User:Highergroundchannel/Higher Ground, The Red Hot Chili Peppers Tribute Band

Higher Ground is The Red Hot Chili Peppers Tribute Band origionating from Pittsburgh, PA and performs around the tristate area of PA, NY and OH. Founded in Feb of 2006, they were formed from the remaining members of the Hip Hop/Funk Fusion Band The Beats and Verbs and the indie acoustic project Soliloqy. Higher Ground's concept, was inspired by Ten, A Tribute to Pearl Jam and was sugguested to Higher Ground's frontman Salvatore Puccini Jr by the manager of the University of Pgh's legendary college bar, Peter's Pub. Puccini was a regular performer at Peter's Pub and recieved many compliments for his acoustic covers of Under the Bridge and Californication. The manager of Peter's bridged the observations of his customers, other Tributes performing at his venue and encouraged Puccini to pursue a Chili Pepper Tribute. Puccini was intrigued by the concept but hesitant due to his reservations about cover bands but was sold on the concept after being invited to watch Ten, A Tribute to Pearl Jam perform live at Peter's Pub. Puccini then conversed with Paul Eppes, bassist of the Beat's N Verbs, and arranged a 3 piece arrangement with drummer Dennis Dennis Snyder of the Beats N Verbs. After the rehearsal the band discussed whether Puccini should work as the Frusciante or the Kiedis role and decided it would be easier to recruit Walter Prorok the Beat's N Verbs guitarist was then a natural fit due to his existing chemistry with the previous project and the project was launched.

Through the years Higher Ground, has evolved from being a frat rock band at the University of Pittsburgh to a diverse network of bands as they also include a Sublime Tribute Set, a set of other 90's covers and perform regularly with their brother band No Control, A Tribute to 311.

Current Members Salvatore Puccini Jr- Vocals Jeff Brinkhus- Bass Max Kaskey- Guitar and Vocals Ben Hubacher- Guitar and Vocals

Former Members Paul Eppes- Bass and Vocals Dennis Snyder- Drums Walter Prorok- Guitar Max Snyder- Guitar

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