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TODD MICHAEL..BORN MAY 1ST 1969,NEENAH WI, GOT HIS FIRST INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC PLAYING TRUMPET IN 1979 IN THE JUNIOR & HIGH SCHOOL BAND,HE GOT HIS FIRST DRUM SET IN 1985,HIS FIRST GOAL WAS TO BE A DRUMMER,BUT HE WAS FORCED TOO PLAY GUITAR IN 1987,BY A FELLOW BAND MATE WHO INSISTED TODD TRADE HIS DRUMS FOR A GUITAR,TODDS FIRST GUITAR WAS A ARBOR FLYING "V',AND A "RAT" PEDAL! FOR 8 YRS TODD PLAYED WITH,& JAMMED WITH,AND TRIED TO HOLD PROJECTS TOGETHER WITH COUNTLESS PLAYERS,NONE OF THESE PROJECTS REALLY TOOK OFF,BUT OF ALL THE DUDES TODD STUCK WITH WAS BASSIST TROY BALERSTEIN! IN 1995,THE IDEA FOR A BAND COME TOO MIND ,TODD WAS TIRED OF SEEING & HEARING TOO MANY "GARAGE PUNK "BANDS PLAYING IN GARAGES,BARNS,& UNDER AGE BEER PARTIES,ALSO HE WAS TIRED OF WITNESSING,LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF LOCAL "CLASSIC"ROCK BANDS WHO "ALL"SEEMED TO PLAY THE SAME BURNT OUT ROCK SONGS!..SOMTHING HAD TOO CHANGE ,INSTEAD OF LOOKING TO JOIN A BAND ,TODD CHOSE TO CREATE ONE,..&.SO ,SLAB WAS BORN ,THE WHOLE IDEA OF SLAB IS TOO PLAY AS MANY SONGS BY AS MANY ROCK & HARD ROCK ARTISTS AS MUSICALLY POSSIBLE! GIVING LIFE TO SONGS MOST BANDS WOUDNT BOTHER COVERING,TODDS STYLE IS IN PLAYING & SINGING COVER SONGS,ONLY!.NORTHERN WI IS NOT KNOWN FOR BEING A POPULAR AREA FOR ORIGINAL MUSIC,SO TODD PREFERS TOO PLAY ROCK N ROLL TO ORDINARY FOLKS WHO LIKE & LOVE LOUD LIVE ROCK N ROLL THAT THEIR FAMILIAR WITH!!....SLAB HAS BEEN PLAYING EVERY WEEKEND AROUND THE STATE & UPPER MI. EVER SINCE!....TODD IS THE LEAD SINGER & GUITARIST FOR SLAB, ,TODD HAS HAD THE HONOR OF PLAYING ALONG SIDE SOME VERY FINE GUITAR PLAYERS IN THE PAST!...( ZACH RAMONOWSKI, JEFF CALHOUN,SCOTT KOHLER,SCOTT LABREC,SCOTT DOWNEY!
TODD USES.....GIBSON, , PAUL REED SMITH, GUITARS
PEAVEY AMPS,MARSHALL CABS,GHS STRINGS,DUNLOP PICKS,DOD EFFECTS,SHURE BETA 58 MICS,..GMC TRUCKS, MARB LIGHT CIGS,
TODD IS MARRIED,WIFE (DWEN)LIVES IN A SMALL TOWN ,"WESTBORO" WI & IS A TRUCK DRIVER (,DAY JOB) HAS ONE 18YR OLD DAUGHTER,& TWO STEP KIDS 15,10
TODDS INTERESTS ARE..SPIRITUALISM,,MEDIUMSHIP, HISTORY, POLITICS,PHILOSOPHY,PSYCHOLOGY,,TODD CONSIDERS HIS ROLE IN SLAB TOO HAVE MORE IN COMMON WITH ACTING,THEATER,& DRAMA ,THAN WITH ROCK STARS! OR THE "MUSICIAN" TYPE!!
(ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE QUOTES)
"IF YOUR FAVORITE BAND,ISN'T YOUR OWN BAND!! YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS DOING WHAT YOUR DOING!!....(JAMES HETFEILD)...........................WOW!!
"I WOULD RATHER BE PROVEN WRONG, THAN "THINK" IM RIGHT!"!..(TMT)
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