User:Wgsdss/Frank Dimino

Frank Dimino was born on 10/15/1951 is an American vocalist known for his performances as a member of the band Angel. Background: While involved in the Washington D. C. music scene, Frank joined the group Max with Mickey Jones on bass and Barry Brandt on drums. The experience in Max was short lived, and the band split up, but this trio of musicians eventually found themselves reunited in Angel, with Punky Meadows on guitar and Gregg Giuffria on keyboards. Angel: Frank went on to record six albums with Angel on Casablanca records, from 1975 through 1980, the first five were studio albums and the sixth album was a live recording of the band. Angel was among the earliest of “glam” rock genre of artists appearing in American rock magazine CIRCUS. During Frank’s time with Angel, he performed on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand “The Winter Song”, and appeared in the motion picture Foxes , starring Jodie Foster , as himself. To this day, Frank Dimino and Barry Brandt are the two original members of the band that are still active with Angel. Additionally, Frank is currently a vocal instructor and local performer in the Las Vegas, Nevada music scene.

References: Circus Oral History, Top of the Magazine Cover reference above: http://rockcriticsarchives.com/features/circus/circus-intro.html Foxes Motion Picture: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1906938/ Rare Music Videos: http://www.raremusicvideo.com/item/Angel_White_Hot_Promos_American_Bandstand_1s Music Instructor Background: http://www.skmusicstudio.com/?page_id=22