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Tommy "ROCKY" Pantaleo

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Hello, thanks for checking my page out! So you want to know about me? Okay, Im a drummer, have been most of my life. I play with a great band called QUICKDRAW and have been with them for over ten years now. I also play in a few wedding bands and bar bands too. I love fixing older drums and making them new, I always have ten or fifteen project drums going at one time, and have a good workshop where I can fix up old drums. It relaxes me after a good hard days work. I work as an announcer at WBAB, you can hear me 10p to 5a weeknights, Fridays 7p to 12mid and Sundays 4p to 8p, if you dont live on Long Island, hear me at www.wbab.com I have been in radio for many years, and have worked at many in the tri state area!I also work as an audio engineer for a transit company, yeah that's my work you hear when you ride the bus, play a slot machine, video game, or take a train. I sit in a quiet sound proofed room all day and make noise....it's a cool gig!I'm into the music of BRIAN WILSON, he is my musical mentor, check out PET SOUNDS and SMILE!! Everyday for the past 30 years I have listened to at least one thing he wrote.I also LOVE Todd Rundgren, The Producers, Novo Combo and power pop music from the 80s.Thanks for looking, enjoy your stay!!!!And please dont ask me for concert tickets!!

My Interests

DRUMS...cant get enough of them!!!!Radio Broadcasting- Voiceovers- Photography- Drum Collecting- Healthy Living- 68 Impalas- The Beach/Coastline-Tantric Sex!Recently I have a thing for 1971 Corvettes, but a ragtop only!!

I'd like to meet:

MUSICIANS, RADIO PEOPLE, BEACH BOYS FANS! I would also like to learn about Japan, and its lifestyle.

Music:

BRIAN WILSON IS MY MENTOR AND MY MUSICAL PASSION....CHECK OUT BEACH BOYS TODAY, PET SOUNDS, AND SMILE AND SEE WHAT I MEAN.......I'm into Classic Rock, Country, Disco, and everything in between. From Abba to Zappa!!

Movies:

Hollywood Knights, Mr Saturday Night, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Spinal Tap, Mr Baseball, and all of those coming of age 80s movies.

Television:

TV SUCKS!!!!! LISTEN TO THE RADIO!

Books:

Im into musician bios, band biographies, and tell all type books.I have been reading books about Long Island and its history!

Heroes:

Brian Wilson he wrote a lifetime of classic music before he was 25.CHECK OUT PET SOUNDS and SMILE!!My Cousin Tom Schweers! he had cancer really bad, and beat it, he is cancer free and living a great life...Cancer took my mom.....so Tom slapped it back!

My Blog

ANOTHER OPERATION

 some of you might know that a few years ago I had an operation for a cateract on my right eye, and during that operation my retina was detached, and the past 5 years have been a living hell, wel...
Posted by Tommy "ROCKY" Pantaleo on Mon, 26 May 2008 09:25:00 PST

7 THINGS RECORD COMPANIES SHOULD DO

I saw this on another website, its good and its the truth! 1. You can probably take a quarter of the money that you're saving by dropping just one of the many acts that you are planning ..ping this y...
Posted by Tommy "ROCKY" Pantaleo on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:22:00 PST

JOE GRECO

A long time ago, I met this guy named Joe Greco, he was the brother of one of my band mates Gary. Joe was a cool guy, drove a cool car, lived cool, and played guitar like a pro. We became bandmates an...
Posted by Tommy "ROCKY" Pantaleo on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:17:00 PST

so you want to know about me?

Your name?: Thomas Pantaleo Where do you live?: West Babylon, NY How long have you lived there?: 44 years How old is your house?: 38 years old How much did your house cost?: Thats a bit private dont ...
Posted by Tommy "ROCKY" Pantaleo on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:24:00 PST