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About Me

I was going to pull the pretentious singer-songwriter trick and add a member of the animal kingdom to my name (i.e. Cheryl Crow, John Cougar, Cat Stevens... etc.) But I couldn't decide between Badger D'Angelo or Frankie Gecko .. So I said screw it and kept my birth name.As a chipper young lad, I took the Amtrak empire builder route from the Motor City to the Windy city, chock-full of visions of music, fame and fortune. I was the lead singer/guitarist of The Gelheads . For 5 years we worked our asses off, playing everywhere from Hollywood to NYC and countless places in between, sharing the stage with some great bands like KISS, The Killers and Everclear. All becoming amazing friends in the process. Ultimately the dark "business" side took over the "music" side and we lost sight of why we were doing it in the first place. All that became important was pleasing industry schmucks, and why the hell there was Chocolate Yoo-hoo backstage when our rider clearly stated "Neste' Quick." Needless to say, it wasn't fun for us anymore. We called it a day and I moved back to my native Motor City. After several months of not picking up an instrument.. it came back.. in a more true and honest way than ever.. writing music not to please anyone else but as a true interpretation of what I'm feeing needs to be said. Here I am embracing and creating in the city in which I was created. Writing, performing, living. Thanks Detroit for the warm welcome home. It's great to be back. See you at a show.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/6/2006
Band Website: this is it
Band Members: Me me and me
Influences: Butch Walker, Ryan Adams, Paul Westerberg, Tom Petty, James Morrison, Jason Mraz, Howie Day, Goo Goo Dolls, Jimmy Eat World, Foo Fighters, The Beatles, The Who, Green Day, Elton John, KISS, Neil Young, Death Cab for Cutie, Barney Kessel, Billy Joel, anything melodic.
Sounds Like: Frankie D'Angelo
Record Label: Indie and proud.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Runnin’ Down a Dream

Anyone who is a musician, whether or not you enjoy Tom Petty's music (and who couldn't? He is such a formidable songwriter.) should watch "Runnin' Down A Dream, A film by Peter Bogdanovich." I've wa...
Posted by Frankie D’Angelo on Sat, 03 May 2008 03:12:00 PST

Happy February

Can't believe it's February already.. Football is over and I can't wait for Baseball. The Tigers are going to be unstoppable this year. By the way, you know you are a true musician when you don't ha...
Posted by Frankie D’Angelo on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:23:00 PST

Victory, Tragedy and New Beginnings...

I'ts hard to believe that January isn't even over and it's already been a crazy year. I've spent the past three weeks of 2008 in a whirlwind of victory, tragedy and new beginnings.. On a good note, j...
Posted by Frankie D’Angelo on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:24:00 PST

Snow in the ATL

Hey everyone.. greetings from Atlanta. I've always wanted to play here and I'm really excited that tonight will be my debut at the "Atlanta Room".. Some really cool artists have graced the ...
Posted by Frankie D’Angelo on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:50:00 PST

Thoughts of the day...

Happy October Everyone... Fall is my favorite time of year.. work slows down for me and my brain starts ticking again.. and on this illustrious grey and blustery day, I gaze at the sheets of dri...
Posted by Frankie D’Angelo on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:00:00 PST

Great Happenings

Hey everyone.. Great happenings in D'Angeloland.. New songs coming very soon.. I'm working on a few recordings and hope to have them up in a few weeks. One of my favorites is called "Build yourself a...
Posted by Frankie D’Angelo on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:15:00 PST

Words of wisdom..

It is better to displease people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. William J. H. Boetcker:...
Posted by Frankie D’Angelo on Sun, 20 May 2007 02:15:00 PST

An Inconvenient Truth... watch it.

I was talking with a friend about the six-degree weather here in Michigan and jokingly said "global warming my ass." He quickly explained that these extreme conditions are in fact a direct effect of t...
Posted by Frankie D’Angelo on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:22:00 PST

How to play "Thanks for Nothing"

Hey everyone! I've gotten a few e-mails asking how to play "Thanks for Nothing." So I thought I'd post the tab.. especially since it's non-standard tuning with a capo. it's a little tricky. Thanks fo...
Posted by Frankie D’Angelo on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:15:00 PST

Help me help Detroit

This Sunday I will be running the half-marathon portion of the Free Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon. I have maintained a rigorous 12 week training program through colds, knee problems and crappy weather....
Posted by Frankie D’Angelo on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:49:00 PST