Players

Jay Genske - Bass, Vox

I have been playing paying gigs since 1975 when I was 15 years old. Of course bass is my main instrument. I do play a bit of rhythm guitar, drums and saxophone. Some of the bands I have spent time with are: XL, Risky Business, The Force, Magician, Metalstorm, Cold Water Creek, Ramblin' Fever, Billy Shears, Exit Strategy, Rock Candy, Full Throttle, and Whiskey Rebellion. I have done alot of sitting in for bands to cover gigs. Generally most of my career I have worked at least 2 times per week, an in the late 80's / early 90's at least 3-4 times a week. I have one duos with Clyde Stokes and Dave Sky. I sing some lead vox.  I have played with some of the best and some of the worst.  A few of my bands have done openers for national acts.  My last was with Whiskey Rebellion opening for Zack Wyld at the Rave in Milwaukee.
 
I like most kinds of music.  My favs are: Terrible Ted Nugent, Savoy Brown, Allman Brothers, Cream, The Who, Alice Cooper, The Doors, SRV (Actually any kind of good blues -- I live for the blues), Jimi Hendrix, Robin Trower, Jeff Beck, Primus, Steppenwolf, Beck, Bogart and Appice,  Humble Pie, Foghat, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Zack Wyld, Tony Bach, April Wine, and the list would go on forever if I didn't stop here....
 
Gear: I almost always play my Fender American Jazz bass through a 450 Yorkville head and lately a single 18" cabinet. I have an old 70's Rickenbacker bass and an OLP Musicman for a spare on stage. (I do break strings often) No effects, just pure ball bustin' lows....  I may go to a pair of folded horns for a 3 piece band. It ain't bass if you can't feel it.
 
My myspace is: http://www.myspace.com/bassmonster
 
Later,
 Jay

Jim Hatlak - Drums, Percussion, Vox

Jim was born on the western edge of Long Island in the state of New York.  His primary instrument is actually the banjo, which he first started playing in 1978, but he moved to the drums when he found that there wasn’t much calling for banjo players, especially in the Midwest.  Although Jim still picks the banjo he prefers playing drums, practices at least one to two hours a day four to five times a week and jams whenever he can.  Jim’s experience is in the area of Rock, Classic Rock, Pop and Country, and now Blues Rock with Asylum Point.  Blues Rock is a style he loves listening to and finds it to be pretty challenging.

Influences:  People that have most influenced Jim’s drumming are (in no particular order) Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones, but also an accomplished jazz drummer), Kenny Aronoff (John Cougar Mellencamp), Danny Seraphine (Chicago), Neil Peart (Rush), John Bonham (Led Zeppelin’s master of the bass drum triplet), Buddy Rich (the king of the big band era), Phil Collins (who never gets the credit he deserves as a drummer because he’s such a good singer), Carter Beauford (Dave Matthews), Keith Moon (The Who), Ginger Baker (Cream) and Mick Fleetwood (an egomaniac, but also an exceptional drummer).

Gear:  Jim currently plays on a Midnight Blue & Black five piece maple drum kit made by Pork Pie Percussion out of California.  The snare is a Pork Pie Big Black and when it’s struck it shakes the dust from the rafter’s two buildings away.  The cymbals are a hand picked mix of Sabian and Zildjian.  Jim uses different sticks depending on the style and song, but uses Vic Firth exclusively.  He finds their quality is unmatched.

Jim is coming off a very successful two year run with the DOWGs, a now defunct classic rock band from Green Bay.  Jim has been told by more than one person that he’s a lot of fun to watch because he’s seems to have such a good time up on stage.  Jim’s thoughts on this, “it’s absolutely impossible not to have fun while drumming on stage.”