Frank Funaro

...was recorded in a different manner than many of the band's previous efforts. The group's core members - Lowery, Hickman, drummer Frank Funaro and bassist Sal Maida - co-wrote most of the material collectively. The music builds upon their...

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...in Australia, he has spent time in the United States, playing with a reunited Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom. Although Frank Funaro is now the full-time Camper drummer, Pedersen played most of the drum parts on their reunion...

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...the decade included Lowery, bassist Victor Krummenacher, keyboardist Kenny Margolis, guitarist David Immergluck and drummer Frank Funaro. The group left Virgin in 2003 with the independent release Countrysides. A collaboration with...

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...next album 'The Light Of Day' with the help of a few friends, especially ex-Del Lords members Scott Kempner (guitar, vocals) and Frank Funaro (drums, vocals). They filled out the live band, and an extensive tour and live album, recorded in...

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...sharp-witted extension of the Jagger/Richards paradigm. But the duo adopted a new methodology for Sunrise, inviting current drummer Frank Funaro and bassist Sal Maida to participate in a collaborative approach to songwriting that has clearly...

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...of the Beach Boys, albeit with more of a rock and roll edge. Along with ex-Blackheart Roscoe Ambel, bassist Manny Caiati and drummer Frank Funaro, Kempner and company proved to be a formidable presence on the NYC rock scene. Each member...

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Bandmates Scott Kempner (Dictators), Eric Ambel (Joan Jett), Frank Funaro (Cracker) and Manny Caiati re-invigorated rock'n'roll...and may have stumbled into inventing Americana LOS ANGELES, CA In New York in the mid-'80s, four veteran New...

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...Camper frontman David Lowery's other band Cracker , who was also a member of an early Camper Van Beethoven lineup. Cracker drummer Frank Funaro and accordianist/keyboardist Kenny Margolis, both of whom are featured in Camper's live shows, are...

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...Days". Unless, like me, you think Chris Pedersen was one of the most creative drummers of the 1980s, and that Cracker drummer Frank Funaro isn't a total ringer for his idiosyncratic style. Or that Key Lime Pie is one of the coolest...

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...album, Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey. A North American tour to support the album, also featuring Sal Maida on bass and Frank Funaro on drums, brings the group to B.C. and Victoria in July. Wherever Cracker goes, Hickman said the...

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