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John Matranga

I hit things...in rhythm.

About Me

Well, as you may have gathered, I like to rock. I've been in a few Houston area bands: M-Politik, Quoting Red, Mary Tyler Moron, DuneTx, and now OSIRUS®. I've had the good fortune to play on the same bill with a lot of notable artists such Jerry Cantrell, The Burden Bros., The Exies, Seether, Breaking Benjamin, Evanescence and many more. I've played with a lot of talented people and am a better musician for it. From the social commentary of M-Politik, to the ethereal rock of Quoting Red, to the buzzsaw edge of MTM, to the power pop of Dunetx, and to my time now with OSIRUS, it's all leading me somewhere. I'll tell you when I get there...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/26/2004
Band Website: OSIRUS.cc
Band Members: songs featured on this page...

'Victim', 'Unnamed', 'I Don't Wanna Work', 'Control Freak', & 'Under A Spell':
drums - me;
guitars - Ernest Garcia;
bass - Philip Tappe;
vox - Amy McCurdy;

'Flowers & Meat' and the 'Chemical Kiss' video:
drums - me;
guitars - Robin Ervin;
bass - Noria Serafini;
vox - Sarah Whatley

Influences:
Get this video and more at MySpace.com

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Not only are there way too many great old school artists to list, there are also way too many great contemporary artists to list as well - but I've given a sampling below of bands I like. There's many more...maybe one of these days I'll get around to it!

A
AC/DC

B
Bad Company
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Billy Joel
Black Sabbath
Boston

C
The Carpenters
The Cars
The Clash
Cream
The Cult

D
David Bowie
Deep Purple
DEVO
Dio
The Doors

E
Elvis Presley

F
The Firm
Foo Fighters
The Fixx
Foreigner
Frank Zappa

G
Genesis
The Guess Who

H
Heart

I
Iron Maiden

J
The Jam
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Journey
Judas Priest

K
KISS
The Knack

L
Led Zeppelin
Little Richard

M
Missing Persons
Montrose
Motley Crue

N
Neil Young
Nirvana

O
Ozzy Osbourne

P
Paul McCartney
Pete Townshend
The Police
The Pretenders
Prince
The Psychedelic Furs

Q
Queen

R
Rainbow
The Ramones
Ratt
Robert Plant
The Rolling Stones
RUSH

S
The Sex Pistols
theSTART
Steely Dan
Stone Temple Pilots
Styx

T
Ted Nugent
Triumph

U
U2

V
Van Halen

W
The Who

Y
Yes

Z
ZZ Top

Sounds Like: you tell me!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

on NetteRadio.com :: 10/24 :: 8-10pm Central!

OSIRUS song I Don't Wanna Work is being broadcast on 'NetteRadio Oct. 24 during the 8-10pm Central broadcast (6-8pm Pacific)! 'NetteRadio is hosted by Annette Conlon and broadcast ...
Posted by John Matranga on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:13:00 PST

chosen for Natl Compilation CD!

I'm extremely excited to tell you that OSIRUS just found out this week that our song 'I Don't Wanna Work' is going to be featured on the upcoming Go Girls compilation CD.This CD will feature...
Posted by John Matranga on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:08:00 PST

The Results are in...

...and this is the best quote I read in 2004. It's an exerpt from a piece written by journalist Hunter S. Thompson for Rolling Stone magazine and also re-published in Texas Monthly. Anyhow, Hunter had...
Posted by John Matranga on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

New song!

A new mastered version of the OSIRUS song 'Under A Spell' is now available on this page.  Check it out and two other recent additions to this page, 'Victim' & 'W...
Posted by John Matranga on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:40:00 PST