Scottie Waters: Lead vocals, At 6'2" and looking more like a football lineman, than your typical lead singer, Bad Neighbor's front man is a big man with an even bigger voice carrying a 4 octave range. Scottie or "Pipes" grew up listening to his parent's records and thus tried to emulate his singing style in the likes of Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams, Barry Manilow and all those great 1950's singing harmony groups off the American Graffiti double-live Gonzo album. He learned to play piano at just 5 years and then naturally picked up the guitar, accidently dropping it and breaking the neck in two. Skipping Choir and Madrigals, Marching Band and then Sex Education throuhgout his high school years, Scottie lost out on honing his skills across the board completely. He never sang publically until taking part in a Barbershop Quartet role in the Owosso Community Players, "The Music Man" for the 2001 season. More singing stints at a few weddings, lots more Barber-shopping, a 5-show Motown Music Review with Martha Reeves (of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas), and then a phone call with an invitation to come sing with a newly forming band hoping to play classic rock for a one-time show.....and the rest is, as they say, "history". He does not like pie or cake.
Jeff Sarrazin, keyboards; Cliché’s are tossed out the window when talking about Bad Neighbor’s Piano-man Jeff Sarrazin. This “out of the box” synth-swinger prefers to read Popular Science over any music score, however we’re willing to bet his playing perfection against any Liberace on the circuit out there today on the bar scene. On a side note his wife gave thumbs down on naming their son Hammond, although Roland was tossed around for two days as a middle name suggestion, it was nixed quickly thereafter. A handful of years playing the keys with the Mid-Michigan country band The Falcons during the late 80’s and early 90’s gave this ivory-slinger his high octane performance skills. The keyboards unique sound, vibe, melody and tone help create E7S’ pace for huge foot stompin’ and dance drivin’ tunes.
Steve Mattison (aka Bubba) Drums and percussion, is an extremely wicked Mid-Western drummer with no formal education in music, auto mechanics or phlebotomy to draw upon. He is also completely self-taught in GPS entry. Bubba learned to "bang the skins" from listening to the family Victrola hearing the likes of drumming legends like Tico Torres, Animal from the Muppets, John Bonham, Neil Peart, Larry Mullen Jr., Danny De Vitto...Oops make that Liberty De Vitto, and Kenny Aronoff.
Born in a cold spring of the late 60's, someplace in Northern Lower West-Eastern Michigan, Bub received his first drum SNARE by age 8 but grew tired of simply having only a snare to beat upon! Good friend Johnny "the Schnowze" Schafferschultzerson bought Bubba his first Drum Kit and his Peter Criss dream was set into loco-motion!
Favorite saying: Rock & Roll Ain't Noise Pollution!!!!
Steve "Big Daddy" Annibal, Bass guitar and vocals; Steve's parents introduced him to the guitar at age 7 and by age 10 his mother had turned him onto The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He says his mother has been his biggest influence musically. As a child, she pressed records for American Record Pressing Co. and brought home advanced copies of all the great Motown recordings. As a young teen it was Hendrix, Clapton /Cream, Jeff Beck, Zeppelin, Savoy Brown, Santana etc. As for his influences as a bassist, Jack Bruce, John Paul Jones, James Jameson, Roscoe Beck, Nathan East, Jimmy Earl and the countless bassists in the past that never got the credit they truly deserved.
In the 80's he worked top 40 bar bands as well as playing punk during the New Wave craze. After moving to Denver, Co in the late 80's, Steve started the band Phantom Freeway and "The Bad Ass Horns." This band took Steve back to his roots and toured the Rocky Mtn. Region extensively. Phantom Freeway and "The Bad Ass Horns" recorded a CD of all original music in 1998 that was well received. The CD entitled "Callin' In Rich" got airplay on many Sunday night blues shows across the country and still gets played on various podcasts around the globe. Phantom Freeway shared the showbill with the likes of Tab Benoit, Keb Mo, Rory Block, Chris Daniels and The Kings and The Marshall Tucker Band.
Matt Grubb (Tonto, the Spotter) Guitars, Mandolins, Lutes, Matt had spent too many years listening to cassette tapes (yes kids, there wasn't always free digital music) and teaching himself how to play the high tension wires. His dreams of rock stardom started at a young age, but it wasn't until age 15 that he recieved his first guitar. From then on, the passion has been in his blood. He is inspired by such musicans as The 3 Kings of the Blues (BB, Freddie, and Albert), Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ed Van Halen, Nuno Bettencourt (ask him to see his cool collection of Washburn N4 guitars), and many others. Matt is partial to the blues, alternative rock, 80's heavy metal, and anything with an infectious guitar groove. Matt has played in various party bands since high school.
