Bios
JP - vocals
Born and raised in Vestal, NY, JP quickly became fond of the microphone. "There's nothing like singing in front of a live band that gets the adrenaline runnin'..." With Highline, the adrenaline is out of control. Passionate about his new family, JP is the emotional lunatic behind the scenes, and brings that passion to each show!
Mario - guitar, bg vocals
Born and raised in Johnson City, NY, Mario has a penchant for all things technical. While away in engineering school, he picked up his roommate's guitar and taught himself some simple songs. Shortly thereafter, Mario purchased his very own guitar and did what most beginner guitarists do: play loud, Metallica-inspired, out-of-tune power chords until the police show up with a noise complaint. As his skills improved and musical tastes evolved, Mario began teaching himself various musical styles ranging from heavy metal to country and everything in between. This has helped him become a multi-dimensional guitarist with a wide variety of musical influences. To Mario, performing is not about money or fame - it's the love of music and the electricity he feels when the guitar solo kicks in and the crowd goes totally wild.
Stan - bass
Stan was born and raised in the Triple Cities area. He has performed with bands covering country, rock and roll, southern rock, classic rock and original material as well. His musical influences include Geezer Butler, Jack Bruce, Flea, Billy Sheehan and Stuart Hamm. His most recent projects were the bands Out of Order and Rock Solid. Stan uses Fender basses, Hartke amplifiers and DR strings.
Chris (aka "Thundergod") - drums
Chris was raised in Vestal, NY, and at the tender age of six decided to take up drumming. His parents signed him up to be a member of the Vestal Wranglers, where he quickly picked up the marching snare drum and marched in several local parades. After a couple of years of marching in parades, Chris lost interest in the drums. It wasn't until MTV started in 1981 that a spark was rekindled in Chris about learning and playing the drums. For his 13th birthday, he asked his parents to sign him up for lessons, so his parents enrolled him in The Tony Monforte Drum School. Chris studied under the late Tony Monforte for over seven years and the rest, as they say, is history. In the mid 90's, Chris played with the band Biscuit playing local bars in the area. More recently, he played with Decadence and now finds his home with the band Highline.
Gordon (aka "Hairball") - keys, bg vocals
Gordon was raised in a small town in upstate New York. As a keyboardist, he has performed with Trailer Park Prophets and Stainless in North Carolina, and The Tommy Devine Band and Wikked Jester in Florida. Gordon uses Alesis and Yamaha keyboards, Sennheiser mics, and Alesis amplification.