Tastes Like Chicken

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Tastes Like Chicken started as an after school program, instructed by Greg Ellis and Kevin Martin, who teach at the school. Originally, the program was entered by about 12 people, but over two months, the number boiled down to four people: Cole Barbour, Aaron Clarke, Jake Nagy, and Joe Njache. They have been playing together since October 2007, so roughly a year and a half. They generally practice at school, but occasionally they practice at Cole Barbour’s house. They have played at school assemblies several times, but mostly play in Rockland, Owls Head, Camden area. They have played at the Summer Solstice and the Pub Crawl in the North Atlantic Blues Festival in Rockland, Maine. They have recently recorded a CD at Limin Music in Northport, Maine, engineered by Bruce Boege. The cover photo was taken by David Clarke, and the inner sleeve photo was taken by Max Barbour. The main music styles of the band are Rock, Heavy Metal, and Blues. They play cover songs and originals. Also, they have recently won the Trekkapalooza (January 3rd, 2009) in Rockland.

Cole Barbour -

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Jake Nagy -

Joe Njache -

Cole Barbour plays lead and rhythm guitar and sings lead and background vocals in the band. He has been playing guitar for seven years, as well as drums, electric bass, banjo, mandolin, and piano for varying time periods. He has sat in with .He is currently working on Classical, Jazz, Bluegrass, Rock, and Blues. He is building a guitar for himself at his house out of separately purchased parts. His favorite guitar is currently his seven stringed Ibanez. He was born in Rockland and moved to Owls Head. Right now, he is studying the playing styles of solo artist Joe Satriani. He writes music for the band and solo material. His side hobbies are skiing and snowmobiling. He occasionally gets together with the other Tastes Like Chicken guitarist, Aaron Clarke, on the weekends to write music and jam.

Aaron Clarke plays lead and rhythm guitar and sings lead and background vocals in the band. He is thirteen. He has been playing guitar for ten years, as well as electric bass and drums for varying time periods. He has sat in with several of his father’s groups. He is currently working on Classical, Blues, Rock, Heavy Metal, and Acoustic. He is building a guitar for himself at his house out of separately purchased parts, which is being modeled after Eddie Van Halen’s black and white Frankenstein guitar. He was born in Colebrook, New Hampshire and moved to Belfast, and he has lived split between his mother and father. He has been studying the playing styles of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, the Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, and the Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen. He writes music for the band and solo material. His side hobbies are comics and video games. He occasionally gets together with Tastes Like Chicken guitarist, Cole Barbour, on the weekends to write music and jam.

Jake Nagy plays electric bass and sings lead and background vocals in the band. He is fourteen. He has been playing bass for about one year, as well as guitar and drums for varying time periods. He has sat in with one of his stepfather’s bands. He is currently working on Classical, Rock, and Blues. He has been studying the playing styles of the late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton and the Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt. He writes music for the band and solo material. His side hobbies are skateboarding and video games.

Joe Njache plays drums and sings lead and background vocals. He is fifteen. He has been playing drums since he was eleven, as well as electric bass and guitar for varying time periods. He has sat in with the drummer from the band Waiting On Ian. He is currently working on Rock, Punk, Blues, Swing, and many other types. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya and moved to Rockland, and then to Owls Head. He writes music for the band and solo material. His side hobbies are snowboarding.

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