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Shawn Perry - Lead Vocals + Guitar + Producer
Is an AMERICAN musician, TV & radio personality, film and theater actor, music producer, instrument manufacturer and Martial Artist.
Hailing from Vermilion, Ohio, Shawn Perry began performing vocally at a young age and sang with the Oberlin Choristers when he was ten. This is around the same time he started playing guitar and drums (he plays six instruments total).
Shawn started his first band, Eternal Generation, in middle school, Shawn was involved in several groups of note, including Sevenfold, Leaving Bethany, The Loud, and Switchblade Scarlett.
In line with the rest of his band mates, Shawn has a diverse list of influences. His vocal heroes include Freddie Mercury, Bon Scott, Ann Wilson, Joan Jett, Sammy Hagar, Michael Jackson, Robert Plant, Chris Robinson, and Willie Nelson. His favorite guitar player is Brian May (Queen), but he was much more influenced stylistically by shredders like EVH, Dimebag Darrell, Slash, Zakk Wylde and Prince. However, he also soaked his ears in classical runs via Phil Keaggy, blues and Southern rock from greats like Rich Robinson, SRV and Eric Johnson, and even a bit of modern jazz through players like Russ Freeman and Earl Klugh. His attitude, however, is PURE Johnny Cash (okay, its probably more like Johnny Cash with a touch of Freddie Mercury...and, well...Batman...)
Okay, it's mostly Batman...
Seriously, though....
He might be Batman.
Shawn has been an artist for just about every major guitar and amp manufacturer, including: Schecter, Music Man, Peavey, Gibson, Dean, Madison & Mesa Boogie. His very first endorsement was with Paul Reed Smith Guitars at the age of 16.
SHAWN PERRY CURRENTLY USES:
Corey Linden - Guitar + Harmonies
Shredder, Punk, Hillbilly Philosopher, MEME Queen-
COREY LINDEN CURRENTLY USES:
VALKYRIE
GIBSON
PEAVEY
ORANGE
ELECTRO-HARMONICS
Greg Henry - Drums + Video
Greg’s passion for drumming started at the age of three. He used plastic ice cream tubs and buckets as drums and his parents records as cymbals. It was all thanks to animal from The Muppet Show. The first song he ever learned to play from his drum teacher was ‘Hanging tough’ by New kids on the block!
Growing up as a pastors kid he played drums at his dads church throughout his life and various other church events . His first job was working at Dairy Queen at the age of 16, He got the job just to get himself a NICE drum kit. He draws his style and passion for playing from drummer Chad Chapin... who coincidentally plays like ‘animal’.
GREG HENRY CURRENTLY USES
PEARL
PAISTE
PRO-MARK
JEFF KOTELES - Drums + Live Sound
Jeff “Jeffrah” Koteles has been playing the drums since he was 9 years old. He originally wanted to play trumpet in his 5th grade school band. After a poor audition, the band director gave him a pair of sticks, had him echo some patterns, and a new passion was ignited. Now in his thirties, he still has yet to put the sticks down. Playing drums has taken Jeff all around the country, playing in original bands from all different music styles, and performing on some well known stages. He has been fortunate enough to turn his passion into a career, teaching lessons at the School of Rock for the better part of a decade, and playing consistent gigs around town in various local cover bands. He has an extremely vast musical library, which MAKES him a perfect fit for Shawn Perry’s cross-genre style. In addition to playing and performing, Jeff is also a live sound engineer with his own sound company, Banzai Sound. His experience in live audio began while he was freelancing around small studios, and got a random phone call to cover a gig. Since then, the has had tremendous success working with some of the biggest bands and artists out there. He has teched shows for Green Day, Rod Stewart, Dave Matthews, Rob Zombie, Nickelback, Matchbox Twenty, Incubus, Lady Antebellum, Slayer, Brad Paisley, The Pentatonix, Jason Aldean, Deep Purple, Lynrd Skynrd, Ozzy Osbourne, and many more while working at the famed Blossom Music Center. He has personally mixed FOH for Trapt, State Champs, PVRIS, Saliva, Drowning Pool, Sponge, Bone Thugs n Harmony, Born of Osiris, George Clinton/P-Funk Allstars, and the list goes on. The experiences he has had have made Jeff a well-rounded professional in music.
Jeff Koteles uses
Pearl Drums
Ludwig Drums
Sabian Cymbals
Carlos Flores - Bass + Harmonies
It is evident that Carlos was raised South of the border; all you have to do is hear him play. His dancy bass punch was concocted through years of playing booty shaking tropical music to include reggae, salsa and merengue, around the Caribbean. But his true love are the great rock anthems of the 80’s and 90’s. This combo makes him the perfect fit for the Hazzard County Rebellion. It’s hard to know how many gigs Carlos has played, heck if you ask him he probably lost track of how many bands he has shared the stage with, but one thing is certain; his bass trickery is not easily forgotten once you see him play.
Son of a concert pianist Carlos has done it all musically; started with music lessons at four, played cello professionally in a symphony orchestra by the age of sixteen and put himself through college playing the Tuba. But classical music would not stick.
After years of doing vocals and smacking percussion instruments professionally, a church pastor asked Carlos if he could grab a bass and fill in one Sunday; he took the church bass and amp home to fiddle around with and has never looked back.
As a bass player Carlos has played in mega-churches, festivals, stadiums, barns, boats, corn fields, school gyms, flatbed trailer….. Well you get the picture. More importantly, Carlos loves to talk bass, gear, and about the notion that bass is the most important instrument in the band.
Religion – Sailing
Why he is always broke - American muscle cars and motorcycles
Carlos uses:
Fender
Warwick
Ampeg
Galien Krueger
Markbass
Steve Albenze - Guitar
ALUMNI AND CONTRIBUTORS
KEVIN THIEDE - guitar
Kevin brings pure rock n' roll joy to his guitar playing and songwriting.
Kevin started playing guitar in middle school and shortly thereafter became involved at School of Rock in Cleveland, where Shawn Perry was aninstructor and show directors. Kevin stayed with the program throughout high school and into college, even doing several nationwide tours as a School of Rock All-Star.
Kevin joined the Rebellion shortly after their inception and played rhythm guitar, as well as some of the tastiest leads on their debut EP Country Girls. Kevin is responsible for the solos on "Official" and "Do it for Dale." Kevin also shared the triune harmonies on the Thin Lizzy-style solo on "Southern Belle" with Shawn Perry and former fiddle player Ayden Ash.
Kevin's musical influences are pretty broad spectrum, just like most of the band; however, the bulk of his heroes are from classic rock and blues. The short list of influences includes Angus Young, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimmy Page, Slash, and Billy Gibbons.
Kevin has written and recorded several songs for the groups 2020 Album “Trowin’ Shade”
KEVIN CURRENTLY USES:
VALKYRIE
David Romweber - Guitar
David a guitar legend in Cleveland, OH
Dave is a long time contributor to the rebellion, having played live with the band until 2018, Dave contributed lots tasty guitar work on the group’s first EP “Country Girls”
David is still involved the studio work with the band and will be recording with them through out 2020 on a new release; however, he has retired from the bands live performances.
David currently uses :
fender
marshall
gibson
LUZ MARIE SANTIAGO- Bass + harmonies
Luz began playing guitar at the age of 12 and spent several years as a Padawan learner under Jedi Master Perry. Luz can shred and sweep pick and perform all kinds of gnarly whoopassery that puts most - if not all - of her male peers to shame.
Marie is a furnace-forged rocker through and through. Her main musical influences are heavy hitters like Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Journey, and KISS. Marie also has an affinity for singer and shredder Orianthi (Michael Jackson, Alice Cooper).
Marie is right at home with the rest of the band when it comes to her love of "nerd stuff." Her favorite flicks include Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, the X-Men franchise, and a bit of light horror, like Don't Breathe and the Final Destination series.
MARIE CURRENTLY USES: