Monsters of Rock (w/ Chameleon)

Monsters of Rock Band – Spring Fling Schwing! The Ultimate Hair Band, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Tribute Experience

Monsters of Rock Band is a tribute band to 80’s hair and metal bands, featuring music from bands like Motley Crue, Poison, Def Leppard, Dokken, Ratt, Metallica, and many more. Once again, they bring the noize and visual theatrics to the Strand Theatre, beginning at 7:30pm on Friday, April 26! This performance will also feature the opening band Chameleon with their tribute to Alice in Chains!

Monsters of Rock:

Tommy T (aka the dog whisperer) – Lead vocals

Shortly after young Tommy T was bitten by a wolf in a bizarre hiking incident in upstate NY, he realized he had an uncanny connection with our canine friends. The occasional serenade under a full moon quickly evolved to much more. After years of entrancing our canine friends with his soothing, ultrasonic crooning, Tommy decided it was time to expand his range a few octaves lower so others could listen. He has performed around the world – for “creatures” great and small – in many different styles and languages. Singing with Monsters of Rock gives Tommy an opportunity he truly treasures… to howl to a group of creatures he can truly relate to… creatures like himself….the metal heads… (and he continues to hypnotize our furry friends any chance he gets!)

Billy Brown – Bass and backing vocals

Dr. Brown/Mr. Hyde: Born within the molten core of a dying thermite reaction, Billy Brown was destined to join a group that melts faces. Each day, Dr. Brown experiments on classrooms full of children with chemicals. At night, Mr. Hyde hones his skills on the electric bass in a locked dungeon in a nearby suburb. Built upon Dog Shack hot dogs and Nick Tahou garbage plates, Billy is the stable bass of the Monsters of Rock rhythm section.

Tyler Carey – Drums and backing vocals

After graduating from evil medical school, Dr. Tyler Rockinstein “Doc Roc” gathered the greatest drum parts from all the greatest drum kits to make the Rockinstein monster. This monstrosity has a mind of its own, and although Rockinstein’s monster is afraid of fire, it isn’t afraid to rock.

Donnie V Lackey – Lead guitar, backing vocals While fishing in a mysterious lagoon, Donnie was attacked by some sort of half man, half fish, creature. Surviving the attack, it wasn’t long before he noticed that he had started to acquire scales. All kinds of scales including major, minor, pentatonic, diminished, and chromatic. It’s worth noting that he seems to enjoy seafood even more since that fateful day. His love for seafood, however, is still outshined by his love for music, especially 80’s metal! It’s been about 40 years since he started playing guitar and he does so as one of the lead guitarists of Monsters of Rock! These days, it’s more likely you’ll find him performing on stage than fishing in some dark lagoon!

Dave “Stimpy” Stimpson – Lead guitar and backing vocals

A long, long, long time ago in a far, far, far away town with the initials of FE, Dave ‘STIMPY’ was born to a couple that only went out at night! Growing up, STIMPY fine-tuned his senses and learned to hear and feel the music – not see or read it! When only a youngling he perfected his acrobatic air-guitar playing in front of the mirror with the household broom (with the reflection only showing the broom). As a young teenager he was introduced to the guitar and took to it right away. The guitar was black in color and resembled the darkness of the night! Shut in during the day he taught himself how to play guitar only to come out at night to shred the guitar. As the 80’s hair metal scene came about, STIMPY felt right in place playing lead guitar. After all of these years you can see him at night as the 2nd half of the Monsters of Rock’s lead guitar arsenal sucking down “Bloody” Marys and waiting for the lights to go down so the ROCK can begin!”