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Bad Buddha
is an original Rock band from
Pittsburgh
that blends Rock, Blues,
Pop, and Jazz elements to take listeners on an upbeat musical journey.
For the past 18 months Bad Buddha
has been entertaining a growing fan base around
Pittsburgh
’s
East End
and South Side.
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BuddhaBios
J.
Al
ex Lang
-
Al
to Saxophone.
Al
ex was born into a musical
family thirty years ago, where he began playing piano as a toddler, and
eventually picked up a few woodwind instruments.
At one point
Al
ex got confused and thought that a camera was a musical instrument, and
he tries to play a 35mm camera as well.
Brad Lauer
- Bass player, vocals and song writing. Brad
started as a musician at the age of 12 playing a concert bass in the middle
school orchestra. The same
year he started playing bass guitar for the jazz band. He
has played in many different rock and jazz groups since. Influences
include: Geddy Lee, Victor Wooten, Jaco Pastorius, and Dave Matthews.
Art
Manion – Drums.
Art
played in marching band, stage band, orchestras,
and with friends here and there. Then
he went to college and put away the drums. After
college,
Art
wisely got the drums out and played with
DogTown Road
.
Then
Art
moved back to
Pittsburgh
and put the drums away
again. Wisdom prevailed, and
Art
got the drums back out to
play with Bad Buddha.
Jeff Picone
- Guitar, vocals and song writing. Jeff
has played on the Pittsburgh Music scene for a while moving out of the basement
with local bands "The Bad Guys" and “Trudy" before forming Bad
Buddha in September of 2005.