Pete Johnson - Drums
Currently from Minneapolis, Pete grew up in Fargo ND, and began traveling the Midwest with The Street Band as a teen. After relocating to the Twin Cities area in 2010, he joined up with Brat Pack Radio until 2014 when he decided to take on some of the freelance drumming jobs that he was being offered regularly, including drumming with Patrik Tanner & The Faraway Men, GB Leighton, Charity Bell Band, and Anthony Shore’s Elvis Tribute All Star Band, to name a few. "I love playing David Bowie's music with this band. "We believe in it and the audience immediately picks up on that."
Tom Dery - Bass
Known aliases include ‘Tommy D’, ‘Meadowlark Lemmy’, ‘Hockeydad’, ‘Spaceman’, ‘Major Tom’, ‘silly bass player! Tom grew up in Green Bay, WI where he secured the bass spot in Mad Racket’ in 1981 and went on to play in various cover bands and perform original rock with ‘Ameritron’!
Tom plays Wal and Fender basses. His influences include Danny Partridge, Dusty Hill, Steve Harris, Geezer Butler, and John Deacon. Anyone who's met Tom knows he's one of RUSH's biggest fans!
Fastidious and precise.
John Hudgens - Keyboards
John hails from Lafayette, Indiana and formed his first band in college playing analog synthesizers, vacuum tube organs and old Wurlitzer pianos, constantly experimenting with home-built effects boxes and reel to reel tape machines to create unique sounds. His experience carries through to his approach to the full range of keyboard sounds required in this band. Johns musical influences include Yes, David Bowie, ELO, Kansas, and Rush, as well as early new wave bands such as The Cars, Gary Numan, and Talking Heads. "I'm truly honored to play with such great musicians who care about the music of David Bowie".
Matt Cary - Guitar
Matt grew up in the Twin Cities area and started playing guitar in the '80s after hearing Scorpions' "Blackout" and hasn't looked back.
Memorable places Matt has played along the way are Liverpool England's CAVERN CLUB, Minneapolis's Basilica Block Party and beautiful Pantages Theatre. He says "It's awesome playing Bowie's songs with this band. We have fun every time we get on stage together and it seems to rub off onto the audience as well. You'll find out when you come see us."
Matt is also known for his impressive collection of Gibson Flying V guitars!
Ryan Dunlop - Guitar
Growing up in the St. Cloud area, Ryan started performing with his first bands in high school and later studied sound engineering and music theory at Music Tech. Since then, he's performed in both original and cover bands, covering a wide range of genres. He's also contributed to unique projects such as the BareBones Halloween puppet show orchestras.
Ryan's influences range from Kurt Cobain to Peter Green to jazz legends Jim Hall, and Bill Frisell. "Nirvana brought me to Bowie and I've been in a Moonage Daydream since!"