Joe Orost - Bass and Vocals A New Jersey native, Joe has been playing bass since he was a teenager. Firmy rooted in The Blues, his first band featured a harmonica player as it's lead instrument. Next, he was in several original rock bands and played with The Streets at The Stone Pony and CB-GBs, back in the day. Zooming up to a few years ago, he set the groove for the original punk-rock band Dirty Johnny, which is where he first found out that "going down" can really set the mood of the song, and he started playing a 5-string bass exclusively. This forey into all things punk allowed him yet another opportunity to play at the now "ledgendary" Stone Pony. Here is where he got the nickname "Joe Fish". His next move was into Piece Of Candi, a 6-piece rock/pop cover band, where he set the groove every Friday and every Saturday night for several years. Realizing that "less is more," he's happy to be working with such fine musicians, setting the groove in "Simple Groove." A recent newlywed, Joe lives in Toms River, NJ, with his beautiful bride, Nancy. Musical influences: Jack Bruce, John Entwistle, John Paul Jones, Donald "Duck" Dunn, James Jamerson Favorite Albums of All-Time : Best of Cream, Aja (Steely Dan), Fragile (Yes), Brothers In Arms (Dire Straits), Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morissette), Human Clay (Creed) What's in his MP3 player now? : The songs that make up the set list!!! Biggest guilty pleasure: Giving things away on www.freecycle.org, talking about everything bass on www.talkbass.com, buying and selling stuff on eBay, and anything PURPLE. Joe uses Elixir Medium/Long Scale strings on his purple Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray 5-string Bass. He tunes with a Peterson VS-1 Strobe tuner. He plays through a Zoom BFX-708-II pedal into a SWR SM400S amp with a BBE Sonic Maximizer 411, into a Dr. Bass Rx210 cabinet (for highs), and an Acme Low B-2W (for lows).