Current Favorites:

*Europe: Start From The Dark

*Angra: Temple Of Shadows

*Silver Mountain: Hibiya- Live in Japan

*Gravestone: Creating A Monster

*Journey: Generations

*Bruce Dickinson: Tyranny Of Souls

*Paul Raymond Project: Man on a Mission

*Starbreaker: Starbreaker

*Deep Purple: Live in Stockholm, 1970

*Plus a nifty compilation from Metal Chamber, featuting a ton of brilliant, long-forgotten Eurometal from the early eighties (Thanks, Joe!)

Birth Date: June 25, 1978           Birthplace: Boston, MA

Home Town: Warren, RI

Occupation: Reporter

Hobbies: Music (duh!), visual art, comedy, politics (until I get sick of it, which is pretty frequent these days), and most of all... Radio!

Favorite Movies: Star Wars Trilogy, This is Spinal Tap, and almost anything by Monty Python

Books: Radio Waves: Life And Revolution On The F.M. Dial- Jim Ladd, The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer- Mark Twain, The Black Cauldron- Lloyd Alexander

Former Bands: Chemical Imbalance, Heel, Metal Rising

Equipment Of Choice: B.C. Rich Eagle Supreme, Gibson Les Paul Standard (my long-suffering Epiphone has been retired!), Gibson Flying V ('67 Reissue model- modified), Hughes and Kettner Duotone amp, DOD, MXR & Morley effects pedals

Influences: Gary Moore, Michael Schenker, Brian May, Ritchie Blackmore, Ace Frehley, Jimmy Page, Brian Tatler, Uli Roth, Jonas Hansson and Thin Lizzy's long list of guitar gods

Favorite Musicians/ Bands: UFO, Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, Crack The Sky and way too many others to mention here (see below for examples)

All-time favorite albums (in no particular order):

*Thin Lizzy: Live And Dangerous     *Iron Maiden: Killers

*Def Leppard: On Through The Night   *Jeff Beck: Blow By Blow

*Deep Purple: Made In Europe     *Al Di Meola: Elegant Gypsy

*Itzhak Perlman: 24 Caprices (Paganini)      *Altan: The Best Of

*Saxon: Denim And Leather       *Aerosmith: Live Bootleg

*UFO: Strangers in the Night       *Cry Of Love: Brother

*KISS: Alive II     *Doobie Brothers: What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits

*Hazzard: Hazzard      *Fastway: Fastway      *Sinner: The End Of Sanctuary

*And while it's not an "album" per se, mention must also be made of Antonio Vivaldi's magnificent Four Seasons

Vinny poses with his new B.C. Rich Eagle during the album sessions

Adam & Vinny chillin' (literally) with Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy