(Photo: Andre “Virus” Karkos – Guitarist for Rock of Ages 2015)
Just finishing up my second contract as music director and keyboards for Rock of Ages out of New York with NCL International. What an awesome run this has been! The arsenal band for this run are some of the most talented and just all around cool musicians I have ever worked with. Awesome grooves and strong, hard hitting rock performances throughout the entire contract. Way to go Arsenal!
The band for Rock of Ages the musical is lovingly called “Arsenal” and for the 2015 NCL International run the musicians were Gino Del Sole (guitar), Andre Karkos (guitar), Steve Such (drums) and Conrad Askland (music director and keyboards).
(Photo: Steve Such, drummer for Rock of Ages 2015)
Gino Del Sole (guitar) is from Toronto, CA and played on the Rock of Ages show up there and has played in rock bands and for musical theatre shows for years. Andre “Virus” Karkos (guitar) is a member of the hardcore rock band “Dope” and has also played on the Broadway run of ROA. Steve Such (drums) plays with the RHCP tribute band “The Red Not Chili Peppers”, creator of the viral “100 Rules for Drummers Video” and a very imaginative musical entrepreneur.
Thank you Arsenal for such an awesome run (highest ratings of any NCL ROA run to date!) and thank you NCL for letting us rock the house night after night.
Conrad Askland
Music Director Rock of Ages 2015 NCL International