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Rockit

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About Me

I'm 40 and I've been very happily married for 7 years to a truly awesome woman. We are total music junkies and our lives seem to revolve around music. We took a vacation in early '04 to Europe to see our fave band Monster Magnet on 2 of their European dates and in 2005 to see the Fields of Rock Festival in Nijmegen, Holland. My wife and I live in the North Shore area with our 2 lovable and spoiled cats Tilly and Samantha.I've been a bass player off and on for over 20 years (on again for the last 8 yrs.). I was in American Pulverizer with Kenny Chambers of Bullet LaVolta & Moving Targets fame which broke up in 2004. Previous to that I was in Gimantis for over 2 years. Gimantis has a song on the soundtrack (which I played bass on) of the soon to be classic B Horror movie Die You Zombie Bastards. Gimantis has the closing theme of the movie, a very big deal to be sure!!!!!! Die You Zombie Bastards Check out my 2 current bands with my fellow former Gimantis mate Irong Prong Jacques on Vocals & Guitar, former Blood For Blood Drummer Cap'n Mike Mahoney & the man, the myth, the legend Johnny W. Black on the Dean Fying V The Tenafly Vipers & The Illegals with Ray Fernandes & Fred Pineau from the legendary Boston band The Atlantics. To see where it all began, go check out the very first real band I was in from 1987-1989, Blue Tiger . Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 ..

My Interests

Cheap basses, tube amps, cold beer, Stoli, The Noiseboard, Metal Sludge, Monster Magnet Forum, Knockitdown.net, UFC, reading about music, listening to music, playing music, watching music videos and documentaries and music in general.

I'd like to meet:

Morons, psychopaths and mental defectives. I think fellow musicians fall well into most if not all of those categories!! I have to know or like you, your band before I'll add you as a friend.*******PLEASE NOTE - Wannabe Strippers/Porn Stars/Suicide Girls and Mypace Whores & bands looking for that 1 millionth friend, please pass me by. If your band lists Dave Mathews, Nickelback or some other dreadful radio friendly drek as an influence, move on immediately. EMO BANDS ESPECIALLY!!!

Music:

Motorhead, Monster Magnet, Hellacopters, Backyard Babies, Gluecifer, The Quill, Hardcore Superstar, Slayer, Judas, Priest, Iron Maiden, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Rainbow, Deep Purple, UFO, Scorpions, Bad Religion, TSOL (Hit & Run era) Brides Of Destruction, Social Distortion, Supersuckers, Quintaine Americana, Hanoi Rocks, Sponge, Moving Targets, Bullet Lavolta, The Cult, AC/DC, Motley Crue, Circus Of Power, Blitzspeer, Rollins Band, Speeddealer, Down, COC, Soundgarden, Velvet Revolver, Iggy Pop, Clutch, The Damned, Fireball Ministry, The Almighty, Turbonegro, Peepshows, Roadsaw, Lamont, Nashville Pussy, Jason and the Scorchers, Steve Earle, The Chelsea Smiles, MSG, Orange Goblin, Trouble, Dictators, Warrior Soul, Hermano, Unida, Kyuss, Zeke, Killdozer and so many more.......Basically, any real Rock N' Roll, Alt Country, Classic Country, Old school Funk, R&B and Soul like Stax & Motown, Reggae (old school stuff like Bob Marley), Electric Blues (The 3 Kings, Johnny Winter) as well.

Movies:

Action, Drama, Comedies, Documentaries (especially about music), some Horror and Sci-Fi

Television:

Movies, Lost, NYPD, A&E, Discovery, Sundance, History Channel, GAC, VH1 Classic, CMT

Books:

The Dirt, White Line Fever, The Rocker - Phil Lynott, Hardcore Troubadour - The Life and Near Death of Steve Earle, Get In The Van, Smile Your Travelling, Black Coffee Blues, Planet Rock

Heroes:

Iggy Pop, Michael Schenker, Lemmy, Phil Lynott, Nikki Sixx, Pete Way, Leo Fender, Mom, My most beautiful and wonderful better half Jenny.

My Blog

With some sadness I announce......

I've made a tough decision to leave The Tenafly Vipers. It wasn't an easy or sudden decision, I've spent nearly 2 years in the band but felt I needed to step down and pursue other musical directions. ...
Posted by Rockit on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:37:00 PST

Playing in 3 bands now, I must be out of my mind!!!

Playing in 3 bands now, I must be out of my mind!!!In addition to playing bass in The Tenafly Vipers and The Illegals I'm now on indefinite fill-in 4 string status with the recently re-formed Two Sain...
Posted by Rockit on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:03:00 PST

PICS FROM THE BOSTON ROCKS REUNION BASH AUGUST 4TH, 2007

All I can say this was quite a trip down memory lane. Had a blast and re-connected with some old friends and all the bands I saw were in great form!!! Was a great weekend all in all and a cool segue i...
Posted by Rockit on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:16:00 PST

HISTORY OF BOSTON ROCK & ROLL "HERE & NOW" COMPLIATION CD RELEASE PARTY

THE TRIPLE B RECORDINGHISTORY OF BOSTON ROCK & ROLL "HERE & NOW" COMPLIATION CD RELEASE PARTYThe Baseball Tavern1270 Boylston Street (across from WBCN)Boston, MAMay 24thOver The Edge 8:30-9:00Mc Gunk...
Posted by Rockit on Thu, 24 May 2007 12:35:00 PST

So, I Played An All Ages Hardcore Show Yesterday. I'm Getting Really Fuckin' Old.

So, I played an All Ages Hardcore show yesterday. I'm getting really fucking old!Obviously going into this, I knew Tenafly Vipers might not really fit the bill but we played, had a good time and some ...
Posted by Rockit on Sun, 06 May 2007 11:44:00 PST

Had to do something very sad today......

My wife & I had to put our Lab Mix Bella down this morning. She was going to be 14 this week and was starting to fail but took a real turn for the worse over the last few days and it became clear she ...
Posted by Rockit on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:40:00 PST

THE TENAFLY VIPERS "ALL STYLE NO CLASS" REVIEWED IN THE NOISE

THE TENAFLY VIPERSAll Style, No Class 4-song CDSounding very much like the veiny underside of cock rock, The Tenafly Vipers pound and crunch their way into my skull with the very appropriately titled,...
Posted by Rockit on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:49:00 PST

Some Tenafly Viper News.......

The Tenafly Vipers are doing 3 shows in October and they will be the last shows of 2006. It's been a busy year and we're taking the last two months off to do some writing and other stuff. Come down to...
Posted by Rockit on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 07:58:00 PST

Now Playing Bass For The Illegals

I'm pretty excited about this, I'm now filling in indefinitely on bass for The Illegals, featuring drummer Ray Fernandes & guitarist Fred Pineau of the legendary Boston icons The Atlantics as well as ...
Posted by Rockit on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:49:00 PST

Tenafly Vipers are the "MP3 OF THE WEEK" on the Boston Phoenix site this week

From the Boston Phoenix On The Downoad section:The weirdest part of that whole late-'90s Swedish obsession with swagger and grit was how it came to rest, oddly enough, on the North Shore, where Monste...
Posted by Rockit on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 07:10:00 PST