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As Bassist/Vocalist, Beauty School drop-out, and sometimes, joke-cracker for Crimson Storm (I can hear “Machine Gun” smashing his cymbals now--bah-dum-dum!), I am the latest addition to the Storm repertoire of rockers. Hailing from Lyons, Illinois, I began playing guitar and singing at the age of 8. After honing my performing “chops” growing up in a musical family that likened itself to a “dysfunctional Croatian Partridge Family” (We put the ‘fun’ in dysfunction!), I appeared as a solo performer, with a myriad of rock bands, and in various dramatic and musical theatrical productions. And I write--yeah, that too. When asked for additional commentary on Crimson Storm and what lasting impressions would he like to impart to the readers of EDGE Entertainment News, Ames responded in his own shy and understated style and issued the following statement: “Listen up, folks, a Category 5 Storm is brewing and you are about to get the rockin’ of your life! It’s headed your way soon and it’s HUGE! It’s a comin’…the winds are kicking up now…ARE YOU READY??? HERE WE GO—STOOOOOOORRRRRRMMMMM!!!!” And now you know…