Keyboardist Joe Haley
Joe has been playing for 28 years. He started out playing bass guitar, influenced
by Jonathan Cain of Journey and his favorite band the Eagles, he quickly picked up playing keyboards at the Andy Kucheck school
of music. His past bands included, The Weeries, Meer Control. He then started his own hard rock band Shadow
Road from '90-'94. Joe put playing on the back burner in 1995 to concentrate on personal matters but is back on the music
scene with KICKBACK. Joe's choice of instruments is a Korg M1 synthieser music station, a Kurweil 76 key electric piano and
a Roland M10 synthieser. Joe's bass guitars consist of a Ibanez Roadster and a Bass Collection bass, powered by Roland
and Peavey amplification.
Drummer
Ron Haley
After playing for 32 years and influenced by his late father Frank, a well known
country guitarist, Ron started playing at a very young age. Ron has experienced a variety of musical changes in
his career. Playing in a high school rock band, Presence, he started playing professionally with the country band,
The Boothill Band. After a short stint with a a Top 40 rock cover band The Weeries, he went back to his roots
and played with country bands JC Wildfire and Sugerfoot. Ron's preferred equipment is Pearl drums, Zildjian cymbals rounded
out with Promark sticks.
Guitarist
Joel " The Doctor" Fischer
Joels been playing on and off for 35 years, playing in bands, Bad Analolgy '00-'01, Tequila Rose '03-'04 and
Sour Mash '04-'06. Joels playing style has been influenced by Duane Allman, Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler to name a few.
His choice of instruments is a Gibson Les Paul Standard and a 1952 Re-issue Fender Telecaster, he amplifies them through a
Fender Hot Rod Deville amp.
Bassist Tony Guerriero
Tony's
been playing since the age of 14. He took some time off from playing and got back into music about 6 years ago. Tony's influences
include: Stevie Ray, Led Zepplin and Vanilla Fudge. He's adapted those influences into his own unique style and has put
it behind such bands as Shep and the Lime Lights, Gary US Bonds, the Salutations, the Crests and now KICKBACK. He uses
only Hartke, Westbury and Crate Amplification and has a variety of bass guitars that include Fender, Peavey, Ibanez, Yamaha,
Schecter and Washburn.
Lead Vocalist Dean Martinez
Dean has been playing in bands for over
30 years, originally a drummer, Dean was forced out from behind the skins to take over the lead vocal chores for his cover band many years ago. Althougth his vocal style is unique, some of his influences are Freddie Mercury from
Queen, Paul Rodgers of Bad Company and the late great Ronnie James Dio. His choice of instruments is Shure wireless microphones.
Guitarist Vinny Bonamo
Vinny Bonamo started playing guitar at age 16. He was a member of Staten Island-based
cover band The Fix and original band Tranzatlantic. After devoting time to his family and career, Vin returned to live
performing in 2002 with blues rockers Lone Shark and then spent 5 years as lead guitarist with The Saloonatics, a Woodbridge-based
cover band. Vin’s influences include Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Peter Frampton
and many others. His main guitars are a 1977 Gibson Les Paul Custom and a 1994 Fender American Standard Strat, played through Marshall amps.
