ARNO HECHT: saxophone (The Uptown Horns, Dion, Buster Poindexter, The Honeydrippers, James Brown, ...)
STEVE "BUDGIE" WERNER: drums (Ace Frehley Band, Snappahead, Hindenberg, Black Lace, ...)
FELIX HANEMANN: bass, keyboards & vocals (Zebra, Hindenberg)
RICHIE SCARLET: lead and rhythm guitar (The 5th Avenue Vampires, Ace Frehley's Comet, Mountain, Sebastian Bach, ...)
Honorary Members: JOE LYNN TURNER: vocals (Rainbow, Deep Purple) GREGG GERSON: flute (Billy Idol, Roger Daltrey)
Active Former Members: MARK HITT: guitar (The John Entwistle Band, Rat Race Choir) "EVEN" STEVEN LEVEE: bass (i-Potato, Brad Factor:10) MICKEY LEIGH: guitar (The Rattlers, Birdland, Stop)
Influences
Frank Zappa, Spike Jones, The Who, Tom Waits, Led Zeppelin, Dread Zeppelin, The Beatles, KMFDM, Louis Prima, The Doctor Demento radio show, TV LAND, Nick At Nite, Sherwood Schwartz, Lot's of beer, Too much time...
Founded in 1993 by the enigmatic Harry Slash, The Slashtones, in one form or another, have been one of NY's longest running "supergroups".
The Slashtones, a satirical comic-rock pop culture mash-up band, best known for their original musical work for the Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) television program, have at one point or another included band members from "Riot", "Raging Slab", "The John Entwistle Band", "Murphy's Law", "The Rattlers", "The Uptown Horns", "Robert Plant & The Honeydrippers", "Zebra", "Brad Factor:10", "Deep Purple". "Buster Poindexter", "Mountain", "The Ace Frehley Band", "Rainbow", "The Billy Idol Band", "Birdland", "Macey Grey Band", "The Cult", "Spinal Tap", "Storm","The B-52s", "Warrior Soul", "The Rolling Stones" and others...
The music of The Slashtones (described by some as "Frank Zappa meets The Who" and "Monty Python meets Led Zeppelin") has appeared on a multitude of CDs, DVDs, Video Games, Film Soundtracks, Television Themes, PPVs and a Broadway play.
The Slashtones current live cast (in order of appearance) is Harry Slash, Arno Hecht, Steve "Budgie" Werner, Felix Hanemann and Richie Scarlet.
Please visit our website, www.slashtones.com for more info.
DJ Monkey …soul-stirring, excitingly edgy music…just disturbing (read ‘mind-f**king’) enough to demand attention. There is a whole spice rack of auditory flavors here, served up like fractured poetry on a collection of intensely listenable Hallmark cards from Hell.
Some of us we know, some of us we don't.......but through a connection, a link, a bond......... we were brought together. Is it fate, luck or just meant to be..............whatever it is........I am happy to call you friend!!!
Hi The Slashtones! Heaven & Earth is on hiatus now as Stuart Smith and Richie Onori have joined forces with bassist Steve Priest to reform "Sweet". For those of you unfamiliar with the band, Sweet originally formed in the early 70s and went on to sell over 40,000,000 albums with 11 International Top Ten Hits such as "Ballroom Blitz", "Little Willy", "Love is Like Oxygen", "Fox on the Run", "Teenage Rampage", "Action", "Blockbuster", "Hellraiser" and many others.
This reincarnation of the band reformed last year, playing their first show in June, and went on to play festivals throughout Canada and the States and had played to over 300,000 people before the year was out. During this tour last year they recorded a live CD available on Amazon entitled "Sweet, Live in America" which has received rave reviews - pick up a copy and please Add Sweet As Your Friend On Myspace!
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