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Artist description
Mild mannered super hero "Romotec" hiding under
the guise of artsy fartsy musician. Hey just
cause I'm in my mid 40's don't mean I can't do
my thing to dazzle them young punks. |
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Music Style
Various |
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Musical Influences
Ambrosia, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Santana, Queen, Elton John, The Beatles, Uriah Heep |
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Similar Artists
Ambrosia, Santana |
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Artist History
I was raised in Windsor Ontario Canada played
in rock bands at an early age in just about every
bar and venue at that time, heck I wasn't even
legal drinking age but never had a problem getting
in bars as an entertainer.
The seventies music scene was fertile grounds
for me to develope my musical diversity.
I've started playing in bands while still in
high-school in the mid seventies and had the
pleaure of playing with Chuck Price prior to his
success with the band "Teaze", also jammed with
Stacey Hayden (ex- Bowie guitarist) and the
likes of Joe Konas (founder of The God's and
original guitarist for Uriah Heep) some very
amazing people who ultimately settled down in the
Windsor area and influenced me greatly.
In a short span of time I played in numerous
Windsor bands (The Zodiacs,
Saga, Surge, Whish, Sassafras & Synbad) are a few
that come to mind. After packing
local bars and covering most of southern Ontario
and Michigan with reasonable success.
I finally got a chance to record a full length
album with a local Windsor band "JC & the News".
We dominated the local club scene for just almost
2 years
but despite our momentum and great local fan base
our professional careers were in slow motion.
Although our album worth of material showed great
diversity and promise according to
A&M record exec's still we lacked an identifiable
sound and in '79-'81 rock'n roll was still
a tough sell as disco had dominated the market
some 5-6 years prior so somehow we slipped
through the cracks. Had we only been patient and
waited. Who knew that Rock was going to make a big
comeback in the 80's.
We had made a considerable recording investment.
Delays, broken promises and our failure to get
signed with any respectabe record label eventually
led to internal bickering and our eventual dimise.
After dis-banding I gave up on a music career,
dis-illusioned with all of that show biz B.S.
Being that I was scolastically driven and always
under lots of pressure from my parents to find a
more secure way of earning a living, I decided to
go back to school. Having already earned an
electronics college diploma I now decided a
university degree in computer science
would well prepare me for the emerging job market
which eventually landed me a job with Ma Bell in
Thunder Bay. In 1997 thanks to the urging of a friend
after not even touching a musical instrument for
over 16 years I came out of my self induced
musical hibernation bought some gear and re-kindled
my love of music. I don't think no matter how
ugly the music industry gets that I'll ever quit
music again it's just too good for the soul. See
my latest work with the Thunder Bay Band "Wanted"
the recently released Cd is available on MP3.com
Right now I'm slowly putting together my own
solo compositions which will hosted on this site
so check for updates once in a while. |
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Group Members
Me and my synthesizers. |
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Instruments
Keyboards |
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Additional Info
Also see http://www.mp3.com/TheWantedBand |
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Location
Thunder Bay, Ontario - Canada |
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