THEY'VE TOURED WITH AND/OR RECORDED WITH BANDS SUCH ASIron Butterfly, The Animals, Edgar Winter, Sheryl Crow, The Fixx, Tears For Fears, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Vanilla Fudge, Genesis, Chuck Berry, Meat Loaf, Percy Sledge, Lita Ford, Peter Gabriel, Olivia Newton John, Spencer Davis, Gary Myrick and The Figures, Loverboy, Buddy Miles, Manhattan Transfer, Thelma Houston, Jennifer Love Hewitt, DeBarge, Sugarloaf, Bobby Kimball and Simon Phillips (Toto), The British Rock Symphony, Brand X, Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Robbie Krieger (The Doors), Eddie Van Halen, Steve Lukather (Toto), Brian Auger, Jonatha Brooke, Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band), Dwight Twilley, Walter Trout, Eric Sardinas and MORE !!
Sounds Like
The Great *CLASSIC ROCK* of the 60s and 70s !! !! Blended Brilliantly with HITS from the 80s, 90s and 2000s !!
NICK D'VIRGILIO The diverse background of this band covers a lot of musical territory, and therefore requires a very versatile singer. They found this voice in Nick D'Virgilio. Nick is currently the lead singer for the critically acclaimed band Spock's Beard, where he also plays guitar and drums. Nick has also lent his talents to artists such as Sheryl Crow, Tears For Fears, Genesis, Manhattan Transfer, Peter Gabriel, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Debarge, Jonatha Brooke, Brand X, Eric Burdon and many others. He is a clinician for Mapex Drums and Sonic Reality, and has recorded two solo CD's and a DVD.
DAVE MEROS Bassist Dave Meros toured for 16 years with one of the most influential bands of the British Invasion, The Animals as well as with multi-platinum artists such as Bobby Kimball and Simon Phillips (Toto), Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere and The Raiders), Iron Butterfly, Sugarloaf, Gary Myrick and The Figures, Spencer Davis, Robbie Krieger (The Doors), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) and keyboard legend Brian Auger (Oblivion Express / Trinity). He is also an original member along with Nick in the Progressive Rock band Spock's Beard, who have nine studio CDs to their credit as well as numerous live CD's and DVD's.
MARTIN GERSCHWITZ Playing keyboards we have our high performance German import, Martin Gerschwitz. A classically trained pianist and violinist, Martin also had a successful career in Germany playing in rock bands before heading across the Atlantic in the mid 80's to pursue the American Dream. He quickly achieved his goal, winning high profile positions with platinum recording artists Meatloaf, Lita Ford, Vanilla Fudge, Percy Sledge, Spencer Davis, Loverboy, Eddie Van Halen, and blues great Walter Trout before joining The Animals in 1999. Currently, Martin is touring as keyboard player and lead singer with the group that defined the psychedelic era, Iron Butterfly. He also leads his own solo project that records and tours, with 3 studio CD's and a DVD to his credit.
DEAN RESTUM Besides being a versatile guitarist, singer, and record producer, Dean is equally comfortable composing for film and television. You've heard his work on A&E Biography, FBI-The Untold Stories, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Disney's Race to Space, Bounty Tracker, and jingles for Blockbuster Video and Pabst Blue Ribbon. Dean has also toured with recording artists The Fixx, Spencer Davis, art rocker Gregg Tripp, Thelma Houston, Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band), the British Rock Symphony and 12 years as Musical Director/Guitarist for The Animals. Dean and Bernie also have an original project called The Mustang Brothers who are currently rocking the LA club scene and have released two CD's.
BERNARD PERSHEY The foundation of the band is Bernard Pershey on drums. Hailing from the Midwest, Bernie found early success with Olivia Newton John's band at the height of her career. Later Bernie moved to Chicago where he perfected his highly energized and impeccable technique in music as varied as jazz fusion to blues, hard rock to Salsa. Later, those wide-ranging musical skills would come in handy on countless recording sessions as well as playing on tour with Chuck Berry, Edgar Winter, Dwight Twilley, blues great Walter Trout, Eric Sardinas and others before being recruited into The Animals in 2001.
In addition to lots of touring, you've seen and heard them with their previous bands on numerous VH1 and MTV music videos, VH1 documentaries "Storytellers" and "Behind The Music", PBS music specials, concert DVDs and many music CDs.Besides their work in bands, members of The Kings Of Classic Rock have also written for and/or played on many TV and major movie soundtracks. Film credits include productions by Disney Films, New World Pictures, Miramax, Paramount, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. Television productions include The Grammy Awards, Larry King and multiple programs produced by NBC, ABC, FOX, The Playboy Channel, and A&E.
With all this combined experience in front of an infinite variety of audiences, The Kings Of Classic Rock know how to deliver an ENTERTAINING, DYNAMIC and POWERFUL performance packed with HIT after HIT! The band was put together with the intention of being the ultimate Classic Rock band, and they are guaranteed to leave a GREAT, unforgettable impression at Corporate Events, Festivals and Concert Showrooms !!
"What a great band! This group is extremely professional, and VERY talented. We used them for a group of executives for a "Rock the Park" theme, and the event turned out amazing. The group absolutely loved this band - and their song list! Many attendees said it was "really bringing them back..." We had a blast! I can't recommend this band enough!" {Jacee B, Henderson, NV} 18th OCTOBER 2008
"I would recommend The Kings Of Classic Rock to anyone that asked for my opinion. I couldn't have asked for a better band to play at my event. They were more then accommodating to all my requests; they even took the time to learn 20+ songs that were requested of them. They took the time to listen to all my needs and were even willing to visit the location a month in advance to make certain we had all our bases covered. I received numerous compliments from my guests on how good the band sounded; one guest even noted that they sounded just like the band Pink Floyd. I couldn't have been more pleased with their performance." {Sheila W, Long Beach, CA} 13th JANUARY 2009
"What a blast! KOCR took our event to a whole 'nother level. They have the coolest song list. . no filler songs at all, just great song after great song. They were very professional to deal with, were really friendly and accomodating and most of all. . .they sounded fantastic and were really FUN! We had people ranging in ages from mid 20s to early 60s and everybody really loved them." {Hugh J, San Clemente, CA} 12th JANUARY 2009
"These guys are amazing!! I had them record music tracks for a couple 60s songs for a corporate event that I am putting together and they came in, set up and got right to business. I've done this before using other bands, and believe me, it's not always as easy as these guys made it for both me and the studio. And, most importantly, it sounds absolutely perfect, can't tell the difference from the original except for crisper sound quality. If you ever need this kind of work done I HIGHLY recommend The Kings Of Classic Rock. I'm definitely keeping their contact number on file." {Larry S, Culver City, CA} 30th JANUARY 2009
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And, it'll be such a thrill to see People Dancing to Good ol' Classic Rock !!
KOCR's Professional, Fun and Polished Images and Live Performances will have the party-goers wanting the Band to return for their next event before the current one even ends!
Hi The QUEEN of the KOCR, The Badmouth Crew is very happy to have you as a friend. Very Happy! I usually dont ask for favors from our friends but I would really need your help now. A festival in Sweden, Arvikafestivalen, is having a competition where the winners will play at the festival.
The only thing thing you would have to do for us is to vote for us. The link below will take you to their site. A small step for you but a big step for us. =)
Choose "BADMOUTH" in the first menu, enter the captcha code and click the "Vote"...DONE!!
That's a good question - our manager in PA is doing all the work and wants to release venues shortly - as soon as I Know I'll let you know. In the meantime would you want a free sampler cd?
Hello from the amazing frozen and windy plains just outside Calgary Alberta , wonderful music over there.Many discoveries made at your space,very nice indeed to be space m8s.Cheers! mO{:) moreno
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Hello My Queen: Thanks again for your friendship! Have a great coming weekend!! YOU DO ROCK!!! , Bill www.billpascali.com Try to make it down next week to the DVD Shoot!
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