The Truth
The Truth is a 5 pack melodic hard rock, or heavy pop (whichever you prefer) band from Mario's town, Pittsburgh PA. They have, and are not afraid to use, an irrevrant sense of humor, and they describe their attitude as "positive and celebratory" as opposed to the "angst and drudgery" found in some modern music. The band, as far as we can tell, consists of... DAVID LINDAUER: Lead and Backing vocals GEO BENNETT: All Guitars and Backing vocals BOBBY KUNKEL: Drums, Percussion and Backing vocals RICK GALLAGHER: Piano, Organ and Backing vocals BRIAN OSBURN: All Bass and Backing vocals
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Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Yes, we certainly do play live, and we most definitely enjoy it! Writing and creating music is a huge thrill, but being able to perform it live, and watch people react to it, and enjoy it, is the reward and validation for all the effort we put in to our music and shows. Of course we write songs that appeal to US, but the whole point is to share those feelings with others who love rock n roll as much as we do. We play all around our hometown, and as soon as our CD is released in late February, we plan to expand our scope to as many places as possible. Anytime we play live, and can look into the crowd and see people dancing, and singing along, and having a great time, that is a special moment.
Your musical influences
Our individual musical influences read like a who's who of music from the past 50 years. Rick has deep roots in modern and classic jazz and blues, while Dave would probably list 80's hard rock as his biggest, but definitely not only, inspiration. Brian loves bass-heavy classic rock like Rush and The Who as much as modern, radio friendly bands like Dexter Freebish and Sister Hazel, while Geo draws his attitude from as far back as Elvis and The Stones, through KISS and The Cult, topping it off with some modern things like SR-71, The Marvelous 3, and SoniaDada. Bobby's pallete is most likely wider and more diverse than any of ours, and we prefer to let him speak for himself somewhere down the line. As a whole though, if something is strong melodically and harmonically, and rocks hard enough without being mindless, we probably like it!
Anything else?
Roman Marone never forget a fargin' face kid!
