HOME BASE: Staten Island, North Jersey and, during the summers, Spray Beach
STYLE: Everything you forgot you loved from the ’90s and early ’00s: punk rock, alternative rock and pop punk … plus a few rogue hits marinated in GTA flavor; all taken up a notch to facilitate maximal booty shaking.
LINEUP: Stephen Nichols, vocals, keyboard; Mike Nichols, lead guitar, vocals; Brad Whitley, guitar, vocals; Russ Madeo, bass; Rob Grosso, drums, vocals.
FUN FACT: Brothers Stephen and Michael have been summer residents of LBI since 1988.
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