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R.J. Placko

About Me



A unique blend of intense and soulful grooves laced with chaotic fills and solos, along with blazing double bass characterize the drumming of R.J. Placko. Since 2000, Placko has worked in a variety of genres including Speed Funk, Jazz, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, R&B and more.

Live @ the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe in NYC on May 1, 2008 with Mike Berberich (aka Berberock)!
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 27/01/2006
Band Members: Current Bands:
A Reasonable Facsimile Thereof (Electro-Punk/Industrial)
Berberock (Hip-Hop)

Currently Producing:
Lesson Learned (Rap)
A Reasonable Facsimile Thereof (Electro-Punk/Industrial)

Former Bands Include:
Drums:
Ambulance Driver (Pop Rock)
Felix Sarco (Electronic Psychedelic Rock)
WhisperNOT (Funky Jazz)
Once Moreover... (Progressive Metal)
Halfalemonhigh (Speed Funk)
Enemy Zero (Funk Rock)

Synthesizer:
The Future of Color (Electronic Pop/Rock)
Influences: Music: James Brown, George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic, D'Angelo, Zack De La Rocha and Rage Against the Machine, Saul Williams, Michael Jackson, Joey Jordison, Steve Smith and Vital Information, Primus, Daft Punk, Al Green, ?uestlove and the Roots, Anthony Hamilton, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Outkast, Timbaland, Buddy Rich, Talib Kweli, Amon Tobin, Telefon Tel Aviv, the Beat Circus, Stevie Wonder, Dead Prez...

Movies: V for Vendetta, Scarface, American Psycho, the Devil's Rejects, Idlewild, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, Malcolm X, Slam, Mulholland Drive, No Country for Old Men...

Sounds Like: A Funky Good Time
Record Label: none

My Blog

Uncensored Transcript of Interview in Marywood's Wood Word

Counter-Culture at the Cultural Centerby Rich Howells"Only in Scranton" is all I can think when I'm watching the psychedelic funk-rock quintet known as Felix Sarco's Polar Power Manifesto Magnet Super...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:00:00 GMT