ROB SANZONE

Bio:

....Instruments Played:....
Guitar (all styles, electric and accoustic), Lap steel, Bass (electric and upright), Voice, Banjo, Musical Saw, Drums, Percussion, Keys, Clarinet, Bass clarinet, Baglama, Digeridoo

....Musical Stylings:....
Eclectic, exploratory, strong roots in Rock, Reggae, Ska, Country, Americana, Hip-Hop, Punk, Metal, World, Alt. Anything, Funk, Blues, Pop, Folk, Surf, etc....
As a musician, as well as an engineer, dabbling heavily into experimental sounds and sonic textures including home made effects like the suitcase talk box. If it makes a noise, Rob can play it.

....Career Highlights:....
-Performed Solo One-Man-Band Set At Belleterra Music Festival 2010 Opening for Immortal Technique and Lee "Scratch" Perry
-Opened For Greg Ginn and the Taylor Texas Corrugators on 2010 tour
-Head Lined 2009 Frightnight Halloween Festival in Bermuda with GNR Tribute Band Rocket Queen
-Performed at 2009 W.C. Handy Blues festival in Kentucky with Blues Legend Albert Cummings
-Solo Performer at 2009 Bellaterra Music Festival along side John Medeski and Club Delf, Deer Tick, and many more
-Billed with ,..Cypress Hill, KRS-1, The Might Mighty Bostones, Doug Wimbish and Will Calhoun (Living Colour), and Strange Folk...
-Performed with ..Davinchi and the Wrong Crowd at US Open Snow Boarding Championship in Stratton Vermont in 2000..
-Opened for ..Original P.. which featured original members from ..Parliament Funkadelic..
-While with Gargantua Soul, the band ..won The Nation-Wide Hard Rock Cafe Battle of the Bands in 2003.. sponsored by Sobe, played the ..X-Games in Philadelphia PA and in Puerto Rico.., opened for Papa Roach, Filter, Sevendust, Joey Belladonna of Anthrax ..Non Point, Seether, Cold, Tree, Ratt.., and toured all over the midwest & east coast on a Tour Featuring ..Twisted Method, Dope.. & headlining act ,Mushroom Head.
-Recorded a track with Gargantua Soul and Prof. Griff of Public Enemy.
-Performed ..Live on stage with Stephen Pearcy of Ratt and Fred Curry of Cinderella.. for the Rhode Island Fire Benefit Concert
-Performed solo opener in front of Australian guitar wizard Jeff Lang on his last tour of the states.
-With Killing Floor, has shared the bill with Full Blown Chaos,100 Demons, Death Threat, Scurvy, Crowbar, Death Before Dishonor, Bury Your Dead, as well as recording sessions featuring Rick Ta Life of 25 ta' Life
-Has Played the ..Legendary CBGB's.. many times with Gargantua Soul as well as Kitty Kitty Bang Bang

....Endorsements....
Traynor Amplifiers & Cabs
Jeremy Gage Custom Instruments


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Member Since:

February 02, 2007

Members:

....Home Base:....
Mass Music Lab
-64 track Protools recording studio &
-Musical instruction for Guitar, Bass, Drums, Performance, Song Writing and MusicTheory

....Current Happenings Fall 2010:....
-Rob Sanzone One-Man-Band Guitar Hero Extraordinaire featuring alter-ego Hector-Selector: specializing in Momentary Invention Music, live organic looping, no prerecorded beats, lots of sonic experimentaion. Painting with Sound Live. Act now and you'll also recieve Rob Sanzone's Juke Box Hero Guitar Medley Extrava-ganja - An Audience Selected Set List Improvised live on the spot.

-Lead Guitarist,Slide Guitar and lap steel for Todd Mack and the Star Alternative

-Lead Guitarist for GB/DC AC/DC Tribute Band

-Lead Guitarist for Rocket Queen - G N' R Tribute Band

-Lead Guitarist and lap steel for Micah Stone Band

-Lead Guitarist for B.O.B. the Band

....Past Projects:....
The Roxies - New York City - Hard Rock - Bassist
Killing Floor -Western Mass Hardcore - Guitarist, Vocals
The Ted Wermby Band - Psychedelic, Funk, Rock, Experimental - Guitarist, Vocals
Gargantua Soul - Bassist
The Sodomeisters - 'Banned in G.B.' Punk Rock - Guitarist, Vocals
Davinchi & The Wrong Crowd Punk Funk Rock n' Roll - Bassist, Vocals
Socks Malone - Experimental Trip Hop / Funk - Guitarist, Bassist
SLOB - 90's Alt Rock / Metal - Bassist

Influences:

....Number One Influences: Lily and Jack....

....Guitarists:....
Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Angus and Malcolm Young, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Hazel, East Bay Ray, Duane Denison, Kurt Cobain, Buckethead, Dr. Know, Rev. Horton Heat, Paul Gilbert, Duane Burnside, Dick Dale, Grant Green, Jimmy Page, J DiBiasio, Aaron Freeman, Scott Ian, David Gilmour, Frank Zappa, John Frusciante, Mick Mars, Jeff Lang, Trey Anastasio, Dave Navarro, Vernon Reid
....Bassists:....
Flea, Les Claypool, David Wm Sims, John Paul Jones, Noel Redding, Nikki Sixx, Geezer Butler, EJ Dawson, Duff McKagen, Steve Harris, Mike Gordon, Eric Avery, Doug Wimbish, Tim Cummerford
....Drummers:.... John Bonham, Mac McNeilly, Dave Grohl, Tim Alexander, John Fishman, Mitch Mitchell, Chad Channing, Brain, James Kimball, Matt Sorum, Chad Smith, Will Calhoun, Travis Barker
....All Others:.... Vince Gauraldi, Peter Tosh, Henry Mancini, Bauhaus, Beastie Boys, Ozzy & Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Led Zepplin, Jesus Lizard, Minor Threat, Billy Joel, The Stones, Johnny Cash, Beck, Run DMC, Cypress Hill, Public Enemy, Elton John, Angelo Badalamenti, Twin Peaks, David Lynch, Einstein, Mel Brooks

Sounds Like:

The music in my head

Record Label:

Mass Music Lab Records