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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 NJ STAGE 2016 - ISSUE 9 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 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 8