Stuk was formed early in 1998 by Dan Cicero, Steve Beth, and David
Franz. The three started out writing songs with Dan on bass, Steve
on drums, and Dave on guitar. They were originally called STUCK.
Over time Steve discovered that he should stick with guitar and
not play the drums. Once Steve became the primary guitarist, Dave
decided to leave the band for many reasons. Dan and Steve set out
looking for a drmmer.
The search for a new drummer was finally over in late 1999. Steve
went to school with a guy named Gianni Castelli. Steve bugged him
until he said that he would try out for the band. Gianni jammed
with the band for about five minutes and it was settled that he
would be the new drummer. Shortly after Gianni joined the band,
they dropped the "C" from their named and were now known
as STUK.
Once Gianni was in the band he brought a singer named Eric Zarate.
The new singer brought a sort of street level hip hop style to the
punchy riffs and insane drumming. Together the band came up with
eleven songs which talked about their life's and issuses that the
youth of America could relate to. After six shows at the Cactus
Club and mass promotion of their band the four started to come together
as one and totalty united their sound.
After about a year with Eric, the band realized that he was not
cuttijng it as a singer. He started to miss practice and wouldn't
be there when his band members needed im. Once before this instance,
the three members tried to replace him, but forgave him after a
short lived battle. This time they realized he was only in it for
himself. " Bye, bye Eric," was the only available way
out, so they looked for a new face in the band. The new face was
Josh Moreno. An old elementary school friend of Dan, Josh was all
too ready to leave the band he was currently in to join the trio.
He was the spark this band needed to reach a more hard-core style.
From the first practice till currently the band was overzealous
with there new singer.
Currently the band is running hard and writting songs trying to
get them ready to the so called big time. They are trying to come
up with something crazy and unheard of to make this young four some
reach their ultimate goal ...
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