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SUMMERFEST- Milwaukee WI
Friday, 06-27-20085:30pm
Classic Rock Stage
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Former members:
Dan
Chester
                                  
 
Band Story

Animation has been headlining as "A Tribute to RUSH" since the first show in March, 1987 at "Chances R" in Palatine, IL. We've mostly played Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin but we'll drive up to six (or so) hours to play a gig. Do you have a favorite venue that needs a RUSH tribute band? We WANT to hear from you. MN, MI, IA, OH, KY, WI, IN, IL, MO, Canada! Drop us a note and tell us about it. EVERY show is ALL RUSH music. We've played a lot of different RUSH tunes over the years. The list on the Songlist link reflects every song Animation has EVER played out. We're currently proficient with about 5.5 hours of the list. We are ALWAYS working on improving and adding songs. On average, you'll see about 26 songs per show. About 10 of those will be in (almost) every show. We carefully rotate the remaining songs to plan a new and different set-list for each show. We try to include one EPIC tune (or album side/ medley), per show, in the first set.

Jay Spikes
VOCALS, BASS GUITAR, PEDALS & KEYBOARDS

CITY OF BIRTH: Galveston, TX 1962

MEMBER SINCE: Summer, 1991.

GEAR: Hamer and Steinberger basses. Hartke amplification. Moog Taurus pedals. Ensoniq ESQ-1 and Roland JP-8000 synths. Sennheiser wireless units for vocal headset, in-ear monitoring, and bass guitar.

CONTACT: Jay_Spikes@rock.com

Adam Gotheridge
GUITAR & SYNTH PEDALS

CITY OF BIRTH: Cleveland, OH 1963

MEMBER SINCE:: January, 2005

GEAR: Gibson Les Paul, Parker Fly Mojo, and Peavey wolfgang guitars. Splawn Quickrod and Roland JC-120 amps. Stuff on the pedal baord: Ernie Ball volume pedal,  Crybaby wah, MXR Phase 90, T-rex delay, Fulltone Choral/Flange, Radial Engineering A/B box, Rocktron midi controller, Roland BC-5 midi pedal controller. In the rack: Motu 828II user as a mixer, TC Electronic G-Major, Roland Fantom XR, Behringer 4-way direct box. Other: Makie SRM-450 monitors for synth and effect monitoring, Sennheiser 609 mic to feed the TC unit. More info about the gear can be found here.


Jim Tomaselli
ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC DRUMS & PERCUSSION

CITY OF BIRTH: Chicago, IL 1963

MEMBER SINCE: Fall, 2003

GEAR:
ACOUSTIC SETUP: 9-piece drum set custom made by Sky Longo of Los Angeles. Currently playing (and breaking) Zildjian, Wuhan, Paiste and Sabian cymbals.
ELECTRONIC SETUP: Roland SPD-20 electronic drum pad (octa-pad), with internal sounds, and MP3 player used as a sequencer. (easy to store and carry!)

CONTACT: jtomaselli@comcast.net