Rocknroll
Motherfucker!
Norfolk, Virginia
USofA
Career objective: To play rocknroll 'til I die!
Experience:
(1975-1982) Played classical piano.
(1990) Received classical guitar and learned bass lines.
(1990) Purchased first electric guitar and learned Ramones' songs.
(1990) Started jamming with high school friend, Chris, playing Ramones' songs, the band became known as the Mustard Custard Bastards.
(1994) Started first real band with drummer, MattO, Murder and the Cats. Drummer had a roommate who sang with us and the band became known as The Catholics. Drummer and singer pretty much quit and got new drummer, SteveF. Band became a 3-piece under same name.
(1995) Chris quit the band and me and SteveF. kept playing under the name, House of Beef. Formed a band, 12 eyes with bass player, Alex. Formed another band, Hombre loco with bass player, Val. Formed another band, The Stiff pole cats, with drummer, unknown.
(Jan 1996) Formed band with Chris and Fudd, The Sausages. Joined Big Bobby and the Nightcaps after a stint with the Johnny Thunders' tribute band.
(Oct 1997) Quit the Nightcaps and quit rocknroll.
(Jul 2001) Formed The NoNames with Alex and Henry.
(Aug 2001) Formed The Horehounds with Witt, Ash and Josh.
(Jul 2002) Formed JRSS with Steve Baise, Rich, and Justin. End of the Horehounds!?!
(Feb 2003) End of the JRSS.
(2003-2004) The Horehounds sessions for second album!
(2005-)More Sambone Solo material!
Hobbies and Interests: Playing guitar, writing music, pornos, buying guitars, selling guitars, trading guitars, looking at guitars, taking pictures of guitars, looking at pictures of guitars, eBay, looking at guitars on eBay, sleeping, listening to music, guitars (did I mention this?), sex, mp3's.
Releases:
Big Bobby and the Nightcaps -Screamin' Apple 7"
-Screamin' Apple album
-Trash on demand vol. 2 comp
-Split 7" with Thee Apostles
The Horehounds
-Rapid Pulse Records EP
1st pressing: sold out
2nd pressing: limited edition green vinyl
-Black Lung comp- Urine Stains across Virginia
-Rockin' Bones album
-Steveland Studio Comp 2
-Hodge Podge Vol. 4 compilation cd 1+2 records
-Friendly target movie
-Played on Born In Flames album
-Played lead guitar on Freddy Lynxx covers album
-Played lead guitar on Radio Beats album
Johnny Thunders CD Comp: Born to lose: with Freddy Lynxx/Steve Baise/Frenck Witch
Goals: To play rocknroll 'til I die, to collect guitars, to tour Europe, to have more records come out!
SamboneRocknRollMotherfucker: guitars, vocals.
DOB: 12/06/72
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Virginia.
1964 Epiphone Wilshire Heritage Cherry: $1300
1998 Epiphone Coronet CAR w/Bigsby: $600
Martin Goya Acoustic $100 + pu $40
maracas
1 stand
1 tamborine
couple of harmonicas
Favorite guitarists: Johnny Thunders, Wayne Kramer, Fred Sonic Smith, Scotty Moore, Cliff Gallup, Ron Asheton, James Williamson, Mick Ronson, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Brian Setzer, Buddy Holly, Link Wray, Nokie Edwards, Dick Dale, Walter Lure, Johnny Ramone, Deniz Tek, Paul Burlison, Johnny Winter and many, many more!
Favorite bands: The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, The WHO, The Kinks, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, Radio Birdman, DMZ, The New York Dolls, Ron Asheton's New Order, Sonic's Rendezvous Band, MC5, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent and the Bluecaps, many, many other bands from the 50's-70's!
Favorite drummers: I hate drummers! But I do think John Maher from the Buzzcocks rules!
If I was to put together rocknroll band, who would be in the band?
I would probably clone myself!
Dislikes: shitty guitars, shitty amps, bars without a soundman for shows, you know who you are!!! Rhymes with Cogans!!! Places that don't hook the bands up with some beer!!! It's bad enuf that we've gotta play yer shitty dive and walk in yer puddles of piss when we're there!
Familiar quote: "Do you take Discover?"
What ever happened to....
Yeah, whatever happend to Stevie and the Secrets? I don't know! All of a sudden, Ash was playin' some shows with them and then they were gone! Nothing was ever to be heard about them.
What about Ash? What happend to him? Well, when the Horehounds took a hiatus, Ash played with some other bands here and there and then hit rock bottom, lost his girlfriend, wasn't workin', pawned pretty much everything and was just gone. The latest on him is that he's gonna be a daddy to Girl Ashley's kid!
What about Josh? What happend to him? Or do we care? I don't know! Sorta the same as Ash, pretty much he had jobs, lost jobs and the latest is that he's moving to Alaska!
What about Big Bobby? Well, he relocated from NC to Richmond, his wife is having a kid sometime next year and he's doing some odd gigs here and there.
The Sambone Music Family Tree
Sambone---------------solo piano, guitar, bass, drum machine, drums Many recordings! 1972-present.
Sambone + Chris (bass)= MCB Mustard Custard Bastards Recordings lost. Video footage taken by ChrisF. 1990-1994.
Sambone + Chris (bass) + Matt (drums) Murder and the Cats one tape recording + video footage lost. 1994
Sambone + Chris (bass) + Matt (drums) + Chris (vocals) The Catholics one tape recording + video footage lost. 1995
Sambone + Chris (bass) + SteveF. (drums) The Catholics one live recording: 1st and last time playing at King's Head Inn, Norfolk, Virginia, Jan. 1995 + video footage lost 1994-1995.
Sambone + SteveF. (bass, guitar) + unknown (drums) Stiff Pole Cats played in Open Mic bar! 1995
Sambone + SteveF. (drums) + Val (bass) Hombre loco tapes lost. Played one show at a kegger in a basement, 1995
Sambone + SteveF. (drums) + Alex (bass) 12 eyes played at FJD's bar in Virginia Beach! One time at Open Mic bar. 1995
Sambone + SteveF. House of Beef several tape recordings in garages and Jam Locker. 1995
Sambone + Chris (bass) + Fudd (drums) The Sausages recorded 3 songs one night in Fudd's room! 1996
Sambone + Big Bobby (bass, vocals) + Surge (drums) + Erico (guitar) The Nightcaps played one show as Johnny Thunders' tribute band.
Sambone + Big Bobby (bass, vocals) + Surge (drums) The Nightcaps Played many shows from North Carolina up to New York and as far west as Cleveland, Ohio. Recorded Screamin' Apple LP, 45's and compilations 1996-1997
Sambone + Alex + Henry The NoNames 4-track recordings, 2001
Sambone + Witt (guitar) + Ash (drums) + Josh (bass) The Horehounds recorded one live recording (1st show) at Cogan's. 2001
Sambone + Ash (drums) + Josh (bass) The Horehounds Played shows in Virginia. Recorded full length LP, EP + compilations. 2001-2002.
Sambone + Steve Baise (guitar) + Justin (bass) + Rich (drums) JRSS played a couple of shows, 2 live recordings. 2002-2003.
Sambone + Steve Baise (guitar/bass) + Rich (drums) Recorded 3 songs for Horehounds' second album, 2002.
Sambone + Steve Baise House of Beef 2003
Sambone + Steve Baise + Freddy Lynxx + Frenck Witch + Born in Flames Live recording for Johnny Thunders' Tribute cd + live show + Freddy Lynxx studio album + Born in Flames studio album 2003.
Sambone + SteveF. Recorded 1 song for Horehounds' second album. 2003
Sambone + Steve Baise + Greg Apostle + SteveF. GSSS boombox recordings 2003
Sambone + Steve Baise + Greg Apostle The Horehounds sessions 2003-2004
Sambone + Gerrard Sambone Demos 2005