Ed Tang, a Belmar native, is a
Navy Supply Corps Officer who
does logistics, contracting, and
finance work — it all depends on
what they need and where they
have him deployed. He’s currently stationed in Monterey, California where his family just had
their second child. In 2017, they
will be moving to Japan. Each
stop is generally a two year stint.
years already. It’s been a crazy
adventure. At this point, I’ll stick
it out to 20 years to get the retirement package and get back
to the Shore and do something I
really want to do.”
In addition to Tang, the band
includes Brad Harrison, Geoffrey Myers, Nick Bock, and Vic
Fraternale. The latest album was
produced and engineered by
I never in a million years thought that I’d
be in the military,” admitted Tang.
“I never in a million years
thought that I’d be in the military,” admitted Tang. “But looking at the possibility, I thought
I’d give it a shot for a couple
of years. And then a couple of
years went by and I was having a
good time, so I thought I’d stick
it out a little longer. Before you
know it, I’ve been in about 10
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Paul Ritchie (The Parlor Mob) at
Insidious Sound in Neptune, NJ.
While being in the Navy offers
Tang the opportunity to see the
world and even perform some
solo gigs from time to time, it
can make touring and recording
albums with the band rather difficult. In fact, the entire band was
only together in the studio one
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