Sevenstring.org Interview: Steve Bello

Jerich: Name, rank and serial number, and who are your influences?
Steve Bello: Steve Bello, Steve Bello Band, Westwood, New Jersey. As far as influences, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai, Uli Jon Roth, Prince, Led Zeppelin, Living Colour, Rush, tons of heavy metal bands.
J: How long have you been playing, and What is your practice routine like?
SB: I started on guitar at age 9; I'm 35 now. I...

Well, you shall get more Steve Bello in October, when the new album comes out, along with a couple of Ibanez guitar clinics in the NJ area. Keep your ears and eyes open for new details.

F yeah!! Steve Keep Us Posted..If you expect us to come out?...are you going to get your hands one one of those new Ibanez Heads?

I'm supposed to try one out the day of my clinic on October 15th. I'm very curious to hear how this puppy sounds!

Any updates Steve? do you have a list of your Clinics yet? what do others have to exspect from your Clinics? We all wanna Know!!!!!

Did one clinic on October 29th @ Victor's House of Music and it went well. STEVE BELLO BAND's new cd is out called JUPITER RETURN!! So far, the reviews are pretty good
I am back with IBANEZ amplifiers, since Peavey neglected to help me out (and apparently they neglected a lot of other WELL-KNOWN metal bands lately...their marketing sucks!)
Looking to do more and BIGGER shows in 2006, so I'll let everyone know the deal when I get more info!

keep us informed Steve...rock on...the Ibanez amps seem like they will rock!!

Another update! We are currently working on new material for the 4th cd; so far we have four songs down and 135 more to go! Just teasing there, but I do have at least 7 more I want to show my bandmates. Also did try the Ibanez Thermion tube head and I must say I was genuinely impressed. And yes, the good folks at Ibanez want to see me play it live, so once I get the $$ scrapped together, I can do so. For now, I've got my Dragon TB100 half-stack and man I dig it!! LOOKS friggin' cool (people think Ibanez built it solely for me, so I let then keep thinkin' that HAHA!)

**Update April 7, 2006:
Steve Bello Band v2.0 is history. Our final show was on March 24, 2006 @ Vincent's Ear in Wallington, NJ. Bassist Courtenay Penick left the band shortly after our show (but she will be playing on the next cd) and drummer Evan Prettyman and I parted ways two days later. I am working with a session drummer so that I can get the new songs ready for recording them this summer; I hope to have the new cd out by late fall 2006.
Thanks to everyone for their support and encouragement. I promise you all that the new music will be harder, faster, scarier, and weirder than ever!! As for a new trio? Nothing yet...

QUICK NOTE:
New album already being worked on as of this writing. Courtenay will play bass on it. Music is guaranteed to make your teeth jump out of your skull. I'm not kidding

New line-up is now together!!
STEVE BELLO: 7-string guitars COURTENAY PENICK: 5-string bass DANNY BARKMAN: drums (yep, the new guy!!)

I've got at least nine new songs written. I'm eyeing towards live shows sometime in June/July.

STEVE BELLO BAND IS BACK!!