Class of 2023 (East Coast)

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(Musician) Former drummer of the band Boston. Hashian is heard on Boston's self-titled debut album, as well as on the follow-up Don't Look Back. Hashian was of Armenian and Italian ancestry and lived in Lynnfield, Massachusetts[3] with his wife, Suzanne (née Jipp).[4] They had one son, Adam, and two daughters, songwriter Aja Hashian and singer-songwriter Lauren Hashian, 

Sib, the youngest of four children, was raised in Lynn and was a graduate of Lynn English High School, Class of 1967. After receiving his first drum pad as a child, music became his passion. Sib earned money drumming as a young teen to help support his family. While in his late teens he was playing seven sets a night, seven nights a week, in the club district of Boston honing his craft of drumming. Sib continued his education at Catholic University in Washington D.C. earning an Associate's Degree. But, with the Vietnam draft looming, he chose to enlist into the United States Army Officer's Candidate School. After successfully completing OCS, Sib served as a First Lieutenant in the Vietnam War. Less than two years after being Honorably discharged from the Army. There is a film on Sib's life called "Back Beat From Above" by Yellow Box Entertainment 

https://www.yellowboxentertainment.com/n-e-w-s-e-v-e-n-t-s and Sib's award presentation will be at the premier of this inspirational film. 

  Born June 12, 1951
Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S Brad was an American musician, best known as the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Boston. He joined Boston in 1970, in which he played and sang on the band's first three albums.  Brad was known for being kindhearted, and contributed to a number of charitable causes . 

• Boston (1976)
• Don't Look Back (1978)
• Third Stage (1986)
• Corporate America (2002)

• Barry Goudreau (1980)

• Orion the Hunter (1984)

• Return to Zero (1991)
• Lost (1998)
• Lost and Found (2004)

• Delp and Goudreau (2003)
• "Rockin' Away" (2007)

• Whatcha Gonna Do! (2008)

• Keith Emerson - Best Revenge - Playing For Keeps (1982)
• Bruce Arnold - Orpheus Again (2010

Goldie & the Gingerbreads (Influencer/ pioneer) was an all-female American rock band from 1962 to 1967.[1] They were the first all-female rock band signed to a major record label.[2]

Whereas most female bands were ignored by the big record labels and their live performances rarely attracted more than gimmick-seeking crowds, the quartet consisting of three musicians and a singer: Ginger Bianco, Margo Lewis, Carol MacDonald, and Genya "Goldie" Zelkowitz (later Genya Ravan), were among the first to break into a domain dominated by men. They were signed to Decca in 1963[3] and to Atlantic in 1964.

Singles

• Skinny Vinnie / Chew Chew Fee Fi Fum – (1964), SPOKANE 45-4005[21]
• That's Why I Love You / What Kind of Man Are You – (1965), ATCO 45-6354[21]
• Can't You Hear My Heartbeat / Little Boy – (1965), DECCA 12070[21]
• That's Why I Love You / The Skip – (1965), DECCA 12126[21]
• Sailor Boy / Please Please – (1966), DECCA 12199[21]
• Look For Me Baby – (1966), DECCA
• Think About The Good Times / Please Please – (1966), ATCO 45-6427[21]
• Walking in Different Circles / Song of the Moon – (1967), ATCO 45-6475[21]
• Think About the Good Times – FONTANA 693[21]

 Mach's a Boston-based singer with hard-rock groups like the JOE PERRY PROJECT (1982-84), THUNDERTRAIN (1974-1980) and most recently the MACH BELL EXPERIENCE (founded in 2022). Classically trained on the cello as a child, Mach switched to the electric guitar during the Swinging 60's and in the early 70's he switched again, this time to frontman & lead vocalist.

It was Joe Perry who gave Bell his nickname "Cowboy" during their time writing, recording and touring together in the JOE PERRY PROJECT (Once a Rocker Always a Rocker, MCA Universal/Geffen Records).

Mach is a lifelong diarist and his road journals are the basis for his memoirs Once a Rocker Always a Rocker: A Diary (2019) and I Gotta Rock (2021).

Cowboy continues to make news & write new music. He travels, appearing at concerts, book signings, media events and artist panels.

Next up: Another book and more rock! Leading the all-new, hard-driving MACH BELL EXPERIENCE.

When he's not writing or rocking, Cowboy's favorite pastimes include screenwriting, film-making, flower gardening, cooking and beach combing with his wife, Julia. Cowboy even dug himself a backyard frog pond, along with his sidekick, a Bombay cat named Lucky.

Follow Cowboy Mach Bell at OnceARocker.com

https://www.instagram.com/cowboybeeps/

https://www.facebook.com/MachBell

https://twitter.com/mach_bell

 (Musician/ Songwriter) Robin Lane is a songwriter and performer whose timeless recordings with her band, the Chartbusters, and more recently under her own name, are enduring proof of what is so good about contemporary music. From her thrilling rock chestnut "When Things Go Wrong," which dented Billboard's Hot 100 in 1980, to her heart-wrenching "Last One To Know" from 2003's Piece Of Mind to more recent gems including "It's Your World" and "Woman Like That," from 2022's Dirt Road To Heaven, Robin's songs are tough, brutally honest, and thoroughly engaging. And if that weren't enough, she has a great story. (Check out the credits on Neil Young's Everybody Know This Is Nowhere, just for starters.) Robin has endured, and gotten better, and her music makes it crystal clear that she's always done what she does not for fame and fortune but because that's who she is, and she loves what she does.

(Influencer) Soon after Suzi began working with  now legendary songwriters Chinn and Chapman (Mike Chapman also produced) , which resulted the huge hit, “Can The Can”, which went to number one in May 1973, and went on to sell two and a half million copies worldwide. Between 1973 and 1980, Suzi Quatro featured in the British charts for no less than 101 weeks, and has sold to date over 55 million records, and still counting. her hits include
, “48 Crash”, “Too Big”, “Devil Gate Drive”, “Daytona Demon”, “The Wild One”, “She’s in Love With You”, “Mama’s Boy”, “If You Can’t Give Me Love”, “Rock Hard”,  and a million seller in the USA., ‘Stumblin In’ a duet with Chris Norman . From 77-79 Suzi spread her wings and landed a part on the worldwide hit TV. series ‘Happy Days’, playing Leather Tuscadero opposite Henry Winkler and Ron Howard.  She continued to act in other shows including, Minder, Dempsey and Makepeace, and more up to date,  Absolutely Fabulous and Midsomer Murders. In 1986 Suzi made her West End debut playing the leading role of Annie Oakley in Irving Berlin’s ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ for which she received great critical acclaim. 1988 Suzi spread her wings again, and hosted her own talk show called ‘Gas Street’ which ran for a year. 1989 Suzi was one of the first rock and roll acts to go to Russia, where she performed for over half a million people in just six weeks. 1991, She was triumphant again, realising a lifelong ambition by writing the music and lyrics, along with Shirlie Roden, and starring in ‘Talullah Bankhead’  it ran for its full season of 5 weeks, and Suzi received amazing critics, even though they were not officially allowed into review the show.
Jan , 1999 started Suzi’s radio career with bbc radio 2, which is ongoing today.  Suzi has done her own weekly programs, and many special documentaries including Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Patsy Cline, and a recent special on her home town of Detroit. Suzi has met, interviewed or played on stage with most of her hero’s.   Suzi is a very popular DJ. even being nominated for music broadcaster of the year at the Sony radio awards in 2006 1999 also saw Suzi honoured in ‘This Is Your Life’, complete with famous red book. they caught her on her 56 date UK tour, onstage at the Palladium.. completely off guard, there were a few expletives that had to be edited out!! In 2006 Suzi released the autobiographical album, “Back to the Drive”… which has become the fans favourite worldwide. Suzi also made an appearance alongside Charles Dance in the theatre, in a play called “Exonerated at this time”. Unzipped, Suzi’s Autobiograpy was released in 2007 and has done extremely well worldwide.. getting to number 2 in the Australian charts where she continues to tour.  the next tour in 2013 will be her 29th down under!!! Current release, produced by long time collaborator Mike Chapman, ‘In the Spotlight’ which is now also available in Limited Edition with an extra CD of unreleased Suzi compositions called
‘In the Dark’ , and an enhanced CD with a video of ‘Strict Machine’ and the now legendary Suzi tribute to her absolute hero, Elvis Presely, ‘Singing With Angel’s, which she recorded in Nashville with James Burton on guitar, and Elvis’s original backing vocal group, the Jordinaries.

 New England all female band Lizzie Borden and the Axes began with the founder Lizzie Borden. Liz became friends with Joan Jett, and in the early 1980s helped get her a gig at the Rat in Kenmore Square. It was there that Borden met guitarist Rita Lavacchia, and soon it was Borden switching to bass, Lavacchia on guitar, Cyndie Barone on drums, and singer Daria Smith, who was chosen partly due to her two-tone black and blonde hair. Lizzie Borden & the Axes started playing as a quartet at Cantones, the Rat, the Space, eventually bringing in Kathy Perry on keyboards. Then Smith left, with Heather Rice taking her place at the microphone.

But it wasn’t easy being an all-female band at the time, and there were cases of the band members being beaten up. Borden recalls one night at the Rat when a security bouncer started squirting something at them that caused a stinging in her eye, and how her punk attitude came in handy. “All I remember is leaping off stage, onto the bouncer, grabbing a chair, trying to bash him over the head, with him hitting back.” Labels took an interest in their music, and they released one album apiece with Capitol and A&M. But major changes were made. The band was forced to soften their look, from hair to makeup to outfits, because they were told they weren’t -– Borden’s words — “girlie” enough. Then they were told to change their name to Mata Hari. A few videos were released, but Rice wasn’t happy with the new direction of the band, and quit, as did Barone.

Borden remembers: “We were in the studio recording, and I was miserable. Rita looked at me in the middle of the session, then put her guitar down and said, ‘That’s it. I’m done. This is not what I want to do.’ And she walked out. I knew I had to finish the recording but then I walked out, too.” The band’s final gigs were in 1990, but there have been a number of reunions over the years, with Lisa Addario on guitar. Lizzie and the Axes are featured in the New England Music museum  https://www.mmone.org/lizzie-borden-the-axes/

Kathy Auburn-Guitar

Amy Blaze-Drums

Denise Troy-Vocals/ Keyboards

Peepa Jean-Sax/Guitar/Vocals/

A ground breaking all female lesbian band. CT based Sister Funk have been around for 20 years. They have broken down many barriers and  had the privilege's of sharing national stages with acts like: Mellissa Etheridge, B52s, Foreigner, ZZ 

Did you say 20 years? Yes this group has been to therapy and back to keep their high energy show going all these years.

2022 brings their 6th full-length independent CD release to the masses. Tracks off this new CD Wings To Fly are eclectic, more raw then their pervious releases and include some solid country-rock tunes such as Ride With Me & Life On The Road and some funky-blues-rock tunes like Want What I Want and It Ain't You. There are some surprise genres on this compilation such as Frostbite (rock-metal) and One Small Step (electra-pop).

Sister Funk has been nominated for many awards and titles: Best Rock band- Advocate, Best Rock Song- New England Music and has had their song Gone featured on Sirius Out Q as #1 for 15 consecutive weeks. Sister Funk performances are known for being unpredictable, playing multiple instruments and performing medleys of their favorite cover songs with their own creative interpretation. Don't be fooled by the name this dynamic band has something for everyone. 

Website: https://www.sisterfunk.com/index.php

James Ray Hart[2] (born January 1, 1944) is an American professional wrestlingmanager, executive, composer, and musician currently signed with WWE in a Legends deal.[1] He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he used the nickname "The Mouth of the South".

Throughout his career, Jimmy Hart, considered by many to be one of the greatest managers in professional wrestling history, has managed the likes of The Honky Tonk Man, Bret Hart (no relation) and Jim Neidhart (The Hart Foundation), Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Jerry "The King" Lawler, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, Irwin R. Schyster, The Mountie, The Natural Disasters, Dino Bravo, the Nasty Boys, The Giant, and Hulk Hogan. He was briefly the AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion in 1981.

Before becoming involved with professional wrestling, Hart was a member of rock band The Gentrys, best known for their 1965 top five Billboard Hot 100 hit, "Keep on Dancing".[3]

AWARDS

• American Wrestling Association
  • AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[22]
• Cauliflower Alley Club
  • Manager's Award (2015)[23]
• Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2017[24]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Manager of the Year (1987, 1994)
• World Class Wrestling Association
  • Hall of Fame (2006)
• World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2005)
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Manager of the Year (1983)
  • Best on Interviews (1984)
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2018)[25]