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Artist
Helmet Of Gnats
12+ albums
Progressive rockFusioninstrumentalexperimentalJazz Rock
about
Members: Chris Fox- Guitar- Berklee College of music. Played briefly with Eddie Jobson (Zappa,UK,Yes) Mathew Bocchino -Keyboards- Attended Berklee Collegel of music Mark Conose-Drums-Berklee College of Music and Miami Univeristy Wayne Zito-Bass-Berklee College of Music As you can see the members of this band have a great pedigree in music. They bring their assorted talents to the group known as A Helmet of Gnats. As that name suggests music high in energy but balanced in virtuosity. A blend of Jazz with a dash of classical elements underlined by some very good in your face rock. In 1980 guitarist Chris Fox and keyboardist Mathew Bocchino decided to form a band while in high school. This band was to play the music of such progressive giants as UK, Frank Zappa and Kansas. They called themselves Left Testicle and only played three concerts (small wonder with that name). By 1982 this band had morphed into more of a fusion cover band called "By-Product" doing covers by Return to Forever, Bruford and The Dixie Dregs. Their live shows left everyone wanting more. The band changed their name to Helmet of Gnats in late 1982. After several line up changes at bass and drums AHoG played mostly Dixie Dregs covers. More Personnel changes left the band without a bass player. They recorded some demos using a Roland midi sequencer for the bass lines but by 1988 they had disbanded. Chris and Matt reformed in 1990 a more mainstream band with a female vocalist. They called themselves "Doctor
