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Nick Riggio

About Me

Here's the short version: The Origginators are an original Long Island based roots, rock & soul band. All members of the band add their creative influences to create the tasteful, soulful sounds that the Origginators have become known for. Formed in February 2007, The Origginators have been playing gigs throughout the New York area, and have built themselves a reputation as an excellent live band. In 2008 The Origginators plan on releasing their first full length CD independently and will continue to gig throughout the NY area. As always The Origginators will continue to write new material while continually working to take the band as far as they can in the ever changing world of the music industry...The Origginators are happy to announce that we have signed up with Tunecore(www.tunecore.com) as a digital distributer of our music. Tunecore will send our material to Itunes(USA,Europe,Canada), Rhapsody, Napster, and Amazon making our songs available for downloads.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/06/2006
Band Members: Nick Riggio:Vocals, guitar/ Joe Faure: bass guitar/ Dave Rosenblum:saxophone & keyboards/ Anthony Zammit: lead Guitar/ Marco Accomando: Drums/ Angie Marie Magliocca: Vocals,percussion
Influences: Elvis, Buddy Holly,Chuck Berry, The Beatles, The Stones, Led Zeppelin,The Who,The Eagles,The Doors,AC/DC,Van Halen, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and the E street band, Melissa Etheridge, John Hiatt, John Mellencamp, Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes,Eddie Money, Sheryl Crow, Brian Setzer and The Stray Cats,Neil Diamond,Allman Brothers,Steely Dan,Bob Dylan,Pink Floyd, Roots/pop/classic rock, pop/oldies, southern rock, motown, and country.
Sounds Like: The Origginators
Record Label: Funny mailman records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The "rejuvenated" Origginators at The Courthouse

After only a couple of months with new band members Marco Accomando and Angie Marie Magliocca the rejuvenated Origginators played a full 2 set show last night at The Courthouse bar and grill in Massap...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 07:57:00 GMT

The Origginators new drummer

The Origginators are pleased to announce that we are no longer looking for a drummer! Joining the band will be former Mother's of Pearl drummer Marco Accomando. Marco fit the bill to a "T" as to what ...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:19:00 GMT

The search is on!!

After having time to digest things and talk with the rest of the band about the vacant drum position in The Origginators we've decided to stick together and search for a new drummer. We recently had a...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:02:00 GMT

A good run............................

Well I just spoke to my good friend Dan Sweeney who has been The Origginators drummer for the past couple of years. It is a tough decision for Dan, but he feels it's time for him to move on as his hea...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:51:00 GMT

The holiday gig review

Well I have caught a lot of crap about not posting a blog lately so I guess it's better late than never! The Origginators holiday gig/party at Time Out was a fun gig for us and as usual a good time fo...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:08:00 GMT

The Origginators holiday party

We'll be hosting a holiday party for all of our friends, families, and fans to attend at our home base bar, Time Out Sports Cafe, on Saturday December 20. Time Out is located on South Oyster Bay Rd. i...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:43:00 GMT

Thanks to all who came for the Greg Rose benefit!

Last night we hosted a special fundraiser for my brother in law,Greg Rose, who is battling leukemia. I just wanted to thank the many people who came out in support of the cause, all the donors for the...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:27:00 GMT

Origginators update and news

Things are progressing very, very well with new guitarist Anthony Zammit. It's great to hear the songs from the first album evolve, and the new material is really coming together. By adding Anthony to...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:47:00 GMT

Benefit show on September 13: Save the Date!!!

We're a couple of months away from playing a benefit show at Muchaba Lounge on September 13. Please save the date! The benefit is for Nick Riggio's brother in law Greg Rose, who has been battling leuk...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:32:00 GMT

The newest Origginator

It's been a long time coming and it looks like our search for another guitarist has finally ended! As everybody who follows the band knows by now we have been looking for a long time, but it had to be...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:07:00 GMT