Edito de Is He On Drugs? the best of tommyrockSelf-produced.....sole -writer, -instrumentalist, & -vocalist....one-man show......that's my deal & I shall rock you. I've always had the rockstar dream, since as long as I can remember. I started taking piano lessons very young and switched to guitar at age 9. About 5 years later I was writing my own songs and frequently collaborating with rappers in the Pittsburgh area. The support I received from my peers for sloppy recordings made in my bedroom at my parents' house and lame performances at high school dances gave me a lot of hope and influenced me to focus on really getting GOOD. Through my college years, I got comfortable playing guitar and singing in front of crowds, which is when my music career really began to blossom. I did alot of self-produced recording and was in several bands, the most memorable being The Stank and Tripitaka. I continued doing solo work on the side and getting good at producing my own stuff....Sure enough, some pretty major hits for me emerged, at least on whatever local ground I've been able to cover, but I have no impressive stats or quotes from magazines to WOW you with. Sorry. You can check the songs out and decide if you like 'em or not, 'cause that's what really matters. Graduating college and coming back to Pittsburgh kind of made it impossible for me to stay with Tripitaka, so I decided to focus on building a good home studio and just doing my own thing. So here I am today, still in Pittsburgh and still doin' it. Under my belt I have 3 LPs + 1 with Tripitaka, 2 EPs, & 3 compilations under my production......all made with ridiculous recording methods and printed and manufactured on my computer. But I've moved on from that, and there is minimal stock available for any of that material. The studio's turned out pretty sweet, and I am planning to drop my next LP (which was recorded in it) in early '07....And so the history does not disappear, I've compiled and remastered the absolute best of everything I've done prior to this and given it a professional release. That CD, of course, is "Is He On Drugs? the best of tommyROCK 1999-2004." The diversity in styles I do is my greatest strength and what is noted most frequently about my shtuff. Everybody wants a label to slap on me from the get-go, so I'd have to say it's kind of a fusion of alterna-rock, pop, emo, and hip-hop...I take on each of them separately, I fuse them together in as many ways possible, and I frequently borrow from other stuff such as jazz, blues, psychedelic, and opera (just kidding about the last one). I like to think my personality and style ties it all together somehow. Lyrically it's mostly just stories of my life, with an occasional political rant. Sometimes I'm serious and sometimes I just wanna make you laugh.....and if that prevents you from taking me seriously as an artist, you have a stick up your ass and certainly do not belong in my audience. My only objective is to make music that entertains and shows character....and offends uptight, right-wing douche-bags. Beyotch. Lire la suite