Email Address

Porpora at UnitedWeTab.com

Home Town

Born, raised and still living in Bronx, NY

Instruments Played

Guitar

Favorite Playing Style

Rock, Metal, Blues

Favorite Artists

Van Halen, KISS, Pink Floyd, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buckethead

Musician Bio

Pasquale began playing the guitar in his early teens and was instantly enamored with the sound, feel and power of a Stratocaster roaring through an amp at high gain. His early influences were progressive rock bands like Yes, Asia and Rush. It wasnﾒt until he heard Eddie Van Halen play that he truly became serious and focused as a guitar player. The sonic onslaught that Van Halen wielded was just what Pasquale needed to whet his appetite for the electric guitar and help him unlock all the possibilities it offered. All this was happening without any real formal training. There were a few guitar lessons here and there, but Pasquale is basically a self-taught musician.

Some other guitar players that Pasquale took an instant liking to are David Gilmour, Gary Moore, SRV and the Spaceman himselfﾅAce Frehley. Ace holds a special place in that group of guitar players because it is Ace that Pasquale transforms into every weekend when he goes out with his tribute band, KISS ALIVE.

KISS ALIVE has been together for nearly ten years and have helped Pasquale realize the importance of not only playing well for an audience but also giving them what they paid for, a spectacle! Along with his fellow partners in KISS-crime, they blaze a trail through most of the Northeast as the premier KISS tribute band.

When Pasquale is not out on the road he likes to enjoy the occasional movie with friends, some good eats at the local pizzeria and he is also diligently penning his first novel about a young boy growing up in an Italian neighborhood as a metalhead. Although he claims it is not autobiographical, more than one story in the book has its origins somewhere in Pasqualeﾒs past. Look for "Iﾒm Not Guido!" at your local bookstore soon.

Other Musical Projects

www.kissaliverocks.com

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Videos Filmed