GUITARS / BACKING VOCALS
Sharing rhythm and lead guitar duties with The Brando, the Les Paul playing DD Rio (or his Telecaster playing alter-ego RIO_3000), brings his own forte of style to each song. You will often see Rio doing the "robot"...clad in his usual over-the-top Western shirts. Watch him for everything from Zep-style riffage to full-on country twang...And even the occasional rap.
Bio:
Age: 29 Forever
Origins: Unknown
Influences: Jimmy Page, Mike Campbell, Slash & Kurt Cobain
Favorite Song of All Time: "Heartbreaker" - Led Zeppelin
Favorite Three Albums of All Time: Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction; Nirvana - Unplugged in New York; Dr Dre - The Chronic
Arch Enemies: The Brando & Megalon
Favorite Quote: "I have your car towed all the way to your house and all you've got for me is LIGHT beer?" -Biff Tannen
Equipment:
Guitars
2001 Gibson Les Paul Standard
2008 American Deluxe Fender Telecaster (Custom)
1959 Danelectro "DC" Double-Cutaway
2005 Taylor 410-CE Acoustic
Amps
Fargen Mini-Plex Hand-Wired Head (EL34/KT66 Tubes-Plexi clone)
Marshall 1960AX Cabinet Loaded with 25 Watt Greenbacks
Vox AC15 Combo w/ Warfdale Speaker
Effects (Custom NGM Board)
Dunlop Crybaby Wah/Volume Pedal
Dunlop UV-1 Univibe Chorus/Vibrato
Ibanez Tube Screamer Overdrive
Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler
Rocktron Banshee TalkBox
Boss TR-2 Tremelo
Other
Monster Cable Gold Cables & Patches
Shure Wireless (Guitar)
MKS Patch Pad
Radial Passive DI
EB Slinky Strings (10's)
Fender Picks (Medium)
Dunlop Slides
Previous Bands:
Thrust
Transparent Envelope
10 Questions with del Rio:
1. Your favorite movie is...
Dumb and Dumber or Back to the Future. Or maybe Caddyshack. Thats a tough one.
2. The first concert you went to was...
Tesla with Slaughter - Summer of '89 (My first REAL concert).
Although there is that story about my Dad taking my Mom to see Cheap Trick at some crappy bowling alley when she was pregnant with me...
3. Your favorite personal performance of all time was...
Summerfest 2004 at the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard...Need I say more?
4. Your other hobbies and interests include...
Motorcycling, camping, current events and politics, marketing and advertising, Internet publishing, drinking Jack Daniels.
5. In your CD player right now you would find...
"Contraband" by Velvet Revolver
6. Your most embarrassing moment ever was...
I was in eighth grade. I missed the bus because I was (as usual) screwing around getting ready. As punishment, my Mom made me call the bus company to send another bus for me. Well, the bus that showed up happened to be a "special" short bus (Not to mention it was powder blue). Not only did I have to wear a seat belt all the way to school, but the driver insisted on dropping me off right in front of the main door while ALL of my classmates were outside waiting for the warning bell to ring. I still have nightmares...
7. Your guilty pleasure is...
I LOVE re-runs of eighties shows like The A-Team, Dukes of Hazzard, MacGyver and Knight Rider.
8. You started playing guitar because...
I am addicted to guitar "hooks"... i.e., the opening riff of Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker", the acoustic intro to Metallica's "Fade to Black" or the way Buddy Guy brings in a blues song with a solo measure. It gives me the same feeling DJs get spinning from certain beats or an opera fan gets from climatic sections of an opera...
9. Your sense of humor can be desribed as...
Disturbing to very disturbing.
10. Your philosophy on life is...
Stand up for yourself, be yourself, and never be afraid of what people might think. Oh, and be nice to old people and kids.
High School Picture:
or even younger...
Rio circa 1989. (Man, was #23 cool)...
