Birth Date:
April 21st
Bass Influences:
Mike Mills, Jonette Napolitano, Tina Weynouht, Dean Dinning, Tommy Stinson, Mark Sandman
Favorite Albums:
The A's - "Four Dances", Rhett Miller - "The Instigator" & "The Believer", Blue Nile - "Walk Across The Rooftops", Sam Phillips - "The Indescribable Wow", Morphine - "Cure For Pain", Mike Scott - "Still Burning", , Billy Joel - "12 Gardens - Live", Neil Arot (my cousin)-"Senior Project" (www.neilarot.com)
Favorite Concerts Attended:
- Talking Heads - "Stop Making Sense" @ the TLA in 1985: I know that this is a movie - but it is the best concert movie ever made and I saw it many times in high school with some of my oldest and dearest friends!
- New Order/ Public Image Ltd/The Sugar Cubes - Mann Music Center in 1989: Not so much the music, but the PEOPLE I went with. This was the sterotypical "concert I went to when I was in college" - much drinking and dancing. Everyone I knew from college or work - was at that concert.
- Billy Joel - MANY Spectrum Shows: Saw him many times thru the years with different friends, girlfriends, or family members. Best seats in the house are BEHIND the stage. Those who have seen Billy Joel know what I mean!
- Aimee Mann - Philadelphia Zoo in 1991: (One of the first concerts I went to with my wife when we were first dating. Started with a bike ride down the West River Drive and ended there. Best part - it was FREE).
- Many Shows at the Chestnut, Ambler, or 23 East Caberets from 1986 to 1991: Spent most of my college nights at one of these three places seing many acts before they were famous. These venues are sorely missed!
- Sam Kinison - Tower Theater approx 1987 or 1988: Glad I got to see him before he passed on.
- Morphine - Trocadero approx 1994 (Cure For Pain Tour): Glad I got to see them before Mark Sandman passed on.
- Devo - City Gardens Trenton approx 1987 (Now It Can Be Told Tour): Was a big fan of theirs in their heyday (late 70's / early 80's), but was too young to see them live. This show was their last big tour before they disbanded.
- The Waterboys - Irvine Auditorium (U of Penn) appr0x 1990 (Room to Roam Tour): One of my favorite CD's performed at a very unique place.
- Rhett Miller - TLA - 2006 (Believer Tour): There is not a bad song on his first two solo CD's (Former lead of the Old 97's). His music reminds me why I picked up a musical instrument in the first place. This guy is going to be big. I will be glad I saw him in a small intimate place.
Favorite Movies:
Patton, Excalibur, Caddyshack, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Johnny Dangerously, Dogma, Kill Bill Vol. I
How/When did you realize that you wanted to be a musician?:
"I got into playing music after I graduated college. I was a DJ and Music Director at my college radio station (WRFT - Temple U. - Ambler) and that exposed me to a lot of different music (see my bass playing influences!), as well as, a behind the scenes look at how the music and radio biz works."
