User:Robert c faiella

Early years:

Robert Faiella is an Drummer in the local Orange County music scene. Born January 12, 1969 in New Haven Connecticut to parents Ben and Carol Faiella. School was tough and the only stable home was with his granparents Frank and Jeanette Battista. Robert moved to West Coast town of Huntington Beach California in February 1981 to live with his father Benjamin Faiella. Robert who later was diagnosed with ADHD, was terrible in school as noted in the following story by his 8th grade social studies teacher Doug Culhane. Culhane states, "Robert was always a class clown and would always be tapping his hands and feet to music that was playing in his head. Robert would "cut up in class" and would love to make his friends laugh. Robert recieved drums lessons from the drummer for the band Magpie, Jerry Ellis. Ellis has told many people," Robert can't be taught drums at all, he can't follow directions. Discouraged, Robert stop taking drum lessons but would always play whenever he could get his hands on a drum kit. Watching drummers anytime he could, Robert would watch Jim Caron the drummer from the band KICKFIRE play all over Orange County and be inspired by what he saw. The other drummer Robert loved to watch was his brother Ben Faiella.

Youth gone wrong:

In the summer of 1984 Robert moved out of the house at age 15 and lived on the streets of Huntington Beach and wound up living in El Monte and Hacienda Heights California. Stealing to eat and daily ass beatings from the local gang menbers was a daily thing.

Later years:

After many failures, both in business and personal, Robert relocated back to Huntington Beach with his loving wife Jennifer Faiella and their Bulldog Brutus in 2005. Thats when the music bug bit him hard..

Bands:

The first band Robert joined was THE MARSH MELLOW STONE BAND which formed in spring 2005. It included Michael Richard vocals/guitar, Millard Ellingsworth bass/vocals, Harold Branch organ/vocals, and Robert Faiella drums. They released their debut album on CD BABY and still sells copies to this very day.The band played to hundreds of people all over Orange County and had a long standing gig at DiPiazza's in Long Beach. They played their last show at The Martini Blues in Huntington Beach on January 13th 2006

The second band was MANDREX JONES which formed in March 2006. It included Brian Gaines vocals/guitar, Stefan Shine bass, Robert Faiella drums. That band recorded their debut ep on May 6th 2006 and played shows around Orange County.

The third band was THE BROWNSTONE LORDS which formed in February 2007. It included Jason Puckett vocals/guitar, Kent Palzes on vocals/bass and Robert Faiella drums. By far this band was the most powerful and acclaimed band Robert was in. They shot a music video that still plays on youtube. On the eve of the band signing a record contract with GriffDog Records the band imploded much to Robert's dismay. They played their last show at DiPiazza's in Long Beach on March 20th 2007

The final original band Robert was in was THE NATURAL FACT around the summer of 2008. It was the same people that were in MANDREX JONES and thats why it didn't last. They played thier last show at King Neptunes in Sunset Beach on September 27th 2008

A cover is a cover: In the summer of 2009 Robert joined the classic rock cover band ROCK AND ROLL STEW. That band included Michael T. Rex on vocals/guitar, Brother Dean vocals/bass, Joe Golden guitars, Robert Faiella drums That band played all over LA and Orange county. Robert was now making a full time living as a drummer, but was upset about playing covers. That band played their final show on October 3rd 2009 at Arbors in Huntington Beach.

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