"3% FAMOUS":
Scott Hauswirth--Guitar / Vocals
Chris White -- Drums
"THE LEAD STREET MOB":
Dustin Pitrone--Guitar / Vocals
Ted Czaplicki--Drums
"In the studio (Those who contributed to 'Turn the Light On')"
Black River John Ramsay--Harmonica
Dan Berton--Drums
Dan Gerry--Guitar
Dan Mykkanen--Keys
Troy Holappa--Guitar
Troy Puisto--Guitar
Influences
CCR, Beck, The Stones, Sabbath, Zappa, Pink Floyd, Springsteen, Mellencamp, Nirvana, James Taylor, Bob Schneider, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Counting Crows, The Beatles and so many others!
Sounds Like
Roots rock....Rob Thomas, Springsteen, Seger, Kid Rock, Goo Goo Dolls, Counting Crows, O.A.R....that kind of thing.
I started playing guitar and performing at age 13. My first band was called "Neon Knights" (named after a Black Sabbath song). We played at my 8th grade banquet. I wore black parachute pants, Iron Maiden T-shirts and mirrored sunglasses ala Panch from "Chips". I sported an impressive mullet and weighed around 90 lbs in my red, white and black Air Jordan high top Nikes.
At age 18, me and a few friends founded a band called "Lickety Split". By this time it was Ocean Pacific, Z. Cavaricci & Guess jeans (timeless fashion, no doubt!). We got pretty decent and even signed a record deal with an indie label in Minneapolis called Metro Records. It was a great deal....we pretty much paid for everything and they took our money. We were young and naive. We kind of sounded like "Hootie & the Blowfish" before there was a "Hootie & the Blowfish". The album was called "Lucky". If anyone can locate a copy of this disc online, I'll kiss em on the mouth (male or female).
Age 24, I joined a band called "Hit & Run" and met my current "3% Famous" bandmate and good friend, Scott Hauswirth. Several months later, we changed our name to "Average Sun". We did some damage throughout Minnesota and beyond and released a debut CD through Fraternity Records, an indie label from Cincinnati, and even received some national radio play...cool beans man.
Later, I moved back to upper Michigan and eventually co-founded the rock/punk/pop/drunk band "n od". This would ultimately bring me together with current "3%" drummer and fellow Steeler fan for life, Chris White. (That's another story for another ultra long biography or something.) We drank a lot of shows together.
Somewhere in between another stint with "Average Sun" and again with "n od", apparently I recorded a solo CD. You can buy it online at CDbaby.com or download the songs here on MySpace or at "i tunes" (Or wherever it is you kids download songs) and help me pay for my new furnace and roof. It's called "Turn the Light On" by me, Griffin Vittone...buy it...buy it.
Currently, I'm playing acoustic solo shows throughout the Upper Midwest and gigging with two different bands..."Griffin Vittone & the Lead Street Mob" & "3% Famous" and I'm having a blast doing it! If you come to anyone of my/our shows and only have half as much fun as we're having on stage, you'll still have one of the best times you've had in a long while, guaranteed!
whats good bro...? wish the restaurant was around this summer, kinda bummed out that it isnt. well hope everything is going good for u your way. well take care Griff. JP
Thanks for the add Griff! It has been many years since friends & I have seen you play. Not since the Average Sun & Nod days. Looking forward to seeing 3% Famous at Mr. D's this weekend! Have a great week!
When I saw the score, I was sorry I didn't watch it. Looked like it was pretty close. Course then I probably would have been sick to my stomach watching. I hate those kind of games. But the end was great, so it made it all worth it for you, I am sure! :)
HEY, Griff thought i would stop on by, and wish u, and your family a happy holidays, hope all is well. Hope to see u once again bro. Once again thanks again for everything over the last couple summers. take care. joseph charles peacock Merry X-MASS...And happy NEW YEARS..!BUDDIE..!
HEY UNCLE!!!! TELL MY GRANDMA AND GRANDPA, AND AUNTIES I LOVE THEM AND MISS THEN A LOT AND HAVE A MERRY X-MAS.... YOU TOO:) KISS THE BABY....HOPE TO ALL SEEE YOU ONE DAY SOON
very cool. we're going to go up in september, too...so one of those trips should work. hope we can do it...and we'll have to make sure it's a weekend so we can see one or both of you!
how long do you keep your bayfield place open in the summer? we are going home in august and it would be fun to check it out IF we could convince my fam to babysit and IF i could convince tom to drive that far after driving all the way home. so i'm just curious. bayfield is so nice...
so how did the bessemer street dance go? was it fun? any good drunk people stories? hope you had fun playing. maybe next year we'll actually be up that way on the 4th for a change...
