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The Slashtones

About Me

Founded in 1993 by the enigmatic Harry Slash, The Slashtones, in one form or another, have been one of NY's longest running "supergroups".
The Slashtones, a satirical comic-rock pop culture mash-up band, best known for their original musical work for the Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) television program, have at one point or another included band members from "Riot", "Raging Slab", "The John Entwistle Band", "Murphy's Law", "The Rattlers", "The Uptown Horns", "Robert Plant & The Honeydrippers", "Zebra", "Brad Factor:10", "Deep Purple". "Buster Poindexter", "Mountain", "The Ace Frehley Band", "Rainbow", "The Billy Idol Band", "Birdland", "Macey Grey Band", "The Cult", "Spinal Tap", "Storm","The B-52s", "Warrior Soul", "The Rolling Stones" and others...
The music of The Slashtones (described by some as "Frank Zappa meets The Who" and "Monty Python meets Led Zeppelin") has appeared on a multitude of CDs, DVDs, Video Games, Film Soundtracks, Television Themes, PPVs and a Broadway play.
The Slashtones current live cast (in order of appearance) is Harry Slash, Arno Hecht, Steve "Budgie" Werner, Felix Hanemann and Richie Scarlet.
Please visit our website, www.slashtones.com for more info.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/04/2006
Band Website: www.slashtones.com
Band Members: The SLASHTONES are:

HARRY SLASH: lead vocals & cowbell
(ECW, Storm)

ARNO HECHT: saxophone (The Uptown Horns, Dion, Buster Poindexter, The Honeydrippers, James Brown, ...)

STEVE "BUDGIE" WERNER: drums (Ace Frehley Band, Snappahead, Hindenberg, Black Lace, ...)

FELIX HANEMANN: bass, keyboards & vocals (Zebra, Hindenberg)

RICHIE SCARLET: lead and rhythm guitar (The 5th Avenue Vampires, Ace Frehley's Comet, Mountain, Sebastian Bach, ...)

Honorary Members:
JOE LYNN TURNER: vocals (Rainbow, Deep Purple)
GREGG GERSON: flute (Billy Idol, Roger Daltrey
Influences: Frank Zappa, Spike Jones, The Who, Tom Waits, Led Zeppelin, Dread Zeppelin, The Beatles, KMFDM, Louis Prima, The Doctor Demento radio show, TV LAND, Nick At Nite, Sherwood Schwartz, Lot's of beer, Too much time...
Sounds Like: Everyone and no one.
Record Label: TBA SOON
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

The SLASHTONES OCTOBER UPDATE

Hey folks. We haven't updated in a while because there hasn't been anything major to say, so let me catch you all up on what hasn't been happening.We were planning on releasing an album of all covers ...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:04:00 GMT

The Origin Of ECW Music. 1997

The Origin Of ECW Music. 1997(This blog is not only about the Origin of ECW music, but also about the first time I worked with Steve Budgie Werner and Richie Scarlet.)It was February 9th, 1997 and I...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:50:00 GMT

About Detroit Rock City.

"Detroit Rock City" performed by The Slashtones with Joe Lynn TurnerJoe Lynn Turner: Lead VocalsHarry Slash: Vocals & CowbellArno Hecht: All SaxophonesFelix Hanneman: KeyboardsMickey Leigh: Lead & Rhy...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:45:00 GMT

Richie Scarlet joins The Slashtones!

Richie Scarlet has officially joined The Slashtones as it's lead guitar player.Richie Scarlet, who has played with Ace Frehley, Mountain, Sebastian Bach, UFO and so many others, will be rounding out t...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:26:00 GMT

About "Just A Gigolo" and "You Really Got Me!"

The Slashtones recorded a couple of songs for tribute CDs a little while back where we chose to do a cover of a song that the artist being honored had covered and pay tribute to both the original arti...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:53:00 GMT

About "My Hillbillies".

"My Hillbillies" was the very first "Slashtones Mash Up". (We didn't call them 'mash-ups' back then.) "My Hillbillies" has been a live staple since The Slashtones' 1st show in 1993, but this version f...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:34:00 GMT