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Here's
the lineup of the Aquatudes
Tom
Bittel: guitar, songwriting, equipment junky
Tom (aka Noisy-Dad) has been singing and playing guitar in various
bands since he was 19 years old. The first band Tom played with
performed rock and roll songs of the 50's and 60's. He started as
rhythm guitar and gradually progressed to be the lead guitarist,
playing in a style combining elements of Chuck Berry, Carl Wilson,
the Ventures, and early-Beatles George Harrison. In 1984, Tom became
the lead guitar an original Hartford band called "The Broken
Hearts," who released a 9-song LP in 1985, with three songs
written by Tom (re-released on CD on the Paisley Pop label). The
album received college radio ariplay around the U.S. and also got
noticed in France, Belgium, and the U.K. Tom was later a member
of "See Jane Run," who released their first CD in 1994
and a second CD titled Weird Reality in 2004. Between 1997 and 2001,
Tom recorded the 13 tracks (including two instrumentals) that became
the Dad's Noisy Basement CD, (www.dadsnoisybasement.com)
released in 2002. He released an additional DNB EP with 4 more tunes
(one an instrumental) in 2005. Tom wrote and recorded the first
songs for the Aquatudes in 2006. In June of 2007, he met drummer
Dick Bascom through the North East Surf Music Alliance (NESMA).
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Dick
Bascom: drums, drums, drums
Dick began hitting the hides at the age of ten in the mid-1960's.
"Having chops" back then meant being able to thump a respectable
"Wipe Out" surf rock drum solo on the the school bus seat
cushions. Dick spent his fist years as a drummer terrorizing several
school band directors by day, and then by night playing the central
CT bar scene in the country rock band "Anonymous." Dick
played a regular schedule of bar gigs, social club dances and weddings,
which included the surf classics Pipeline, Walk, Don't Run, and
of course, Wipe Out. After taking an extended time-out to live the
American Dream, Dick expanded on the theme and hooked up with some
other old guys in 2006, and played drums in Connecticut's Classic
Rock scene for a bit. He also helped satifsfy his need to play and
coach by offering drum lessons to beginning drummers, where the
"surf beat" is required learning. Dick found the NESMA
Surf rock classified ads in the spring of 2007, and soon made Tom's
aquaintance to provide the drums for the emerging Aquatudes.
Fred
Magetteri: bass
Fred provides the pumpin', thumpin' bass lines for The Aquatudes.
Fred has played the Rock 'n Roll scene around Connecticut in a variety
of bands since the late 1970's. He has loved playing it loud and
heavy with such bands as "Diamond Back" - a southern rock
and blues rock band, the rock band "Alta" from his home
town of Durham, CT, "Blind Date" - a wedding/party/bar
band, and "The New Ruins" - an original heavy rock band
out of Middlefield, CT that played some of the best venues around
the state. While Fred's first bass setup was a Fender Precision
Bass played through and Earth amp, he has now chosen a Fender Jazz
Bass to add his special brand of bottom to rock the Aquatudes shows.
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