Charlie 'Moose'....Lead Vocals / Guitars / Mandolin


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      Mont, Bo, Dell, Moose, Joe B.
      KISS Concert - July 25th 1979 - M.S.G.

It all began back in 1976 at the ripe old age of 11 Charlie's family would spend their summers at the Jersey Shore in good old Seaside Heights NJ. At the time Charlie's uncle Joe Pesce was a Jersey musician playing the local club scene. It was on one of these weekend excursions to the shore, while spending the day with his aunt Dee that it happened, the 2 stopped by Joe's sound check at the V.I.P Lounge and it was there Charlie would get his first little glimpse of the world of Rock & Roll. The club was empty it was just the band and a few stragglers and Joe was on stage telling jokes, singing Four Seasons standards and playing his guitar. Charlie was mesmerized by the way being up on the stage commanded the attention of everyone in the room and he knew it was something he had to do. Charlie knew his dad always had a guitar lying around the house and he couldn't wait for his week at the shore to end. Imagine that! Ah the power of Rock & Roll!

When Charlie got home his dad showed him a few chords and he and that guitar were inseparable. Soon after Charlie began taking lessons at the old Muscara's Music in Belleville NJ. At the time there were no Guitar Centers or Sam Ash's all over the state, Muscara's was the largest music equipment supplier in the state and it was within walking distance from his house. The store was also a popular hangout for all sort of NY/NJ musicians. Charlie would spend many hours at Muscara watching, listening and talking to these musicians.


At age 12 Charlie received his first electric guitar it was a Les Paul copy given to him for Christmas by his parents. Then on July, 25th 1979 everything changed, from that day forward Charlie's life would never be the same! "You wanted the best you got the best" That's right KISS at The Garden! Charlie's mom and dad had agreed to take Charlie and a handful of friends to see KISS, and according to Charlie, "It was that day more than any other that set me on course to bring me where I sit today". Charlie is not really sure if it was the music, the lights, the show, or the high he got of the all the second hand smoke from the weed being passed up and down the row, but what ever it was he was hooked, and even though a few years down the road he would meet the band and sit and jam with Paul Stanley, Charlie still sites this as the most influential day of his life.

Throughout high school Charlie jammed with many local musicians. Then in 1983 he joined the band Burnt Offering to share guitar duties with Nicky DeBerto. The band played extensively in NY and NJ and managed to build up quite a following. It was with Burnt Offering that Charlie would get his first experience in the recording studio. In "87" Charlie and the late Richie Gough left Burnt Offering to form a new band Shannon. After recording a demo under the name Shannon and some member changes the band would eventually become Daizy Chain. Daizy chain experienced much success through the late 80's and early 90's playing to packed houses throughout the Tri State area sharing the stage with bands such as LA Guns, Kings X, Trixter, Danger Danger , and Survivor to name a few. Eventually musical styles began to change and the band went it's separate ways. Charlie then went on to play guitar as a hired gun for the original / cover project The Ricky Rider Band in the mid 90's. Some time around "97" Charlie hooked up with Tim Trojan to form the band Inner Light. It was at this time Charlie began building "The Moo" a pro tools equipped 64 track state of the art recording studio. The band would record their first release Truth or Justice at the facility. The band was picked up by Freedom Records an independent label and the record did very well for an indie release. The band eventually went there separate ways some time in "02" which puts Charlie where he sits today fronting the high energy Rock & Roll outfit known as QUICK!
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