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SLACKER

About Me

New Jersey's Premier Modern Rock Cover band featuring former members of popular New Jersey bands Pushin' Daisy's , Sixty Miles Down, Mountainside & QuarterHorse. We have played everywhere from the NJ NETS pregame show at the IZOD Center to local clubs near you. Covering over 100 bands. Playing songs by Foo Fighters, HIM, Sixx Am, Saving Abel, My Chemical Romance, Maroon 5 , Buck Cherry , Def Leppard, Pearl Jam, Guns N' Roses, The Police, Bon Jovi, Green day, Puddle of Mud, Justin Timberlake , U2, Linkin Park, and many more Hard Rock & Top 40 hits for you to sing & dance to. We are always learning new songs . Have a request? Email it to us, we will learn it. Our goal is to have a great time, play some cool music and make you forget about everything else, one song at a time. See you out there!

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Member Since: 11/01/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/slackerbandrocks
Band Members: "CARMINE"-Lead Vocals* Out of Jersey City NJ, Carmine was the original lead singer for Pushin' Daisies & has fronted other bands such as G.Q , Zig Zag ,and Eternal (his original project). C's main vocal influences are U2, Danzig , Radiohead & The Misfits .
"PETE"-Lead/Rhythm Guitar* Pete has played in bands such as Mountainside, Decoder and Presence. He is heavily influenced by the likes of GnR,Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton.
"ROGER"-Lead/Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals* A veteran of the Jersey music scene, both cover and original. You've seen him before in Sixty Miles Down, Rubber Johnny, and Mad Hatter. Metal baby!!
"CHRISTIAN"-Bass, Backing Vocals* Chrisitan is originaly from Chile. with his strong stage presence, he is as dynamic as it gets. Influenced by the likes of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden.
"TEDDY"-Drums* Teddy has kept the beat for the likes of Quartehorse, Third Legg and many others. Teddy his heavily influenced by the likes of Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, SoundGarden and The Black Crowes
Sounds Like: A Selection of songs-Vertigo-U2, I'm not okay-MCR, Crawling in the dark-H.Stank, Every Little She Does-RA, The Pretender-Foo Fighters, Dance,Dance-Fall out boy, Dammit-Blink182, American Idiot-Green Day, Basket Case-Green Day, Hard to Handle-Black Crows, Want U to Want Me-Cheap Trick, Paralyzer-Finger 11, Summer Song-Joe Satriani, Take On Me-A-Ha, Fly-Sugar Ray, Sugar,We're Goin Down- FOB, Just like Heaven-The Cure, Time After Time- Quiet Drive, My Own worst Enemy-Lit, Rebel Yell-Idol, What You Need-INXS, Anything,Anything-Buck Cherry, Interstate love Song-STP, Vasoline-Stone Temple Pilots, Inside Out- Eve 6, Message in a Bottle-The police, Dancing W/ Myself-Idol, Surrender-Cheap Trick, R U Gonna B My Girl?-Jet, Everlong-Foo Fighters, Face Down-Red Jumpsuit A., Slither-Velvet Revolver, Billie Jean-M Jackson, Anna Molly-Incubus, Shimmer-Fuel, Machine Head-Bush, Hey Jelousy-Gin Blossoms, Good-times,bad-times- Godsmack , road house blues- the doors, Suicide blonde- inxs, Push- matchbox 20, Semi charmed life- 3rd eye blond, Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench, Duran Duran - Rio, John Cougar - Pink Houses , Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way, Maroon 5 - Harder to Breathe, Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash, The Ramones - Sedated, Tom Petty - American girl, Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun, Poison -Talk Dirty to Me, Metallica - Seek and destroy, Reel Big Fish - Beer,
Record Label: THE OFFICIAL UNOFFICAL SLACKER PAGE
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

867-5309 (Jenny) Slacker Version by Nj Slacker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SRgcpRrDNg
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 11:50:00 GMT

live recordings

Sooooo we were hanging out after rehearsal a couple of weeks ago and began to talk about our last demo . We just finished it in June of 07 , but without our new guitarist " Danny" on it. We feel that ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:06:00 GMT

Show 1/4/08

We had a great time jamming at the Mojo this weekend and want to thank all of you for coming out and showing your support for "Slacker" w/Special Guest" E-Rock"!.You guys made...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:24:00 GMT

We’re Back............

The Auditions are over and "Slacker" is now gearing up for New shows ,New songs, New Attitude , New Management with our New Guitarist. Please Stay tuned for more "Slacker" news   Luv, Carmin...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:41:00 GMT

Frank the tank

Will "slacker" continue to slack? unfortunately our beloved guitar player "frank the tank" has been sidelined with an illness and will not continue on with the band (i bet you all thought it was ...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:47:00 GMT

demo upate

The lead vocal tracks have been completed!We are planning on finishing this thursday with back round vocals and "mixing".
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 23:26:00 GMT

DEMO UPDATE

Most of the music has been recorded and this tuesday i will be laying down the lead vocal tracks. 
Posted by on Thu, 24 May 2007 23:30:00 GMT