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chris

PETRO

About Me

Well im a small town kid who grew up in a musical family.... was on the road around the age of 20 when i played bass in the rocky mountain region with The Even Steven Band.... after a few years of that i needed a change, so i went to school in Tempe, Az at the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences.... amazing school and teachers!! They pushed me into moving out here to the big apple where i scored an internship at Jimi Hendrix's studio Electric lady Studios, where i eventually became an engineer. There i met some amazing musicians and freinds and had the amazing oppertunity to be part of some great albums.... after a few years of Electric Lady, i moved to a studio closer to home Sonic Boom, in Raritan, NJ owned by Anthony Krizan( Spin Doctors, Lenny Kravitz, Noel Redding, Amfibian, J-Henry, Wiser Time, John Waite....and on and on....) where i have engineered for the last year and a half working with a lot of great people..... I'm taking yet another path for a change of scenery here in the next few weeks, going out on tour with Citizen Cope as the stage manager.... that will be my adventure for the rest of the year.. check out the tour on citizencope.com to see when i'll be at a theatre near you...... until then....aim is dankstercpp...... some bitchin bands i've had the pleasure of working with... Quintus -- quintusmusic.com http://www.myspace.com/quintusmusic,Cosmic American Derelicts -- myderelicts.com,Karmic Juggernauts- karmicjuggernaut.com - http://www.myspace.com/karmicjuggernaut..................... ..............................well now... here is some new updates.... since the last time I wrote the rest of that stuff... I have been out on tour for the past year and a half... almost every state, and RUSSIA for 10 days..... we played a show in Siberia, and one in Odessa, Ukraine.... while spending the rest of the time in moscow.... I love being on the road, but now that i have a few months off or so... i relocated to the great city of Baltimore, where im trying to dive into the music scene here..... so who knows whats next?????

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/5/2005
Band Members: always changing the scenery.... My good frind joe Played some guitar on "Everything Happens", the one and only Keith Martinez, on drum machine and chunk riddim on "Mongo Only Pawn"... Randy preston also dabs a little on riddim guitar from time to time... basically anyone that comes over can contribute to some sort of noise..... More new songs are on their way...
Influences: Townes Van Zandt, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Led Zeppelin, Tony Rice, The Who, Johnny Cash, Tina Turner, Terry Reid, The Flying Burritto Brothers, Muddy Waters The Stones Savoy Brown, Emmylou Harris,grateful dead, allman bros, phish, hendrix, FRANK ZAPPA, mike gordon, NIN, Snoop, Miles DAVIs, Art Blakey, most jazz, Bob Marley, Citizen Cope, Fun Lovin Criminals, Louise Attaque, Dre,MMW, Scofield, ZERO7, Wu-Tang,slayer,Leftover Salmon,BEATLES,Steve Coleman, Alice Smith,... mucho more
Sounds Like: mash potatoes running down a wall with velvet wall paper, with dog hair mixed in
Type of Label: None

My Blog

NEW BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEW BAND NEW SONGS SOON! we are called The Grogan Social Scene... power trio.... its fun to once again play loud! weve had about 4 gigs so far and seem to be getting a good reaction.... my studio is a...
Posted by chris on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:14:00 PST

finally..... new show dates!!!!!

The first few are of a new project I just got into... Im back behind the drums where i started many moons ago..... and the last are from my normal day job.... getting back on the bus with the Cope fam...
Posted by chris on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:35:00 PST

SECOND LEG OF COPE TOUR ANNOUNCED

www.citizencope.comsee if we will be rockin your town......
Posted by chris on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:50:00 PST

lost phone

yo all.....`i lost my phone and all my numbers....so call me or send me your number.... i got a new phone with the same ol number....
Posted by chris on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:39:00 PST

1st night in vermont

First night of the tour...... sold out show in vermont... great crowd.... the people at the higher ground made our first show out a very easy one.... the sound was great the band was feeling good........
Posted by chris on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:37:00 PST

COPE ON CONAN

conan o brian on fri the 8th
Posted by chris on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:31:00 PST

pictures............

http://spaces.msn.com/members/dankster60/
Posted by chris on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:25:00 PST

new band

soo... another day...and more adult beverages to consume..... but on a serious note..... today will be the official first day of rehearsals for a new band im finally tryin to get started. this shoul...
Posted by chris on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 03:15:00 PST

Darkness and EVIL

ill show you evil and darkness!!
Posted by chris on Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:14:00 PST

Amfibian

Go check out the newest Amfibian tune! "Sheep" www.myspace.com/amfibian more to come soon...... cp
Posted by chris on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:41:00 PST