page updated 6-25-07

THE BEGINNING:

CHAD RELOCATED TO ARIZONA IN 2003 FROM HIS NATIVE CONNECTICUT, WHERE HE GREW UP with ROCK N ROLL IN HIS HEART.  THIS ADDICTION STARTED IN HIS MID-TEENS.

THE STYLE:

  IN HIS PLAYING HE ASPIRES TO FUSE MELODY WITH POWER & DYNAMICS.

THE INFLUENCES:

PAUL MCCARTNEY, GEEZER BUTLER, TOM PETERSSON, ADAM CLAYTON, JOHN ENTWISTLE & A MYRIAD OF OTHERS.

THE RESUME: 

HE TOURS NATIONALLY wITH JANI LANE (FOUNDING MEMBER, FORMER SINGER OF WARRANT) with BAND MATE, 17 YR OLD GUITAR PRODIGY DARIO LORINA.  HE ALSO HAS TOURED w/ QUIET RIOT'S KEVIN DuBROW & MEMBERS OF GUNS N ROSES, WHITE LION, RATT, LOVE/HATE & BEAUTIFUL CREATURES.  CHAD HAS PLAYED ALL OVER THE USA & CANADA AS WELL AS PUERTO RICO, JAPAN, KOREA, PORTUGAL & SEVERAL MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES.  HE HAS PERFORMED FOR VH-1 ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS  (WITH JANI LANE). 

ETC.:

WHEN NOT TOURING HE PLAYS IN PHOENIX AZ wITH SEVERAL LOCAL ACTS MOST OF WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE LIVE PAGE AND LINKS PAGE INCLUDING:  THROTTLEBOX, VINYL REVIVAL BAND, 10 YEAR OLD GUITAR PHENOM JACK RIPPER, THE CHRIS & RANDY SHOW, AND SOON, DEAN DOUGLAS AS WELL. 

THE MOTTO:

CHAD LOVES PLAYING BASS & LIVES TO PLAY LIVE.

chad has:

Valid US Passport -- Available for Local, National and International Live Performances and Recording Sessions

 

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