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WET ANIMAL Guitarist/songwriter Rick Wartell started the legendary Trouble in 1977 Chicago. Six studio albums and 18 years later, Trouble is largely looked at as one of the bands that gave birth to American Stoner Rock/Doom Metal. Trouble toured with The Ramones; with Pantera; and performed three times in the 90s at Einhoven, Hollands prestigious Dynamo Festival. It was an honor to be able to play that kind of music in that day and age and be recognized for it by younger bands today, says Wartell.
Wet Animal was born the year Trouble ended, 1995. The brainchild of Wartell, and West Virginian singer/guitarist Shane Pasqualla. But by 1999, Wartell and Pasqualla were family men. Family life interrupted all good rock intentions for a few years, but by 2003, Shane and Rick got that ol rocknroll itch again, and they just had to scratch it. The two started collaborating on new material. They recruited Jeff Oly Olson to play drums and Michael Vito Diprima to play bass, and went into the studio armed with massive amounts of ideas and the considerable chops to pull em all off.
Wet Animal was born the year Trouble ended, 1995. The brainchild of Wartell, and West Virginian singer/guitarist Shane Pasqualla. But by 1999, Wartell and Pasqualla were family men. Family life interrupted all good rock intentions for a few years, but by 2003, Shane and Rick got that ol rocknroll itch again, and they just had to scratch it. The two started collaborating on new material. They recruited Jeff Oly Olson to play drums and Michael Vito Diprima to play bass, and went into the studio armed with massive amounts of ideas and the considerable chops to pull em all off.
