Chris Steberl
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Instrumental Guitarist Records Solo EP
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Play Time's Over is guitarist Chris Steberl's debut instrumental EP, released on CD-R. The five song album showcases Steberl's songwriting while also allowing for plenty of fretboard pyrotechnics. "Tongue In Groove" unleashes a phaser-heavy rhythm track, then turns up the heat with dozens of furious legato licks. "Method Of Doing" takes a progressive approach, blending in blazing overdriven arpeggios and a fuzzed-out moody solo excursion. Play Time's Over is hopefully Steberl's first of many offerings in the instrumental rock area, as the CD-R serves as a solid base to build his audience.
Chris started playing guitar at the age of eight. He took lessons until the age of fourteen, when he decided to pursue his own musical direction. Chris performed in numerous bands before forming Alcazar in 1988. The band released two albums, "Visions & Spells" and "Gothic Belladonna", which received airplay around central Ohio. A CD "A Glow In The Dark Age", recorded with Robert Sweet (Stryper) and Tammy Winters received promising reviews by Christian metal magazines, but Chris felt recording a solo EP was the only way to truly express himself. Thus was born the music for Play Time's Over, Chris doing all the production, mixing and instrumentation.
Currently Steberl performs with the groups Alcazar and Monkey Puzzle. He continues to keep himself busy musically by performing and teaching at Sweetwater Music in Columbus, Ohio. Steberl is also hard at work building on to his home studio and writing music for his next project.
Contact Information
Chris Steberl
3091 Wakeshire Drive
Dublin, OH 43017
United States
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Tommy And The Stompers
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Hi-Fidelity Six String Blast
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Are you ready to stomp? Check out San Jose's heavy instrumental band, Tommy And The Stompers, led by the lightning-quick guitar of Tommy Merry. Their cassette release, entitled As Above...So Below, features ten hard-driving songs ranging from grinding thrash numbers to commercially viable rockers. Merry is a master of head-snapping riffs and his flawless soloing propels songs such as "Undertow", "Cambria" and "Thrashmeat". The group's compositions go beyond shred though, as each tune stands up on its own melodically, and feature interesting arrangements and a developed sense of dynamics. This is not your father's shred!
From their very first show, an East Bay Battle of the Bands that Tommy And The Stompers took first place in, to their latest show, a North Bay battle of the bands they also took first place in, the trio have been building speed and momentum in the Bay Area, developing a legion of stomp-a-holics. Their hard crunching rock instrumentals have brought them opening spots for metal superstars such as Metallica, Rat, Lita Ford and Tony MacAlpine. Lately their music has been aired on Bay Area heavy weight station KSJO as the background theme for the traffic and weather reports.
Tommy And The Stompers plan to press CDs for As Above...So Below in the upcoming months. Look for this heavy instrumental work at your favorite guitar site.
Contact Information
Tommy Merry
3226 Tristian Avenue
San Jose, CA 95127-1460
United States
Web site:
www.shredzone.com/stompers
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