On an otherwise unremarkable night in 2003, Chapter 2 took the stage for the very first time together at The Stadium Club in West Milwaukee , WI . The very first note of that very first set came from a Stratocaster played by Mr. Steve Rose.

Since that time, pretty much everything has changed in Chapter 2, we think for the better. We've all got new guitars, new equipment, pretty bouncy lights, new, bigger, better venues, hell, even 4 new members. But through all the changes, Steve is always there. Why? Well, he's just the kinda guy you'd want to invite to a bar-b-que, knife fight, or to bash your face in (well, metaphorically, anyways) with some good old hard-driving American Rock and Roll Music. We keep him around cuz he's a good guy, a great guitarist and just in case there's ever a knife fight. Oh, and cuz he pulls the trailer. That too.

Band Duties : Guitar, Vocals, Getaway Driver

Equipment : Mesa Lonestar Class A Combo, Fender Stratocaster & Paul Reed Smith Guitars. Sennheiser Evolution Wireless (Guitar), Sennheiser Evolution Handheld (Vocals). Custom signal processing electronics.

Former 19-term Congressman Robert Milhous "Bobby" Green (I-Alaska) may have left office in disgrace following a well-publicized trial (he calls it a "witch hunt"), but when one door closes, another one opens. Following his release from Federal Custody, Bobby's new-found free time lead him to Chapter 2 in 2005, and his cache of leftover campaign funds investment income has managed to buy him some of the best-sounding guitars this side of anywhere.

Now, I know what you're saying - a cool guitar is only as good as the convicted money launderer who plays it, right? Well thankfully Bobby's even better at playing guitar than he is at wire fraud, securities fraud and offshore banking -- and he was pretty good at that until his do-gooder campaign manager turned him in!

Bob also lends vocals to the band, and his singing never landed anybody in jail.

Band Duties: Guitar, Vocals, Band CFO.

Equipment: Fender Deluxe Reverb, Fender Telecaster, Gibson ES-335, Custom Processing Electronics, Sennheiser Evolution Wireless (Guitar), Shure Beta 87A (Vocal).

The man behind the name, strange as it/he is, somehow just perfectly completes the great Chapter 2 band. Born to Big Bill and Mommy Snowpants on the windswept plain of West Allis, Wisconsin, Little Willie was conceived to the rockin' beat of Captain and Tennille's immortal "Muskrat Love" on Valentine's Day, 1978.

Fast forward through glam-rock, boy bands and pop-tart filled decades, Little Willie first slipped on his Snowpants for Chapter 2 in 2004. His meteoric rise through the ranks from stagehand to soundman to frontman took less than a year, thanks in large part to huge bribes and promises of lower taxes and less band bureaucracy.

Now a band upperclassman, Little Willie still resorts to sophomoric behavior of every flavor, and does his best to impersonate some of the greatest-and worst-singers in the history of Rock N' Roll.

Band Duties: Vocals, Production, Legal Counsel.

Equipment: Shure SLX Wireless - Beta 87A, 10" precision hardwired instrument.

After being expelled from the Federal Witness Protection program in 2003, "Bonded" Bobby Banks (an obvious alias) met The Rear Admiral in a smoky bar to talk business. A truckload of American Spirit Cigarettes sat outside, and as the negotiations got more and more heated, The Rear Admiral sweetened the deal by offering his coveted 1982 Pink Paisley Stratocaster in payment.

Intrigued, Bobby mentioned that he, too was a musician, or a bass player, anyways, and what had been an acrimonious negotation quickly turned into two kindred spirits swapping stories about the road.

After closing the deal, The Admiral mentioned a new project he was working on, and invited Bobby down to play. Nearly 5 years later, and after another trip in and out of Witness Protection, Bobby is (still/back) on the low-strings for C2, shaking old ladies fillings loose, and... well, something about young ladies and filling and loose. Yah.

Band Duties: Bass, Vocals, Rube

Equipment: Mesa Pulse Head, Mesa 2x10, 4x8" Cabs, Warwick Corvette 4-string Bass, Sennheiser Evolution (Vocal).

Proof positive that minority recruitment exists elsewhere besides in government jobs, Vinny Boom-Bahtz (birth name Vincente Stugatz) fulfilled Chapter 2's quota in late 2007. Of course, we're kidding. Vinny actually just hung around long enough for our former drummer Scooter Gravyblood to retire. Well, actually he's more bedridden than retired...

...Anyways, having Vinny on the drums is like having a second frontman on stage. He twirls, he whirls, he beats his cymbals until they beg for mercy. He just plain ROCKS.

Legend indicates that if you squint your eyes just right, Vinny appears as Vishnu, 6 arms instead of two, and a gigantic elephant's trunk where his nose should be, all wielding drumsticks, all giving Chapter 2 a rock solid backbone. Just don't feed him any peanuts.

Band Duties: Drum Set, Automotive Undercarriage Illumination Expert

Equipment: Pearl 7-piece, Zildjian Cymbals, DW Hardware. AKG MiniPoint Tom Microphones SM57 Snare/Cymbals, Audix D6 Kick. Antique Belgian Area Rug.