Brian Forte Lead Guitar and Vocals

 

Brian Forte

Brian was born and raised in the NYC bedroom community of Leonia, New Jersey. His musical introduction began when he fiddled around on his older brothers left-handed guitar (turned upside down!). In the late 60’s and early 70’s Leonia became a hot bed of creative musicians and local bands. Brian (with his brother Rob) joined the seminal band ‘Thunder Pussy’. Renowned for their musicianship and stage style, the band would quickly become a local favorite act playing clubs, schools and outdoor concerts during the seventies. The music continued during his college career at Syracuse University with a variety of musicians from Northern NJ joining Brian at various college coffee houses and local bars. During college Brian met and married his wife Gina. The music career was put on hold to focus on raising 3 boys and building a successful professional sales career.  As fate would have it, music would once again become the center of attention as Brian combined  his musical talents  with his new ‘Stubborn Bastard’ bandmates. As they say, ROCK ON!