Little River Band

Tony Sciuto




Tony Sciuto

... the banging rush, the pure uncut,
the one you chase and can't catch up ...

Tony Sciuto

TONY joined LITTLE RIVER BAND in 1990, adding a more keyboard oriented sound to the live appearance of the group. He is basically a guitarist, and was therefore additionally able to add a third guitar to the group's live sound. Before joining LRB, TONY had a well-selling hit album in Japan back in the early 80s, called 'Island Nights'. During his LITTLE RIVERE BAND days he grouped his own band parallel, at first called bONEhEAD, but later the guys changed the name to BANGING RUSH. Their only album was released on the Thoughtscape Label.

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Name: Tony Sciuto
Date of birth: somewhere in the '50's
Place of birth : Baltimore , Maryland Instruments : lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, SAD Harmonica
Likes : Nice, honest people who can 'tell you to your face' what they say 'when you're not around'; mornings (I'm very energetic and motivated to take on the world at 8 a.m. [Hiding under a pot of Coffee ,that is]); to travel, and see the world, and play music to the world.
Dislikes: Selfish people! Being misinterpreted, or misread; people who 'like to dislike'.
Musical career: solo, bONEhEAD, LITTLE RIVER BAND, BANGING RUSH and live performances with PETER BECKETT'S PLAYER. TONY also played briefly with ERIC CARMEN, RICK ASTLEY and his good friend JOHN STAMOS. "You may have seen me on a few FULLHOUSE episodes."
Current activities: TONY has informed us, that his next solo album will soon be released, probably on the label of Cool Sounds from Japan. Hence I guess, he has just finished recording and mixing it. He hopes to be touring with BANGING RUSH very soon!
[Editorial note: the album mentioned above has subsequently become 'Be My Radio', as shown below]
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Tony Sciuto - Island Nights
1980		 Long before TONY'S membership with LITTLE RIVER BAND in 1990 ever became a subject, he released this wonderful album, co-produced by him and STEVE DORFF. 'Island Nights' spawned the hit single with the same title and was very successful in Japan. At this point in time TONY'S musical style was rather pop oriented, adult contemporary, and this release explains why he and his collaboration partner SAMMY EGORIN are considered such a successful and brilliant composer team. Popular and highly-acclaimed session musicians appear on these tracks, such as ED GREENE [drums], STEVE LUKATHER [guitars, TOTO], BILL CUOMO [keyboards, worked with KIM CARNES amongst others and later co-produced BEEB BIRTLES' 'Driven By Dreams' album], and TONY'S brother MICHAEL SCIUTO [bass], who later also toured with former STYX lead singer, DENNIS DeYOUNG. Tony Sciuto - Island Nights
bONEhEAD - Genius
1995		 After a bunch of solo releases in the '80s this is TONY SCIUTO'S first solo effort for a long time, teaming up with his brother MICHAEL on bass and various other musicians, who later spawned BANGING RUSH. Many of the songs of the 1997 release 'Holiday In Eden' originated from tracks of 'Genius'. Other than that, three songs included herein were deleted for the follow-up album. Listen to the wonderful acoustic version of Mickey Mantle ... TONY almost unplugged ! bONEhEAD - Genius
Banging Rush - Holiday In Eden
1997		 Hard rock at its best! Still, many fans write to me, asking me about TONY. I have personally never seen him perform with LITTLE RIVER BAND but this release shows that he is an excellent producer, songwriter and band leader. Having written all the songs [except for the THE DOORS classic 'Light My Fire'] TONY rocks off like LRB did on 'Playing To Win'. Maybe this album is more American mainstream, but its a good indication of who TONY SCIUTO truly is as an artist and composer.

Click for more information about BANGING RUSH: http://home.pi.se/mtm/psycho/banging.html 		Banging Rush - Holiday In Eden
Tony Sciuto - Be My Radio
1981
Firstly released in 1999		 Unbelievable that this material was hidden from fans and the market for almost twenty years! 'Be My Radio' is a release of the Japanese Cool Sound label, publishing material recorded by TONY back in 1981 as a subsequent result of his successful 'Island Nights' album. Equal to 'Island Nights' the tracks herein were again produced by TONY and/or STEVE DORFF, using the same high-quality musicians as on the first album. Amongst the superb title track, the opener Secrets In The Night [with indubitable hit potential] and the beautiful ballad M'Lisa [which was previously released by the BAY CITY ROLLERS on their 'Dedication' album] 'Be My Radio' also contains three tracks marked as bonus tracks. Those are an alternate mix of Island Nights as well as two other songs from that album, namely Trapeze and Angel. Tony Sciuto - Be My Radio


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