Silverman, Chris Bilotti, & James Popp.
Influences: All musicians and musical genres have SOMETHING positive to offer. My listening tastes tend to run towards the more eclectic. Having been blessed by playing with some amazing musicians, I learn what I can from all of them and try not to make too big of a mess out of things. My complete influence list musically is far too lengthy, but specific fav's vocally are my Father & Mother (first and foremost), then in no particular order: Gino Vannelli, Elizabeth Frazer (Cocteau Twins), Tony Bennet, Frank Sinatra, Tower of Power, Michael Buble', Jon Anderson & Chris Squire & Trevor Rabin (YES), Lisa Gerard (Dead Can Dance), Travis Meeks (Days of the New), Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Annie Lennox, Buffy St Marie, Art Garfunkel, Seal, Paul Rogers (Bad Company), Phil Collins & Peter Gabriel (Genesis), Marillion. Richie Kotzen, David Coverdale (Whitesnake), David Bowie, Teddy Pendergrass, Prince, D'angelo, Russ Ballard, Peter Murphy (Bauhaus), Chris Cornell, Robbie Robertson, Sting, Warren Haynes (Government Mule), Ann & Nancy Wilson (Heart), Steve Walsh (Kansas), Michael Stipe (REM), Todd Rundgren, Bono (U2), Vince Gill, Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music), Bryan Setzer, Máire Nà Bhraonáin (Clannad), Jeff Buckley, KD Lang, Neil Morse (Spock's Beard), Pedro Aznar (Pat Metheny Band), David Pack (Ambrosia), Kenny Loggins, Rickie Lee Jones, Tommy Bolin, Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Tommy Castro, etc etc, et al...
WOW!!!! That is one bad-ass choir!!
Sounds Like: I take all my influences, dump them into a blender & run it on Puree'. I pour the mixture onto the surface of a Phoenix blacktop parking lot in July, and let it bake while cars run over it for a week. I peel up what remains, and mix it in a caustic cocktail (which I then slam down my throat). It passes through my body (mixing with my own stylistic quirks), and that's what you see & hear when I play!!
Record Label: Fenris Howling Recordings
Type of Label: Indie