Billy Aylesworth's FLASHBACK
Flashback is a 1980s retro-political, psychedelic rock band from Malibu, California. They played a mixture of Blues, Rock, and R&B with psychedelic overtones. The nucleus of the band was Billy Aylesworth (Lead Guitar, Vocals, Songwriter), Paul Saylor (Bass), Dean Karam (Drums), and Robert Mirabilio (Keyboards, Vocals, Songwriter). Eden Unger was the original Bass player. Billy was the founder of the group and served as the main songwriter, and front-man. This lineup recorded a 45 Single 'Nuclear Blues' with Rock the World on the B side. Matt "Wolf" Chazin (Drums) and Brian ODell (Percussion) joined the band on for their second single 'Made a Fool Out of Me'. Flashback was a popular live attraction on the Los Angeles club circuit throughout the 1980s. They also played festivals in the Southern California area. Flashback disbanded in the mid-eighties, and splintered into various bands. Mirabilio and Chazin went on to form the heavy metal band TYRANNY (JCI/Warner Brothers Records). Billy Aylesworth went on to play and/or record with members of Earth, Wind & Fire, The Grass Roots, Cowboy Surfer, Rose Royce, B.T.O., folk singer Frances Plante-Scott, Billy Cowsill, and others. Bill also had success as a television writer & producer, and executive in Canada.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Flashback is a 1980s retro-political, psychedelic rock band from Malibu, California. They played a mixture of Blues, Rock, and R&B with psychedelic overtones. The nucleus of the band was Billy Aylesworth (Lead Guitar, Vocals, Songwriter), Paul Saylor (Bass), Dean Karam (Drums), and Robert Mirabilio (Keyboards, Vocals, Songwriter). Eden Unger was the original Bass player. Billy was the founder of the group and served as the main songwriter, and front-man. This lineup recorded a 45 Single 'Nuclear Blues' with Rock the World on the B side. Matt "Wolf" Chazin (Drums) and Brian ODell (Percussion) joined the band on for their second single 'Made a Fool Out of Me'. Flashback was a popular live attraction on the Los Angeles club circuit throughout the 1980s. They also played festivals in the Southern California area. Flashback disbanded in the mid-eighties, and splintered into various bands. Mirabilio and Chazin went on to form the heavy metal band TYRANNY (JCI/Warner Brothers Records). Billy Aylesworth went on to play and/or record with members of Earth, Wind & Fire, The Grass Roots, Cowboy Surfer, Rose Royce, B.T.O., folk singer Frances Plante-Scott, Billy Cowsill, and others. Bill also had success as a television writer & producer, and executive in Canada.
Your musical influences
ELVIS PRESLEY, JIMI HENDRIX, GRATEFUL DEAD, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS, RUSH, UFO.
What equipment do you use?
Gibson, Marshall, Fender, Roland, Ampeg
