sleazemusic.com-About THE SLEAZE™


			About

Frequently Misunderstood. Unavoidably Addictive.

THE SLEAZE™ is a band based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
that plays a lot of different kinds of music all over the world.

It's masterminded by this guy. " THE SLEAZE™ "
He plays guitar, keyboards, sings and writes a lot of
different kinds of music. Sometimes he performs alone.
Sometimes he performs with an everchanging band.
He always has a lot of fun.

CAST OF CHARACTERS These are some of the talented musicians and performers that you may or may not see with THE SLEAZE™
Dr. Space	The Bludgeon	Justonius
Tangelo	Captain Blow	Thurman Whartloe
Stan Haywood	Paddy Shaw	Sydney Rasputin
Reek	Peter Dick Johnson	Aras Biskis

Meet some of the characters "up close and personal."



SLEAZE Vocals Guitar Keyboards Musical Direction		SLEAZE™ has been involved in music and entertainment since his conception. He has entertained audiences around the world including shows in Great Britain, France, Holland, the Soviet Union, China, Taiwan, Singapore, New Zealand and Thailand to name a few. He has frequently performed in Munich, Germany as The Wonderful Mr. No-name. Recently he has jammed with the likes of Adrian Belew and members of Project Object at Club Cafe in Pittsburgh. In addition to his musical talent, SLEAZE™ is an accomplished, award-winning actor. He has performed with such greats as Bruce Willis, the Smothers Brothers and Arnold Palmer and has played roles in the popular motion pictures "Smokey Is The Bandit" and "Where The Boys Are - Now." Nipsy Russell recited a poem about him and Mickey Mantle enjoyed his country music. You will also enjoy SLEAZE's^™ talents as a composer and lyricist. His hits include everything from the commercial "Dippy Dog" to the everpopular "Pick, Roll & Throw." His groundbreaking productions "A Midsummer Nights Wild Dream" and Sophistication/Degradation are legendary in the anals of performance history.

Dr. Space Vocals Kazoo Screams Yells		Dr. Space got into the entertainment business because he needed the money and because of his intense love for Wild Turkey Whiskey. His introduction to the Pittsburgh music scene came as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarest for Dr. Space & Mr. Krud. This popular band played at such nightspots as The Portfolio (now out of business), The Raspberry Rhino (now out of business) and J. Hanna's (now out of business). He has performed with THE SLEAZE's^™ on and off for several years on four Continents. Dr. Space is comfortable with the great and the famous. He once was within six rows of The Who's Pete Townshend, sang along with Mick Jagger at a Rolling Stones concert and has been on the television sets of NBC's Late Night with David Letterman in New York and Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood in Pittsburgh, although he has never actually met any of these people. However, he was once personally insulted by Rodney Dangerfield at the comedian's nightclub in New York. None of this has not changed Dr. Space. He relishes his role as an artist, especially if it brings him money and Wild Turkey Whiskey.

The Bludgeon Drums Primal Urges		The Bludgeon provides the solid, unwavering, crucial, stable, steady, stalwart foundation that is the essence, pith, substance, body, core and crux of the musical conglomerative celebration that is THE SLEAZE's^™. His rhythmic alliterations illustrate the merging of old school percussive techniques with a neo-nouveau-modernistic-futuristic amalgamation.

Tangelo Percussion, Congeniality Teeny Bopper Appeal		If the essence of esprit de corps were essentialized into an esoteric Eden then Tangelo surely would be cast in the role of Adam. Actor, musician, sage and legal mouthpiece of THE SLEAZE^™, Tangelo exhibits the creative chaos indicative of a hitherto undelineated alien lifeform. He likes to beat.

Justonius Bass, Groupie Procurement Banana Dancing		Emanator of powerful, wide-band, low-frequency sound waves, Justonius is a juxtaposition of shades of magnificent splendor. He has plucked with THE SLEAZE^™ from New York City to London to Amsterdam. Always enjoyable but never overbearing, his quiet demeanor conceals a turbulent inner turmoil assuaged not only by his music

Captain Blow Saxs, Flutes, Blues Harp Hipness		Captain Blow lends an aura of sacrosanct infallibility to the highly eclectic soft underbelly of THE SLEAZE's^™'s musical endavors. He is sensitive but firm. Malleable, but pliable. Geocentric, but cosmic. He blows like hell. The Captain has been voted best saxophonist by In Pittsburgh and has been awarded the prestigious Pipi Award. You might remember his magical performance with THE SLEAZE^™ in Sophisticaion/Degradation. Aliases include Beaureguard Blowhole, Lungs Klein and Y.I. Felter

Thurman C. Whartloe Bass, Choice Arrangements Groupie Instruction		Thurman C. Whartloe has performed with THE SLEAZE^™ since their hard-partying days in Ft. Lauderdale in the 80’s. A graduate of the Berklee School of Music in Boston, Thurman is also an excellent arranger. You may have heard some of his work in The Sleaze’s performance stage show Sophistication/Degradation at Graffiti a few years back. Sleaze and Thurman still perform together in places as diverse as New York City, Las Vegas, and Madison. Not long ago, when Thurman arrived in Los Angeles to live, the Earth itself moved! He is now based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Don't ever ever ask what the "C" stands for......

Stan Thehand Keyboards, Clarinet Gentility		When THE SLEAZE^™ is in Amsterdam he always calls Thehand for the utmost in creative keyboarding/clarineting. Stan slides through musical scales not unlike the ubiquitous canal boats gliding along their mystical waterways in this most magical of European cities. His band The Pheasant Pluckers are among the best in The Netherlands.

Paddy Bass, Humour		When the Ides of March approach it is time for the annual Big Bungay Caberet. The Caberet, produced by Mr. Jon McKenna, takes place in the thriving community of Bungay, Suffolk, England. For the past few years SLEAZE^™ has served as Master of Ceremony for this illustrious event. But where does one find a bassist who can lend an era of British countryside authenticity to the performance? Fear not, Paddy is the man. His bass runs are as soft as Scottish wool, as smooth as Pale Ale, as delicious as Fish & Chips, yet strong and firm like British Beef.

Sydney Rasputin Personifications Thespianistic characterizations Extreme Gentility		Sydney Rasputin is from the small market town of Bungay in Sufflok, England. A former boxer and athletics champion, he trained as an actor at the East 15 Acting School, London. He has worked in mainstream theater, fringe theater, street theater, cabaret, film, radio, television and once at the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh where he had the good fortune to meet THE SLEAZE^™. In London's Covent Garden Sydney was voted best street enterainer and won several furthur street competitions in Scotland and Holland. In the latter half of 2002, he starred at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End with Alison Steadman OBE in The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband. Sydney's favourite city in North America is Pittsburgh and loves working with THE SLEAZE^™. There is no rational explanation for this. Their association has spawned a whole new genre of vidio verit drama (VVD) - the spine-chilling Murder Man (shot entirely on a traffiic island overlooking the magnificent River Thames), and the enervating Looking For Mr. No-Name (dream bleaching reality, street by beer-soaked street in the Nazi-haunted city of Munich). The Big Bungay Cabaret, another of their joint creations, is famous throughout Northeast Suffolk in the United Kingdom and the Winkelplaats section of the Red Light District of Amsterdam. There is no publishable explanation for this. Recently he has had his longtime partner run out on him, and has also had his son vow never, ever to have anything to do with him. Sydney is currently undergoing a course of electro-shock therapy.

Reek Vocals, Fashion Groupie Procurement Bagpipes		Known for his testonic allure, and sartorial debonosity, Reek adds a virtual aura of legitimacy to the harmonic palate of THE SLEAZE^™. You will remember him as a member of The Leisure Brothers. You can't forget him as Suja, musical partner of the legendary Vladimir Sukofsky. Just returned from Tijuana he has recently cultivated an intense interest in exotic, medicinal fungi (Mycomycetes).

Peter Dick Johnson Bartender, Road Manager Groupie Interviews		Peter Dick Johnson has been mixing, pouring, and serving drinks to THE SLEAZE^™ and his minions for decades. From the simple bottled beer to the elegant double Tom Collins with an imported twist, PDJ has mastered all forms of liquid alcoholic refreshments. His knowledge of wine is fine. He serves em strong. Even his Shirley Temple’s pack a punch! His legendary "Glen Morangie single malt scotch served neat" is known throughout the civilized world. Some have said he is the best bar conversationalist/psychologist/joke and storyteller in the business. PDJ has poured and partied with THE SLEAZE^™ in Mexico and Europe as well as in the good-old USA. A few years back when THE SLEAZE^™ became the first band in recorded history to have a bartender with them on stage as they performed, PDJ was the man. PDJ’s has many talents in addition to his mastery of the mix. At one point he finished a respectable third place in the International Naked Peso Pitching Contest held in Puerto Vallarta Mexico.

The Biscuit Drums, Percussion		If percussion is a religion, The Biscuit is one high priest. He lives it, loves it, longs for it, lugs it and laps it up. He has never known a drum he didn't like. Dividing his time between Chicago, Illinois and Vilnius, Lithuania, he has one debilitating vice. Golf.......