So in the late 80′s, like every young musician should, I joined a garage band. I was a junior in high school at the time.  I joined forces with the rock unit which would be dubbed Hypothermia (we rehearsed in drummer Christian Bauman’s unheated loft above the garage in Quakertown, NJ and I had the winning wiseass idea in the band name brainstorm). We weren’t a great band, but we had the most fun, and got booked for every sock-hop, dance, graduation, party gig available thanks to Matt Angus Williams and his platnum rap. The band was rounded out by Karl Dietel on keys, Mike Slaven on lead guitar, and me on rhythm guitar (a Fender Mustang which I still have). Guest singers included Kevin Nagy (in 1987 picture) and Rick Lee (in 2011 pic) as well as cameos by: Rob Collins, Jack Connally, Lynn Brown, Paul Weimer, Ellen Craft, Martha Grey, Kim Gorny and others I’m sure…It fades man…It fades…but I do remember good laughs and good (enough) music every time we got together. There’s video footage of some gigs somewhere, but I prefer the memory to the photograph…

Well here we are 25 years later apparently, and miraculously we all are still in touch, still love music and still live nearby enough to make a reunion gig possible and, while scary, sound like enough of an amusing proposition to give it a go, so…to celebrate 25 years of not playing:

Nov 25, 2011 – HYPOTHERMIA
25 Years Later…”Not too cold to Rock & Roll”
@ The Pattenburg House, Pattenburg, NJ
details/directions/death wavers

The boys in 1987

The men in 2011

HGRNJ Mission Statement

Furthering the Arts and cultural diversity through music, commentary, literature and theatre.  Providing a performance and creative outlet to independent and local talent as well as an open forum for music, commentary, literature and theatre.

I’ll be singing for the cause of real music for the people next Friday night in Washington, NJ.
A fundraiser for Home Grown Radio organized by Freeform Radio champion Ralph Drake, host of the Rough Draft . Please come out and support good music and free speech at the same time.

Also appearing: Jack Tannehill, Mef Gannon, Kathy Moser, Kevin McCann, and Kate and Paul.