AS THE ENERGETIC FRONT MAN OF SOULSTATIC, KEN HAS HAD A LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER FRONTING BANDS OVER THE YEARS. HE HAS BEEN THUMPING OUT THE LOW END SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER, STARTING BANDS WITH HIS COUSIN, (JJ ALAN), LIKE "KING SALAMI", "BAD KARMA", "ROCK MARSHALL", "ENTOURAGE", "THE USUAL SUSPECTS" & "WITNESS TREE". KEN'S INFLUENCES INCLUDE A WIDE RANGE OF STYLES INCLUDING EVERYTHING FROM STEELY DAN TO FOO FIGHTERS, IRON MAIDEN, TO FOGHAT & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. KEN'S PENCHANT FOR EMULATING HIS FAVORITE FRONT MEN HAS GIVEN HIM THE NATURAL LOVE FOR BEING ONE HIMSELF, SOMETHING HE ENJOYS VERY MUCH. OVER THE YEARS KEN HAS TOURED WITH COUNTRY BANDS ON THE ROAD, BLUES BANDS LIKE "SMOKING SECTION", & NUMEROUS ROCK BANDS, DEVELOPING HIS LOW END DEVASTATION TO PERFECTION FOR THE MASSES. LATER, WHILE PLAYING IN "WITNESS TREE", KEN SANK HIS TEETH INTO ORIGINAL MUSIC WRITING TIMELESS GREATS ON THEIR ALBUM FROM WHICH CAME SEVERAL HITS THAT RECEIVED RADIO PLAY. THESE SONGS ALSO WON THE BAND NUMEROUS CHAMPION TITLES FROM MANY MIDWEST BATTLE OF THE BANDS COMPETITIONS. KEN'S FEARLESS VOCALS & PLAYING STYLE, SERVED UP WITH THE PROPER ROCK N ROLL ATTITUDE HAS, & WILL CONTINUE TO, ENTERTAIN FANS FAR & WIDE. HE HAS POURED HIS HEART & SOUL INTO THIS BAND & THEIR MUSIC WILL SHOW THAT, HANDS DOWN!
ROB KITTLE IS THE BANDS ELUSIVE DRUMMER. THOUGH MANY PEOPLE KNOW ROB, THERE ARE VERY FEW PICTURES OF THIS PERPLEXING PERCUSSIONIST. ROB IS AN ENIGMA, WRAPPED IN A MYSTERY, FOLDED INTO AN ALTERNATE REALITY. HIS PENCHANT FOR HIDING IS ONLY SURPASSED BY HIS ABILITY TO SEAMLESSLY BLEND INTO HIS SURROUNDINGS, MAKING THE "GREY" MAN LOOK LIKE A TOWN SQUARE CHRISTMAS TREE. HIS CHAMELEON LIKE HUMAN CAMOUFLAGE ALLOWS HIM TO REMAIN UNDETECTED FOR INDEFINITE AMOUNTS OF TIME, ALL WHILE WATCHING EVERYTHING FROM AFAR. ROB MAY BE SEEN PROWLING NEIGHBORHOODS LATE AT NIGHT, LURKING AROUND FOR A QUICK MEAL AT ANY NUMBER OF MEXICAN FAST FOOD JOINTS, AND OFTEN HIDES HIS COVERT MOVEMENTS BY DEPLOYING TACTICS STILL UNKNOWN TO MODERN SCIENCE. WHEN HE GETS THE CHANCE TO WRITE ABOUT HIMSELF, WE WILL FILL THIS SPOT WITH MORE FACTS ABOUT HIM AND THUS COMPLETING THE CIRCLE OF KNOWLEDGE STARTED ON THIS PAGE!
RAISED BY A PROFESSIONAL TRADITIONAL COUNTRY SINGER, (HIS MOTHER), JJ WAS ENCOURAGED TO PURSUE HIS MUSICAL CAREER AT A YOUNG AGE. HE HAS BEEN PLAYING PROFESSIONALLY IN BANDS ACROSS THE MIDWEST SINCE HE WAS 16, OFTEN ELUDING PROMOTERS & LAW ENFORCEMENT LOOKING TO ENFORCE LEGAL AGE LAWS. JJ'S INFLUENCES ARE VAST IN NUMBER FROM EARLY ACTS LIKE WISHBONE ASH, SPOOKY TOOTH, SLADE, MOUNTAIN & HUMBLE PIE AMONG OTHERS OF THAT PERIOD. LATER, STYLES INCLUDING ACTS FROM SRV TO MEGADETH, IRON MAIDEN TO KIX, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY TO DOKKEN HELPED TO DEVELOP HIS CHUNKY STYLE. HIS PENCHANT FOR 80'S HAIR METAL & HEAVY GROOVE ROCK ARE PINNACLE ON HIS LIST AND HIS STYLE CLEARLY SHOWS THAT. OVER THE YEARS HE HAS FILLED OUT THE RHYTHM SECTION OF MANY BANDS FROM ROCK N ROLL OUTFITS, TO SOUTHERN ROCK & COUNTRY FLAVORED BANDS ALIKE. JJ HAS CO-WRITTEN A HUGE LIST OF ROCK N ROLL ORIGINALS WITH HIS PARTNER IN CRIME, (KEN NELSON), WHILE IN THE BAND WITNESS TREE, SEVERAL OF WHICH RECEIVED RADIO PLAY & WIDE ACCEPTANCE FROM THEIR FANS. SEVERAL HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER HAVE INCLUDED OPENING FOR ACTS LIKE THE SOUTHERN ROCK ALL STARS & THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED LED ZEPPELIN TRIBUTE BAND LED ZEPAGAIN, TO DOING PRODUCTION FOR THE TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION & JACK RUSSEL'S GREAT WHITE. HIS TRUE LOVE IS HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL & AFTER MANY YEARS WITH BANDS LIKE "KING SALAMI", "BAD KARMA", "ROCK MARSHALL", "LEAFLIGHTER", "ENTOURAGE", "WITNESS TREE" & "INNOCENT MISCHIEF", JJ HAS FINALLY FOUND A COMFORTABLE PLACE AMONG FRIENDS HE GREW UP WITH IN SOULSTATIC. WRITING & DELIVERING THE HOOK FILLED CHOPS IN SOULSTATIC IS, IN SHORT, SOME OF THE BEST WORK HE HAS PRODUCED TO DATE & HE CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE IT ALL WITH THE FANS!
SON OF A GUITAR PLAYER AND SPOON FED ROCK AS AN INFANT, JACK HAS BEEN SETTING FRET BOARDS ABLAZE SINE HE WAS 6 YEARS OLD. GROWING UP IN A HOUSEHOLD FILLED WITH MUSIC FROM AC/DC, VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI AND DOKKEN, JACK WAS A COLD BLOODED ROCKER BEFORE HE WAS OUT OF DIAPERS! WITH THE MOTIVATION FROM HIS FATHER, JACK WAS LEARNING ERUPTION WHILE HIS PEERS WERE LEARNING MULTIPLICATION! JACK STARTED HIS OWN BAND AT THE AGE OF 14 AND PLAYED THE STAGE AT THE GREELEY COLORADO BLUES FEST. AT THE AGE OF 16, JACK FORMED A BAND WITH SMOKIN' SECTION ALUMNI KNOWN AS JACK BUNGER & THE PROS. OVER THE YEARS, JACK HAS WRITTEN, PERFORMED AND CUT HIS TEETH ON THE SIX STRINGS, AS IF LIGHTNING HAD STRUCK HIS FINGERS! WHAT JACK LACKS IN AGE, HE MORE THAN MAKES UP FOR IT IN HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE FRET BOARD. IN EARLY 2024, SOULSTATIC ASKED HIM TO JOIN UP & BE THEIR NEW LEAD PLAYER & BAND FAMILY! NOW YOU'LL FIND HIM ON STAGE MELTING FACES WITH THE BOYS! SHREDDING IS JACK'S BUSINESS... & BUSINESS IS GOOD!
