With their debut album, "Begin to Burn" set for release at the end of 2010, SURGE is rapidly
positioning itself as one of the hottest bands to come out of Rochester, NY in decades!!!

SURGE maintains High-Energy and Heart-Pounding intensity from the minute
they hit the stage! A surprising array of music performed with a passion, unlike any other
band in the area, SURGE keeps you mesmerized!!!

Original music written by SURGE front man Jimmy Nealon and Lead Guitarist Eric Ferreri are
Infectious and Memorable, You will be singing along and begging for more! Jimmy Nealon's sexy vocals
Drench the listener with a range few can match, while Eric Ferreri's master guitar, and well trained e
ar conger up images of Veteran Rockers...

Drummer, Tracy Murray's technique and explosive energy shake the joint with Old School talent!

Nick Detar-Koch, handles his guitar with fingering that weaves a constant, steady,
and fluid underscore that is hypnotic!

Brendan Ayers' bass provides a raw, pulsating beat for the bands undeniable, primal talent!

Music styles from one end of the spectrum to the other, Electrify audiences of every age,
SURGE keeps you guessing and dancing in an atmosphere only they can create!!!

Nickname: TENACIOUS J.

Sign: Yield

Hometown: Wherever you tell me you're from... that's where I'm from.

Previous Bands: The past is the past...SURGE is NOW!!!

Hobbies: I spend oodles of time reassuring myself that it is the world and the rest of the people in it that are the ones who are really nuts...

Musical Heroes: Jon Bon Jovi, Prince & Barry Manilow

Favorite Concert: Vixen, White Lion & Ozzy

Favorite Movies/TV Shows: Star Wars (the new & the originals), Rocky I-IV (I wished they’d stopped at IV), and The Office

Favorite Drink: If You’re Buyin’ - Jack & Coke.... if I’m Buyin’ - Kool Aid

Pet Peeves: INEFFICIENCY & PEOPLE WHO PUT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW WHAT THEY COULD BE DOING TODAY!!!!

My Curse: Being an efficient person in an inefficient world!!!

My Creed: THOSE WHO WILL NOT BE STOPPED...CANNOT BE STOPPED!!!

My Mission: Give You More Than You Expect....EVERYTIME!!!00

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Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

Previous Bands: Mr. Hand, R Gang, Power Company & The Q

Hobbies: Raquetball & Jogging

Musical Heroes: Bjork, Gentle Giant, Procol Harum & The Band

Favorite Concert: Peter Gabriel's "Secret World Tour"

Heroes: Our soldiers in Iraq

Favorite Movie: Brainstorm with Chistopher Walken and Natalie Wood

Favorite Drink: Anything with Captain Morgans Rum

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Nickname: Trace, T-man, Murray.....please note: repeatedly calling me "tray" may result in a stick to the head! You've been warned...

Sign: Are you f_ckin' kidding me? How about the internationally understood middle finger for a sign?

Hometown: Rottenchester, NY (of all the places to be born...)

Previous Bands: Ledfut (all original material, 1991-2000), Bad Magik (Godsmack Tribute), Stronghold and Define Normal.

Hobbies: Carpentry, automotive detailing, vinyl wrapping...anything with my hands.

Musical Heroes: Tommy Lee (the Motley Crue Tommy, not that DJ/Methods of Mayhem shit!), Eddie and Alex for making it look so easy, and Phil Collins for keeping it simple.

Favorite Food: Franks and Beans, Floyd-style (ground beef and onions).

Favorite Movies: DVD collection is at 458 and rising...dare I choose? All movies make me happy!

Favorite Drink: Molson Canadian, ay?

Favorite Concert: Van Halen '93 (with Sammy...Dave sucks!), and Motley Crue '87 (my first concert and Tommy plays upside-down....f_ckin' awesome!!)

Favorite Quote: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing..." - Edmund Burke

Pet Peeves: People who think they deserve something they didn't earn...and liars.

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Nickname: Kaiser

Sign: Cancer

Hometown: Ra cha cha

Previous Bands: Nothing worth talking about...

Hobbies: Jamming, partying, teaching, partying, learning, partying, movies, partying, nature, partying, drinking, walking and partying.

Musical Heroes: Tommy Emmanuel, Les Claypool, Flea, Franz Schubert

Favorite Concert: Tommy Emmanuel...both of them.

Favorite Movies/TV Shows: Movies: Saw I-IV, American Gangster, Scarface, Requiem for a Dream, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Shows: The Office and Survivor.

Favorite Drink: The Cheapest Pitcher

Pet Peeves: Hippocrits, chewing with your mouth open...ehfing obnoxious.

My Curse: I'm a hippie...randomly shower...

My Creed: Live for the nights you never remember with the friends you never forget.

My Mission: A successful life doing only what I love!

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Hometown: Rochester

Hobbies: playing music, recording music, writing music, producing music,
swimming, working out, having nightmares

Musical Heroes: Jeff Beck, Radiohead, Tool, Yoav, Muse, Silversun Pickups,
Every Tim I Die, Joe Satriani, Parkway Drive, Spill Canvas, Jon Finn,
my grandfather and plenty of local musicians who you will someday know too.

Favorite Concert: Radiohead in Manchester from 12 feet away. Surreal...

Favorite Movies: One's with good soundtracks

Favorite Food: Unprocessed. Indian, Thai, Sushi, Mexican when I feel like
spending money...

Favorite Drink: Tequilla in anything. Like on top of ice is fine!

Pet Peeves: Tangled cables. And people leaving things for me on my chair or desk at work.
Might as well just put it directly in the garbage cause I'm not gonna look at it. That's what my mailbox is for.

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