Peter X Anthony + Musician in Calgary, AB

SEEKING

ABOUT

Straight up HARD ROCK with one foot planted firmly in left field and tongue well planted in cheek.The wit, sarcasm and honesty of Frank Zappa. Shades of Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop and Deep Purple. The guitar tones and voicings are often compared to Zakk Wylde, Brian May, Ritchie Blackmore and Joe Satriani. It's a sonic buffet. Dig in!

A fixture on the Canadian music scene for the past 20 years, Peter X Anthony has supported some the biggest acts in the industry as resident guitar slinger and arranger. He also writes and fronts his own projects both live and in the studio. Peter is known for his contributions to progessive rock, metal and shred guitar.

He has toured across Canada and the USA several times with his own bands Pippy Strange (1985-1990) and The Verge (1990-1993) playing on bills that ranged from 1,000 to 12,000 seat venues.

After a brief hiatus from the road the re-invented PXA re-surfaced in 1997 writing more mainstream accessible songs. Having the reputation of Canada's Six String Schizophrenic, the direction shift took some fans by surprise. Releasing two(under-rated) albums with his band Staghound-X at the end of the 1990's he drove the final nail in the coffin of his metal, shred head image. Fusing latin, country, pop, world, funk and rock into compact, hummable tunes he proved that he could wield the pen as well as he could the axe.

Peter X Anthonys last cd, Porcupine, has the presence of the 'classic' country sound with a progressive,surf edge that Peter is known for. Combined with tongue-in-cheek humor, honest performance and delivery and kick your ass attitude Peter X Anthony remains to live up to the moniker of Rock & Rolls Bastard Son.Released Jan.2008

https://www.reverbnation.com/peterxanthony

Screen name:

Peter X Anthony

Member since:

Feb 12 2008

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

25

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

6-7 nights a week

Most available:

Days

Influences

Not crap!

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:

Advanced

Lead Guitar:

Advanced

Acoustic Guitar:

Advanced

Vocalist:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

* EQUIPMENT SET UP DEPENDS ON GIG *

GUITARS:
Strats/Telecasters and Paul reed Smith

AMPLIFICATION:
VOX
-Traynor
-Marshall
Fender
-Boss (analog) pedals
-ART Tube pre-amps

MUSIC

CALENDAR

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