Mysterious acts of vandalism stopped abruptly in Chris Giunta's home town of Easton, PA, when he discovered the two bar chord positions at age fifteen. Amplifying his new-found skill, Chris blasted thru high school with his punk band The Clap. During college years in Pittsburgh, the testy young man brayed his feelings on the solo acoustic singer/songwriter circuit.
Sensitivity was cut short as Chris moved to NYC to form a series of bands. Roamin Ants, Hard Truth, and Fabulous Disaster all played East Village, Bleecker Street, and Brooklyn beaneries, whilst recording dozens of nasty little pop missives that eventually coagulated into the Custard Wally albums. He squandered small fortunes on diatribes such as HAVE A LICK, DAZE OF SWINE & HOSES, and his most recent luv edict, ESTROGENNIA DEMENTIA.
With fearless lyrics and gritty riff rock squaring off against snappy hooks, Chris has molded Custard Wally into an ongoing bowelburp of his unique blend of literary indignation and musical misanthropy.
After running out of faces to punch at age 20 in Woodside, Queens, G-Rod started pummeling drums instead. With a backlog of innumerable musical influences added to his distinctive brand of self-taught savagery, he created a driving persona that ignites the back of the stage.
G-Rod's first bands, Blue Fox and the Marines, and Neon Leon, gigged frequently at Mudd Club, Trax, CBGB, A7, Danceteria, and Max's Kansas City. As a founding member of The Bullys, he toured, played hundreds of gigs, and recorded two albums, the first produced by Marky Ramone. Fisticuffs flew on what was to become his final night in the band in 2001.
Joining Custard Wally in 2004, G-Rod has brutally filled the seat of pounders past. A body builder and arm wrestler, the mohawk man enjoys a cold beer between flying phlegmhawks. His unique approach and dynamic onstage performances continue to violently agitate the shaved pate rabble.
Matt DeSilva never touched a bass until he was 19. He started as a keyboard player and singer and picked up bass out of frustration when he could never find a bassist to play with. It turned out to be a perfect match because a year later, he was better at bass than he ever had been at keyboards.
Upon finishing college, he settled down permanantly in New York City and took on the role of bassist in the alternative rock band Tennessee Bird, who later (and wisely) changed their name to Atomsmasher. After a while, their music started going in a different direction from where Matt was headed so he decided to move on to something more Rock & Roll.
He played in a couple of best forgotten bands briefly before joining Toast, a 3 piece Rock & Roll band that took off like a rocket. Toast started packing NYC Clubs right from their first gig and within a few months, they were being courted by industry people and were featured on an MTV News segment about up and coming bands to watch out for. But Toast was plagued by exploding drummers - they went through 11 in two years. The drummer problem eventually tore the band apart. Matt moved on to a female fronted rock/funk band called Road's End, which evolved into Deck Of Odds.
At the end of 2003, Matt needed to take some time for himself so he left Deck Of Odds and took a year off from playing. But the urge to play never left his system and in late 2004, he started playing again as a member of Monolith and in 2005 he moved on to Custard Wally.
Don't miss this special 10pm screening of Bachelor Party In The Bungalow Of The Damned followed by the usual dose of HELL Cyanide style. Seeya in HELL!!!!!
Custard Wally is the greatest band out there!! I own every CD!! My cousin Chris could be the greatest song writer!! Lol, can't for all of our family to come see you guys play...Luv Yas!!!!
