We just knew chords, but we would come up with a song every week until we had about 30 songs; then we started looking for other band mates.

Once we began playing in bands, we formed many different bands that I would either play guitar in or sing.

My first singing gig was in front of a church festival, when our singer told us he couldn’t make it. I took over the main vox.-- I think I sang Hell’s Bells to a very religious and judging audience! The various bands I played in stemmed from there: Sabotage, Satyr, Sacrilege, and Eruption.

Then I auditioned with a semi-known band called Invasion. Being a step ahead of their time, they were recording a full-length album and they needed vox on it. My vocal style began to take on similarities to other great vocalists such as Geoff Tate, King Diamond, Eric Adams, and Joey Belladonna.

At this point we played some prestigious gigs at some of New York’s hottest clubs at the time. We opened for national acts such as Motorhead, Anthrax, Metal Church, Nuclear Assault, Grim Reaper, Ruffcutt, Virgin Steel, TT-Quick and Cintron.

We frequently hung out with Frank Carriola (owner of the Sundance) and Fingers from Finger’s metal shop on local Radio station WBAB (he still does the show to this day!).

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