Artist description Stephanie's Religion, a heavy alternative rock band from Philadelphia, PA. The band came together in 1992 with the intent on creating a heavy, sonic yet melodic guitar based sound.

Music Style Alternative Heavy Rock

Musical Influences Tool,The Cult, Godsmack

Similar Artists Tool, Godsmack, Alice in Chains

Artist History Welcome to the history of Stephanie's Religion, a heavy alternative rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by drummer Christian Naugle in 1992, the band created a unique sonic, yet melodic, guitar-based sound, and soon became an area favorite. Playing in clubs up and down the East Coast, Stephanie's Religion has built a strong fan following, and continues to write and record driving original music. The People: Over the years, Christian Naugle has fine-tuned both the sound and the line up of the band. He remains a strong songwriting influence and continues to shape the unique sound of the band he founded with an unparalleled drumming style. Guitarist Al Cataldi was touring Asia with a successful cover band when he was asked to return to the Philly area and help redefine the sound of Stephanie's Religion. Al's clean 7-string riffs and song-writing talent have been an important part of developing the driving sound we have come to recognize as Stephanie's Religion. In early 1999, vocalist Brian Hunt became the front man for Stephanie's Religion. Brian is a professionally trained singer/songwriter with a strong vocal styling that has allowed the band to experiment with a deeper, more melodic sound. His voice punctuates his thoughtful lyrics, and he delivers his words with a charismatic punch. Bassist Mike Bosi was added to the line up in the summer of 2000. Mike is a true musician with a background in all styles of music. His role as undercurrent to the Religion is undisputed, and his love of music is obvious in every riff he plays. After Mike's arrival, the band was able to explore more creative musical arrangements. The last piece of the puzzle is guitarist, Vince Bastian. Vince was brought in to make the loud "LOUDER". His role quickly became rounding out the arrangements with a clean, direct guitar sound and creative riffs. Together Al and Vince hammer out a full-flavored guitar tone that they have been perfecting since they played together "back in the day." The Future: Generating major label interest is the focus of 2002 for Stephanie's Religion. Going on the road is also in our future. The edgy sound continues to evolve and gain more support from our fans with each show we play.

Group Members Brian HuntVocals Christian NaugleDrums Al CataldiGuitars Rich Delise Bass

Instruments Voice, Guitars, Bass , Drums

Location Philadelphia, PA - USA

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