BIOS

Tommy B

Tom

Tom Beattie
Vocals, Bass

Tom's been singing since he was very young. He was recruited into high school choirs and rock bands back in the early 80’s. About that same time, he decided to learn how to play bass guitar, and he has been doing so ever since.

In the past, Tom has been a member of the following local bands: Onnex/Exit, Side A, Transcend, Rain, Descyple, Castle Black, Excalibur, and Nasty Habit.

Notably, (while in Castle Black) Tom has opened for national acts, such as Blue Oyster Cult and Great White. He also played in a festival which included the national act Nazareth. While in Nasty Habit, Tom played for NASCAR races at Watkins Glen International Raceway in 2004 and 2005, opened for the national acts Jefferson Starship, David "Rock" Feinstein, and THE RODS, and also played in a festival which included the national act Iron Butterfly. As a member of Blue Monday, he has opened for THE RODS and Skid Row.

TOM'S GEAR: Peavey, Schecter, and Hamer Bass Guitars, Crate Amps.

Brian M

Brian

Brian Mingle
Vocals, Drums

Brian started out teaching himself to play guitar, but quickly decided his brother's drum set was WAY more fun. They traded, and both parties ended up with the CORRECT instrument. Early in his musical career, Brian also spent some time as a lead vocalist in a local band.

In the past, Brian has been a member of the following local bands: Six Pack, Lixx, Friday's Child (with Dave Clark, a/k/a "Clarkie"), Marco's Nightmare (with Paul Marcos), Dreamer, Descyple, Teaser, Revolving Door, No Reason (studio drummer on the CD), Tailor Made, Excalibur, and Nasty Habit.

Notably, (while in Revolving Door) Brian opened for Alison Krauss and played in a festival which included the national act Nazareth. While in Nasty Habit, Brian played for NASCAR races at Watkins Glen International Raceway in 2004 and 2005, opened for the national acts Jefferson Starship, David "Rock" Feinstein, and THE RODS, and also played in a festival which included the national act Iron Butterfly. As a member of Blue Monday, he has opened for THE RODS and Skid Row.

In addition, Brian has been asked to sit in on occasion with the very popular local act Johnny and Lonnie (as House of Cards).

BRIAN'S GEAR: Pearl Drums, Sabian Cymbals, DW Drum Pedals, and Evans Heads. Brian also uses a Shure PSM in-ear monitor system.

Terry M

Terry

Terry Mingle
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Flute, Percussion

Terry began singing as soon as she could talk. Lessons on flute and piccolo began in 2nd Grade. Rock music was introduced shortly thereafter when she discovered her neighbor (Billy Strong) had a garage band called the Misty Blues (now he plays in The Cafferty Band). Two local 80's bands, Tokyo and THE RODS, further solidified the interest and drive to get into a rock band, so she began lessons on piano (thank you to Charlotte Attleson) and guitar (thank you to Wayne Torrey). Private voice lessons were added afterward (thank you to Shirley Wilson).

Terry attended Mansfield University, where she was a flute/voice major and obtained a degree in Music Merchandising (music/business/marketing). While at MU, she learned to sing opera and participated in several classical and jazz groups, but over the years she has also played in various local and not-so-local rock bands such as: The Heartbeats (w/Betsy Palmer, a/k/a Betsy Raunchette), Eruption, Onnex/Exit, JR Mangan Band, Secret Service, Leaky Sneakers (the last three bands also contained Badlees drummer Ron Simasek and manager Terry Selders), 5%, X-CALIBUR (a band which played a show at RFK stadium), Movin' Violations, Dreamer, Descyple, Teaser, Revolving Door, Excalibur, and Nasty Habit.

Notably, (while in Revolving Door) Terry opened for Alison Krauss and played in a festival which included the national act Nazareth. While in Nasty Habit, Terry played for NASCAR races at Watkins Glen International Raceway in 2004 and 2005, opened for the national acts Jefferson Starship, David "Rock" Feinstein, and THE RODS, and also played in a festival which included the national act Iron Butterfly. As a member of Blue Monday, she has opened for THE RODS and Skid Row.

TERRY'S GEAR: Brian Moore iGuitars (Terry is an official iGuitar Artist), Korg Triton keyboard and keyboard volume pedal, Ovation Legend acoustic/electric guitar (but only because iGuitar does not make an acoustic/electric guitar…YET), Line 6 Flextone II XL amp & extended floorboard, Roland keyboard amp, DOD SR 866 Two Channel compressor/limiter/gate, Gemeinhardt flute, Digitech Vocalist Live 4 vocal processor.

Guitarist

Don

Mystery Guitarist
Vocals, Lead Guitar

Will Blue Monday continue? Will the lead guitarist saga go on? How long will the next person last? Will there be more questions?

"Stay tuned" and find out! We're hoping to have news about a new guitar player sometime this spring, and if the person that is thinking about being our guitarist actually signs on, this could be THEE coolest version of Blue Monday, yet!

Just remember....the fun never ends here in Blue-Monday-Land!

MYSTERY GUITARIST'S GEAR: Guitars and more guitars. Oh, and amps. LOTS of 'em.

BLUE MONDAY COLLECTIVE GEAR: Sennheiser microphones; Mackie mixer; Peavey SP-2 speakers and monitors;and Ultimate keyboard, PA, and lighting stands.

 

BLUE MONDAY'S CREW MEMBERS

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Elliott Mitro
Chief Roadie

He could probably lift a Cadillac if we asked him to, and he never seems to complain when we're all bellowing "ELLLLIIIIIOOOOOOTT!!!!!" at once. In addition to being a pretty darned good softball player, and a die-hard Kasey Kahne fan, he's also our most faithful roadie...which is why we made him our CHIEF roadie...wait a sec, he's our ONLY roadie!! But, no matter, even if we had a team of 500 roadies, our boy Elliott would be at the top of the list, because he's always there when we need him to move something (or need him to get us a beer).

Don H

David Dennis
Soundman

Just call him a knowledge sponge. In addition to being an owner of PARKVIEW AUTOMOTIVE shop in Enfield, NY, David cut his mixing teeth with NASTY HABIT band (that was Tom, Brian, and Terry's LAST group - with a VERY different set list). Yes, you could say that we "discovered" David's talent for running sound while he was sitting around in between driving the band bus to and from gigs. He has since graduated to mixing many of the area's top acts. All we know is that in addition to his talents as a top Subaru mechanic (we call him "Dr. Dave"), this boy definitely has an ear for music!

 

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