| Date of Birth |
09/11/68 |
| Full Name |
Edward Salvatore LaMonica Jr. |
| Favorite Things |
| Films |
Original Star Wars, Frequency, Oscar, Stir Crazy, The Godfather ll are just to name a few of many favorites. |
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| Actors/Actresses |
Bruce Willis, Adam Sandler, Robert De Niro & Johnny Depp |
| Sports |
Football, Baseball, Soccer and Golf |
| Books |
Mostly magazines, Guitar One, Steelers Digest |
| Food |
Italian, Mexican |
| Drinks |
Red Wine, Dos Equis and Cappuccino |
| Dislikes |
People who Dominate conversations & don't let you get in a word.
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| Other hobbies |
Weekend getaways and vacationing with my wife Dana. Spending time with my nephews
Connor (ConCon) & Carson. Attending as many Steeler home games as possible with my wife,
brother(Davie) and his future wife(Kelly). Also, when we don't have tickets we enjoy our Sundays at home
rooting on the Steelers with my best friend John (our singer).
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| EQUIPMENT |
1996 Gibson Les Paul Standard bird's-eye Heritage sunburst, 1996 Martin acoustic DC-1E, Line 6 AX2 212 combo amp w/ floorboard
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| When did you decide to play in a band? |
The first time I saw John Stafford and Dave Rasicci play in John's back yard.
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| What music background/Influences do you have? |
I took piano lessons as a kid. I loved the guitar the first time John showed me his. I learned how to play from John.
After that I was self taught with some lessons from guitar player magazine.
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| Do you play any other instruments? |
Piano, Mandolin |
| From where do you draw your inspiration? |
My inspirations come from past and present music, such as
Queensryche, Fates Warning, 7dust, Cold, Breaking Benjamin and Flaw to name a few.
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| How do you warm-up before a show? |
I always go over & over scales. |
| What, when and where was the most memorable concert you've ever played? |
Syracuse, It was a great gig, wall to wall people. It was intimate for a larger venue. The fans were great, the band was great and the stage was
very cool! The type of show that went by way too fast.
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| What was the worst concert you've played? |
All I have to say is N o r t h W e b s t e r :-( |
| What was the first album you bought? |
Kiss Alive ll |
| All-time favorite albums? |
Operation Mindcrime, A Pleasant Shade of Gray, Images & Words,
Transcendence , Screaming for Vengeance, Blue Murder, Houses of the Holy, Ten, Core,
Seasons, Year of the Spider, Saturate and Endangered Species
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