Philip Wiseman
Lead Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica
Birthday: Oct. 5
Sign: Libra
Hobbies: Rock music, country music, guitars, film acting
Favorite color: Black
Favorite food: Filet Mignon
Favorite drink: Vodka/tonic with a squeeze of lime
Favorite restaurants: Flemings, Capitol Grille, Kabul
Weird possessions: 27 black rock and roll T-shirts (last count)
Passions: Playing rock music in front of a partying crowd
Favorite motto: "The more you drink, the better we sound"
Musical experience: Been playing in bands since I was 17. That's almost 25 years! :-)
A funny moment: A recent marquee posted: "Phil The 'N Blanks." Wait, whaaat??
Derek Granath
BASS, VOCALS
Birthday: December 25 (really!)
Sign: Capricorn
Hobbies: Playing music, cycling, wine tasting
Favorite color: Green
Favorite food: Anything with red wine
Favorite drink: Pinot
Favorite restaurants: ASA, The Basin
Weird possessions: Business card collection from every one of my bands
Passions: The adrenaline rush you get playing music for a great audience
Favorite motto": "Peace through wine, one glass at a time"
Musical experience: Started on guitar at 8 and added the bass at 10 ¾. Fretted and fretless bass in all kinds of bands and genres for more than than, ahem, 35 years!
Scott McClung
Keyboards, Vocals
Birthday: June
Sign: Cancer
Hobbies: Skiing, cycling, cars, music, wine, woodworking
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite food: Burgers, BBQ
Favorite drink: Jack and Diet
Favorite restaurants: Birks, Hobee's, The Smokin' Pig
Weird possessions: Tons of old car parts
Passions: My wife and family, playing and recording music, skiing in fresh powder
Favorite motto: "I can always sleep when I'm dead"
Musical experience: Started piano lessons at 7, drums at 10, focused on drums for 15+ years then got back into piano again, played in bands since high school in the 80's
MATT PADGETT
DRUMS, VOCALS
Birthday: June 15
Sign: Gemini
Hobbies: Drums, wake surfing, concerts, Harleys
Favorite color: Red
Favorite food: A good burger
Favorite drink: Skinny short dry quadruple coconut latte with one pump mocha and caramel drizzle.... lol... jk... Don Julio 1942
Favorite restaurants: Hillstone, Dish Dash
Weird possessions: Fire hydrants
Passions: Music
Favorite motto: "It's Go Time!"
Musical experience: Started playing in bands in high school. Coworkers put a realistic looking rubber rattlesnake coiled up in a ready to strike position in a porta-potty I walked into... revenge was sweet and very funny, but not mentionable! ha!
Nick Maris
LEAD GUITAR, VOCALS
Birthday: June 28
Sign: Cancer
Hobbies: Guitar/music, reading, playing with electronics
Favorite color: Hunter green
Favorite food: A real Philly cheesesteak with mushrooms and onions, ketchup, and sweet
peppers on the side (of course - I'm a Philly boy!)
Favorite drink: Beer, prefer pilsener types, I don't dig hoppy brewskis. Yuengling,
Genesee, and St. Mary's are my favorite, can't get any of them out here, though.
Favorite restaurants: Dalessandro's in Roxborough, PA (cheesesteaks, of course, the best in Philly!)
Favorite motto: Illegitimi Non Carborundum (corrupt Latin for Don't Let the Bastards Wear
You down)
Weird Possessions: Buckaroo Banzai memorabilia
Musical experience: Singing in school and church choirs through elementary and junior high. Played cello from about age 10 to age 15, first guitar at age 15, many, many bands followed, the rest, as they say, is history...
Playing at The Cats and some of the female dancers, apparently fairly inebriated, would get up on the table/bar in front of the stage and dance and prance around, happened several times (I have it all on video). I
thought it was hilarious, as did the rest of the band, and in 50+ years of playing I never had that happen before. Sure hope it happens again, though...
