Website: Click here to visit the Cruise website

Email: CWALLINJR@aol.com

Location: Baltimore, MD

Members:

Clyde Allen - Lead Vocal

Joe Bontz - Guitar

Russ Hinshaw - Keys & Guitar

Tommy Gunn - Drums

Wayne Schuster - Keys

Keith Zumbrum - Bass

Bio:

CRUISE - CLASSY ROCK

"CRUISE WAS FORMED IN 2006 BY SIX GREAT FRIENDS AND MUSICIANS WHOM HAVE BEEN PERFORMING IN THE MARYLAND AREA FOR OVER 25 YEARS. WE WANTED TO FORM A GROUP THAT PERFORMS "CLASSY ROCK". WE DO MANY TUNES THAT OTHER BANDS DON'T. WE PUT AN EMPHASIS ON VOCAL HARMONIES AND EXCELLENT MUSICIANSHIP. IF YOU LOVE 60'S 70'S & 80'S ROCK & ROLL, YOU WILL ENJOY "CRUISE". BE SURE TO COME UP AND SAY HELLO. CLYDE ALLEN - LEAD VOCALIST

CLYDE ALLEN, AKA "THUNDER LUNGS" HAS BEEN PERFORMING IN THE MID ATLANTIC REGION FOR OVER 40 YEARS. HE WAS THE LEAD VOCALIST OF "THE CADILLAC CRUISERS" FOR MANY YEARS WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO PERFORM WITH MANY MANY NATIONAL ACTS. HE ALSO SANG FOR "PAST TIME" WITH BOB BRADY, RUSS HINSHAW, & AL PARSONS. HE HAS THE VOCAL RANGE TO PERFORM THE SINGERS SONGS, ROY ORBISON, GARY PUCKETT, JOHNNY MAESTRO ETC. A TRUE VOCALIST. JOE BONTZ - LEAD GUITAR/ VOCALS

JOE HAS BEEN PERFORMING FOR OVER 40 YEARS.HE IS THE FORMER LEAD GUITAR PLAYER OF "THE CADILLAC CRUISERS" AS WELL AS "MAD HOUSE", "SUN DOGS" AND "BILLY NO SHOW". YOU WILL HEAR THE INFLUENCE OF "SPRINGSTEEN AND PETTY" IN HIS STYLE AS WELL AS MANY OTHER RENOWNED GUITARISTS.ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS BLACK AND WHITE SHOES. TOMMY "MACHINE" GUNN - DRUMS/PERCUSSION/VOCALS

POWER DRUMMER WILL BE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION WHEN YOU HEAR THIS INCREDIBLE PERFORMER. HE TOURED UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST IN THE 80'S AND 90'S WHEN HE WAS THE DRUMMER AND ALSO ONE OF THE LEAD SINGERS FOR THE REGENTS, LATER BILLED AS THE GENTS.THE REGENTS OPENED FOR BILLY SQUIRE, BUDDY RICH, THE TEMPTATIONS, MOTHER'S FINEST, AND GRINDER SWITCH.TOMMY PLAYED FOR 17 YEARS WITH THAT GROUP AND APPEARED ON MTV WITH THE GENTS IN THE VIDEO OF THEIR 1984 RELEASE "I CAN'T TAKE IT". THAT SONG WAS LATER FEATURED ON 98 ROCK ALBUM III. AS A STUDIO DRUMMER FOR OVER 25 YEARS, TOMMY HAS WORKED WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF RECORDING ARTISTS IN ALL MUSICAL GENRES.HE HAS ALSO DONE VOICE OVER WORK ON SEVERAL VIDEO ANIMATION PROJECTS. MUSICAL INFLUENCES ARE GENESIS, QUEEN, STEELY DAN AND BILLY JOEL. FAVORITE DRUMMERS ARE PHIL COLLINS, ROGER TAYLOR, BILLY COBHAM, STEVE GADD AND OF COURSE, JOHN BONHAM RUSS HINSHAW - GUITAR/KEYBOARDS/VOCALS

RUSS HAS BEEN PERFORMING ON STAGES IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION FOR OVER 35 YEARS. DURING THAT TIME HE HAS PLAYED EVERYTHING FROM ROCK, SOUL, BLUES, COUNTRY, JAZZ AND EVEN A STINT WITH BALTIMORE FILM DIRECTOR JOHN WATERS AS "RUSTY NAIL" IN A PUNK ROCK BAND. HE HAS BEEN ONSTAGE WITH CHUCK BERRY, THE DRIFTERS, THE COASTERS, SHA NA NA, JERRY REED, AND RONNIE DOVE. PAST GROUPS ARE "FULL CIRCLE", "PAST TIME", AND "PARADISE". ONE OF THE TOP PRIVATE AFFAIRS ACTS IN THE AREA. WITH "CRUISE", HE IS REUNITED WITH HIS LONGTIME FRIEND CLYDE ALLEN AND BRINGS HIS MULTI-INSTRUMENTAL TALENT AND VOCAL ABILITY TO THIS EXCELLENT BAND. WAYNE SCHUSTER - KEYBOARDS/VOCALS

WAYNE WAS A PROFESSIONAL CLUB AND STUDIO MUSICIAN GROWING UP IN 1970s NEW YORK CITY.WAYNE PLAYED IN CLUB BANDS DOING MOSTLY ROCK AND DANCE MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE 1970s BEFORE MOVING TO COLORADO. AFTER RETURNING TO THE EAST COAST IN THE MID 1990s, WAYNE HAS PLAYED IN CLASSIC ROCK BANDS EVER SINCE. WAYNE'S EARLY MUSICAL INFLUENCES INCLUDED EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER, SANTANA, DEEP PURPLE, YES, AND STEVIE WONDER. IN THE STUDIO, WAYNE PLAYED PIANO, ORGAN, MELOTRON AND SYNTHESIZER BACKUP FOR THE 1970s ATLANTIC RECORDS ARTIST ACE SPECTRUM. KEITH ZUMBRUN - BASS/VOCALS

KEITH HAS BEEN PERFORMING IN THE GREATER BALTIMORE AREA FOR OVER 35 YEARS. HE PLAYS MANY DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING FRENCH HORN, TRUMPET, KEYBOARDS, GUITAR AND BASS. HE ALSO STUDIED MUSIC THEORY COMPOSITION. PREVIOUS GROUPS INCLUDE MIRRORS REFLECTION, HIGH TYDE, TWO OF US, NYGHT SHYFT, SOUND SCAPE AND REASON. HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE AND TALENT TO THE GROUP AS WELL AS TERRIFIC VOCAL HARMONIES."