Three
Notre Dame alums are hoping to play their way to rock music success.
The Stone Puppet, a Chicago-based rock band, features lead singer
John Tabis and guitarist Dan Puccini, both 2000 graduates of Notre
Dame, and bassist Tom Hayes, a 2002 ND graduate, along with Dave
Streets and Patrick Golarz. The band released its self-titled
debut album of five original rock songs in 2003; a second album,
Anytime Anyplace was released this year.
At Notre Dame, Tabis sang in the Glee Club, Puccini was the Student
Union Board's concert talent buyer, and Hayes participated in
Jazz Band, Symphony Orchestra and Marching Band for four years.
All three played in campus bands. "[W]e look at our ND experience
as our minor league, where we were able to develop our music and
marketing skills," Tabis says. "So now on the larger level in
Chicago, we have been able to use that experience to expose people
on the local, regional and national levels to [our music]."
With a combination of rock, pop and ballads, the band's sound
is a cross between Matchbox 20 and the Rolling Stones. Hear sample
tracks, check the band's tour dates and order through the band's
website at www.stonepuppet.com.
SAMPLE TRACK:
Everything & Nothing
(March 2004)
