FULL-THROTTLE FIVE-SPEED HARD ROCK’N’ROLL
RODNEY - GUITAR, VOCALS
RICH - LEAD VOCALS
Rickey - BASS, VOCALS
LANCE - GUITAR, VOCALS
TOMMY - DRUMS
MADWAGON
BEGAN THEIR JOURNEY AS A POWER TRIO WITH RODNEY “ROD” HARDISON ON GUITAR AND BACKING VOCALS, RICH MORRIS “THE SINGING DRUMMER” ON DRUMS AND BACKING VOCALS, AND ANGELO BRIA ON BASS AND LEAD VOCALS. CREATIVE DIFFERENCES LED TO ANGELO’S DEPARTURE FROM THE BAND WHICH AFFORDED RICH AND RODNEY AN OPPORTUNITY TO REIMAGINE THE BAND’S STRUCTURE AND SOUND. RICH PICKED UP THE LEAD VOCAL DUTIES WHILE STILL PLAYING DRUMS.
“ADDING A SECOND GUITAR WAS THE NEXT CRUCIAL STEP IN THE EVOLUTION OF OUR SOUND,” SAYS RODNEY. “WE KNEW LANCE FROM THE LIVE MUSIC SCENE AND KNEW HE HAD THE CHOPS WE WANTED TO HELP ROUND OUT OUR NEW MUSICAL VISION.” ENTER LANCE DENNY ON GUITAR AND BACKING VOCALS. TOMMY SLAUGHTER HAS RECENTLY TAKEN OVER THE DRUM THRONE WHILE RICH STEPS TO THE FRONT OF THE STAGE TO FOCUS ON LEAD VOCALS. Lance and RODNEY RECRUITED THEIR FRIEND, RICKEY LEPINSKI, TO FILL THE BASS ROLE AND BACKING VOCALS.
“WE ENJOY CREATING OUR OWN STYLE OF HARD ROCK. AND WE’VE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE 2017. OUR NEW LINEUP CREATES A FAMILIAR SOUND THAT WILL RESONATE WITH OUR EARLIEST FANS, BUT IT ALSO BRINGS A FRESHNESS THAT WE BELIEVE WILL ATTRACT LOTS OF NEW FANS, TOO,” SAYS RICH.
MADWAGON HAS BEEN BUSY WRITING SONGS FOR A ep, due out soon.
THE MEMBERS OF MADWAGON HAVE BEEN CONNECTED TO VARIOUS MUSICAL PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SUPPORTING AND WORKING WITH SUCH NATIONAL ACTS AS: ALICE COOPER, PAT TRAVERS, JASON BONHAM, HEAVEN, TESLA, LA GUNS, 38 SPECIAL, QUEENSRYCHE, WARRANT, Y&T, DOKKEN, FIREHOUSE, QUIET RIOT, ANVIL, SLAUGHTER, AND OTHERS