Lead Singer - Mike DeLuca
Guitar - Dave Kenin
Guitar - Pete Filonovich
Bass - Smitha Raghunathan
Bass - Jay Gridley
Drums - Rich Kjar
Yes we have two bass players!
Influences
Buckcherry/Guns N Roses/Velvet Revolver/Rage Against The Machine/Van Halen - DLR Era/Stone Temple Pilots/Audioslave/Cake/The Doors/Korn/Metallica/Ozzy Osbourne/Alice in Chains/Tool/Black Sabbath
MIKE enjoys getting 12 hours of sleep a night...or day. Awake, he enjoys Kung Fu style streaking, saving the world from ill-tempered inanimate objects, and staring at his phone while it rings. He started singing when he realized his chanting ability could soothe wild elephants.
DAVE likes dancing in one-size-too-small underwear to sleazy 80’s hair metal, jumping rope naked in front of the mirror, and playing his favorite sport since he was 12, “football-less” two hand touch by himself. He picked up the guitar as an extension of his unbridled hyperactivity and desire to be center of attention. When not playing guitar David can be seen chasing squirrels around in empty parking lots with a tennis racket or making wigs out of human hair in the dark of his basement. Additionally, David only takes part in very specific volunteer work in which he is responsible for washing the elderly, preferring not to use gloves and providing his own cleaning supplies.
SMITHA enjoys candle-lit dinners, snuggling and long walks on the beach … but when she’s not trapped in a romantic comedy she likes to play drinking games, participate in full-contact martial arts tournaments (meaning she will kick your ass) and rocking out by slapping her bass. Smitha likes to steal music from the bands such as The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters and Incubus and pretend it’s her own. She is constantly going home with random groupies and sometimes wakes up in strange places with strange men, women or what have you, much to the chagrin of the rest of the band. It all serves as inspiration to the music and certainly gives her extremely guilty pleasures.
Hello! We are heading into Rochester last minute on Monday the 30th and are super excited, we'd really appreciate it if you could make it out! This show will be at Water Street Music Hall and there are other amazing bands playing, see you there!
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Hello! We are heading into BUFFALO on Sunday the 29th and are super excited, we'd really appreciate it if you could make it out! This show will be at Broadway Joe's and its with our very good friends in Speakerfire and Chae Hawk, see you there!
Don't miss the Adult Toy Giveaway from www.PGforYOU.com during GP's set...and the Cage Dancers (by way of Caged from Syracuse)...and the debut performance of Children of the New Sun.
Excuse me but I should be way up on the list of fans concidering my brother is basically part of the band :-P haha jk Sorry I missed it hopefully someone took some good pictures!!!
Happy Holidays! I know you'll bring in the New Year with us. Folk/Fairytale/Nursery Rhyme (or twisted version of them) New Years Eve Theme Party! So come dressed up, I am looking forward to some great costumes. Two Bands; Guilty Pleasures and Quarry Bank. Free Champagne at Midnight and much more! If you are not on the Evite list drop us a note with your email address and I will send you all the details!
Debut performance of Children of the New Sun Jan 5th!!! Taking the stage early @ 8:30 then the rest of the night Guilty Pleasures and Caged wil be taking you places you've never been before! DON'T MISS THIS ONE!!!
