CTRL+Z HAS RECENTLY PREMIERED A FULL CONCERT FILMED AT THE DRUM CHANNEL, SHOWCASING ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS BY ALL FIVE MEMBERS. THE PERFORMANCE ALSO INCLUDES SELECTIONS FROM THE VARIOUS BANDS THEY’VE PREVIOUSLY CONTRIBUTED TO, ALONGSIDE A CURATED MIX OF ICONIC MUSIC FROM FILM AND TV.
MARC BONILLA – GUITAR / LEAD VOCALS
THOMAS LANG – DRUMS
RIC FIERABRACCI – BASS / VOCALS
ALEX MACHACEK – GUITAR
JONATHAN SINDELMAN – KEYBOARDS
DEREK SMALLS, BASSIST OF “SPINAL TAP”, DISSATISFIED WITH HIS ROLE AS ‘LUKEWARM WATER’ IN THE LEGENDARY BAND, HAS DECIDED TO VENTURE OUT ON HIS OWN. HE’S RECORDED AN ALBUM’S WORTH OF SINGLES THAT WILL BE TIME-RELEASED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. THE FIRST RELEASE IS “R.V.M. (REAR VIEW MIRROR)”, A TRACK THAT REFLECTS BOTH HIS OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM – TWO CONFLICTING EMOTIONS WHICH OFTEN ACCOMPANY A BREAK-UP AND TURNING OF THE PAGE ON A NEW MUSICAL CHAPTER. THE BAND DEREK HAS ASSEMBLED FOR THIS JOURNEY IS: CJ VANSTON (PRODUCER / KEYBOARDS), TOSS PANOS (DRUMS), KEITH ENGLAND & KIPP LENNON FROM MONTROSE AND VENICE RESPECTIVELY (BACKING VOCALS), AND MARC BONILLA (GUITARS, BANJO, AND MANDOLIN).
STEVE PORCARO, FORMER KEYBOARDIST AND COMPOSER FOR TOTO, HAS RELEASED A NEW SOLO ALBUM TITLED “THE VERY DAY”. THE ALBUM SHOWCASES A DIVERSE ARRAY OF RENOWNED MUSICIANS AND A SELECTION OF FRESH, ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS. ONE STANDOUT TRACK, “WATER FROM THE SKY”, IS AN 8-MINUTE PIECE CO-WRITTEN WITH MARC BONILLA, INSPIRED BY A MUSICAL IDEA THEY FIRST DEVELOPED WHILE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE HIT TV SERIES “JUSTIFIED.” THE TRACK EVOLVED INTO THE CENTERPIECE OF THE ALBUM, WITH MARC BONILLA CONTRIBUTING LEAD GUITAR.
KEYBOARDIST AND COMPOSER EDDIE JOBSON WILL BE RE-FORMING UK FOR A TOUR OF JAPAN IN THE SPRING OF 2026, FOLLOWED BY PERFORMANCES ON RTHE 2026 “CRUISE TO THE EDGE”. THE BAND WILL FEATURE EDDIE JOBSON ON KEYBOARDS, MARC BONILLA ON LEAD VOCALS AND BASS, MORCO MINNEMANN ON DRUMS, AND MIKE KENEALLY ON GUITAR. THEY WILL BE PERFORMING ALL THE ICONIC MATERIAL FROM THE FIRST TWO UK ALBUMS.
