Night of Rock in Santee
Story and photos by Stephanie Pillar
SANTEE, January 31 – Four of San Diego’s home grown hard
rock and heavy metal bands hit the stage at Santee’s Second
Wind.
It was an excellent night of rock as Rammoth jump started
the night with their heavy-hitting, metal sound. The
Rammoth Metalband is Alex Alvarez on drums, Brett Baugh
and Mike Kearns on guitar, Ted Staub on bass and lead
singer, Gary Pacini.
On Descent soon followed with lead singer, Justin Hedrick,
Louie Borja on guitar, Stu Bacca on bass and the always
entertaining, very flamboyant drummer, Rogelio Estrada (Jr)!
We were all treated to a bit of a surprise performance when
Rogelio Estrada (Sr) switched up with his son for a couple of
songs. The elder Estrada, well known for his masterful drum
style with Relax Max and Monsters of Rock, was also very
impressive on the metal side.
Seventrain’s star has risen, opening for such acts as Pat
Travers, Michael Schenker, Skid Row and Puddle of Mudd
as well as being nominated for Hard Rock Album of the
Year in the 2014 San Diego Music Awards! Their sound is
blues-based, hard rock influenced by AC/DC, Alterbridge,
Audioslave, Kings X, and, of course, Led Zeppelin!
Seventrain is fronted by the guitar-slinging, lead singer, Jon
Campos and rounded out by Eric Horton and Jef Poremba
on guitar, Steve (Dino) Andino on bass and Joel Maitoza on
drums.
Topping off the night was Bloodlines with Shawn Salerno,
Tommy Johnston, Paul Vouaux Sr, and Paul Vouaux Jr fusing
different styles of rock with rock-solid grooves, hard, melodic
vocals, and blistering guitar solos.
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Seventrain performed in the third spot. Their self-titled,
debut CD was released in February, 2014 and over the year,
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