Buz Verno

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Buz Verno
Buz Verno at The Nursery NYC Reunion All Star Jam May 14 2011.jpg
Buz Verno performing at The Nursery NYC Reunion All Star Jam on May 14, 2011
Background information
Born(1953-09-28)September 28, 1953
Staten Island, New York, United States
DiedAugust 27, 2020(2020-08-27) (aged 66)
New York, New York, U.S.
GenresRock, punk rock, blues
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, vocalist
Instrument(s)Bass, guitar, vocals
Years active1970–2020
LabelsIndie
Website reverbnation.com/buzverno

Buz Verno (born September 28, 1953 in Staten Island, New York, United States; died August 27, 2020 in New York, New York) was an American bass guitarist, songwriter and singer. After his father encouraged him to start playing music, Verno began to play guitar at seven years old. He switched to bass guitar at 12 years old.

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Career

Verno played with The Rats, Beau Jack, Cherry Vanilla, [1] [2] [3] [4] The Staten Island Boys, [2] David Johansen Group, [2] [4] Sylvain Sylvain and the Teenage News, The Others, and Helen Schneider. Verno received his first gold record in 1982 for the album Helen Schneider with The Kick.

During his career, Verno toured with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Earl Slick, David Johansen, [5] Sylvain Sylvain, [6] Greg Allen, Cherry Vanilla, [1] Helen Schneider, Thomas Trask, [7] Johnny Ráo, [7] Tom Morrongiello, [1] Joey Kelly and others.

Discography

Verno credited appearances, excluding compilations:

Cherry Vanilla & Her Staten Island Band

David Johansen

David Johansen Group

Helen Schneider

Pandora

Sylvain Sylvain

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Free Co.TV domain names. Free Set Up: URL forwarding, DNS set up, Zone records or Free Sitebuilder". March 6, 2016. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "MusicMight :: Artists :: NEW YORK DOLLS". Archived from the original on August 28, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN   1-84195-335-0, p. 177
  4. 1 2 "REMEMBERING FRANKIE LaROCKA (4.17.1954 – 5.12.2005)". Nyrocker.com. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  5. ↑ "David Johansen "David Johansen"". Djfarraginous.wordpress.com. August 18, 2007. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Sylvain Sylvain Biography - Yahoo! Music". Archive.ph. July 16, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Discography at CD Universe". Cduniverse.com. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Various - 1976 Max's Kansas City". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  9. 1 2 Johnkatsmc5 (November 23, 2017). "johnkatsmc5: Pandora "Space Amazon" 1974 New York Garage Glam Rock". Johnkatsmc5.blogspot.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "David Johansen - In Style". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  11. 1 2 "Buz Verno". Discogs. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  12. ↑ "The David Johansen Group* - Live". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Helen Schneider With The Kick (2) - Breakout". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Pandora (9) - Space Amazon". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Sylvain Sylvain - Sylvain Sylvain". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
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