Keyboardist Joe Haley
Joes 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.
Guitarist Danny Dee
Dan
has been playing the New Jersey club scene in various bands since 1982. He has many influences but molds his playing style
along the lines of Sammy Hagar, Thin Lizzy and Leslie West. Dan uses an array of equipment but mainly uses Fender, Gibson
and PRS guitars and Fender, Marshall and Mesa Boogie Amps.
Vocalist Dean Martinez
Dean, originally started out playing the drums when he was 13
yrs old, but always seemed to wind up behind a microphone. As a kid he would sing anytime, anywhere. When he was 18 yrs
old he got his first singing gig with the band Rapid Fire. Since that time he's sang in numerous other
bands; Nasty Habits, Electric Pickle and The Connection, to name a few. His influences are very diverse and include Todd
Rundgren, Lou Gramm, Tommy Shaw, Freddie Mercury and Steve Perry. Dean is looking forward to bringing in some of his
own influences to KICKBACK and bringing the band to the next level.
