BANDS:
JIMBO'S WILD RIDE - Original hard rock & covers. Everything from the 60's to the present. Always a party, always a good time. If Sammy Hagar and Jimmy Buffet has a baby, it would be this band. The Wild Ride is my latest attempt at rock & roll greatness. We'll see what happens.
Jim Haas - bass guitar / vocals
Chris Cardenas - guitar / vocals
John Aungst - guitar / vocals
Gabe Padilla - drums
GRAVEL - Killer cover tunes. Happy stuff, angry stuff, dance then mosh. This was John Aungst's band before HFI was formed. Over time the band took on several different line-ups, broke up, reformed, so on and so forth. Anyway, John decided to put the band back together last year. They needed a bass player, so here I am.
Willie D. (formerly of WILD BOYZ) - lead vocals
John Aungst - lead guitar
Lonnie Silva - drums
Jim Haas - bass guitar
BIO - HAAS:
PAST PROJECTS:
HFI (cover tunes, party songs)
FAR LESS LADYLIKE TENDENCIES (original rockabilly & blues)
The MOD SQUAD (70's rock tribute)
MALE ORDER BRIDES (cover tunes)
The BLUES BARRIES (blues covers)
BRAIN HOOKY (blues & classic rock covers)
CROSSFIRE (original hard rock)
INFLUENCES:
Bass players - Rick Anderson, Billy Sheehan, Rocco Prestia
Vocalists - Sammy Hagar, Fee Waybill, Paul Stanley, Robin Zander, Michael Sweet
Bands - Cheap Trick, The Tubes, Kiss, Supersuckers, Tower of Power, George Thorogood, The Beat Farmers, Stray Cats
JUST SITTIN' IN:
Over the years, I've been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to sit in with several musicians, including Paul Warren (Rod Stewart/Joe Cocker/Richard Marx), Andy T. (the Smokey Wilson Band), Preston Smith, Lucky Lloyd, Bobby Blotzer (RATT), Jackie Enx (Rhino Bucket), Bruce Gary (The Knack), J.J. "Bad Boy" Jones, and Rikki Rockett (Poison).
EQUIPMENT:
Bass Guitars - Fender "P bass deluxe" / Peavey "Fury" / Rogue “acoustic” / Spector “Legend-4” / Haastyle (homemade bass - it actually works, too) / Yamaha "TRB1004"
Amps - SWR 400 watt bass head w/ Goliath Jr bass cabinet (4x10"). Carvin 610 bass combo amp.
Guitars - Charvel (electric) / Peavey (electric) / Applause (acoustic)
OFFICIAL CD RELEASES:
Far Less Ladylike Tendencies "Roll Those Dice" (1997)
Jimbo's Wild Ride "Still Rollin'" (2007)
Jimbo's Wild Ride "Lifestyles of the Poor and Famous" (2009)
I started playing guitar when I was nine years old. I switched to bass guitar, as my main instrument, when I was twelve. I love the big-bottomed, grooviness of that low-ended, feel it in your soul kind of thang.
....Know what I mean???
Hi-lights include Far Less Ladylike Tendencies and The Mod Squad. Far Less was an original rockabilly project. We were eventually signed to Hep-Cat Records and played all over California for a few years. The Mod Squad was a 70's rock tribute band that featured vocalist Jaime St. James, formerly of Warrant.