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Neil - Vocals
Born and raised in San Jose, CA - Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area.
A music lover from very young, I started singing choir in third grade and continued through high school. Grew up on Rock, Soul, Pop, Blues music and was truly raised on radio.
After I discovered Kiss and Rush at about age 12 it was all over. Great pop songs, loud raucous guitars, screaming solos, and most importantly my parents hated them. Then Rush - incredible musicianship, soaring vocals, mysticism - molding my taste in music for years to come. I started playing guitar at age 16 and discovered that I love performing at a young age.
I always wanted to be a disc jockey and/or a musician. I managed to get an internship with KSJO radio in San Jose, one of the 2 top rock stations in the Bay Area where lucky to meet Rush, Tom Petty, and Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull. On one of his last tours I got to meet SRV with Jeff Beck. We where doing a sound check before the show. That was just amazing, and I still remember as it was just last week.
Landed a couple of radio and retail jobs. Then it was on to McAfee, the software maker where I worked for 5 years. This job brought me and my wife, by now 2 kids to Texas - where my son Owen was born in 2005. We will always kid him that he is the only real Texan in the family!
Since I have been in Texas, I have been in a couple bands, most recently a Cheap Trick tribute band for about 18 months. I am now excited to be the newest member of Rockit Science. I think this lineup will go places that it has not been. Hopefully not to jail
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