FULL NAME:
Anthony Jude Pero

DATE OF BIRTH: October 14th, 1959

HEIGHT: Almost 5ft 7in

EYES: Brown

HAIR: Dark and curly

WHAT KIND OF UPBRINGING DID YOU HAVE?: very good- I came from an average working-class family.

WAS YOUR FAMILY MUSICALLY INCLINED? my father used to play sax in a millitary and my grandfather played mandolin in Italy.

WHAT WERE YOU GOOD AT IN SCHOOL?: Music and pinball

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE AS A KID?: An airline pilot - I was fascinated by flying - or a baseball player.

PROFESSIONAL JOBS OTHER THAN AS A MUSICIAN: I had odd jobs, like working in supermarkets and in a hardware store

MUSICAL TRAINING: I had 10 years of training, firsly private lessons and then percussion and tympani for orchestras.

EARLY INFLUENCES: Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich

FIRST CONCERT ATTENDED: Gene Krupa at the Metropole cafe in New York

FIRST RECORD BOUGHT: CHICAGO II

FAVORITE TWISTED SISTER SONG: King of the Fools

MUSIC YOU ENJOY LISTENING TO: Heavy rock and classical

ANY TYPE YOU DISLKIE: Russian Ballet

IDEAL MEAL: Surf & Turf

FAVORITE DRINK: Iced Tea (unsweetened) or vodka and tonic

ALL TIME FAVORITE ALBUM: I don't have a favorite, but amongst those I particularly like are Journey's live LP, and GREATEST CLASSICAL BAROQUE hits.

PARTICULAR LIKES: Weightlifting, martial arts, and golf

PET HATES: people who are obnoxious or conceited or both!

FAVORITE TV SHOW: The Honeymooners, The Odd Couple and Miami Vice

FAVORITE MOVIE: All of the Rocky films and all of Clint Eastwood's movies

FAVORITE ACTOR: Clint Eastwood

FAVORITE ACTRESS: Talia Shire

MOST INTERESTING PLACE YOU'VE VISITED: Hawaii

HAPPIEST EXPERIENCE: Winning a gold medal at the Paris Jazz Festival when I was 11

MOST SHATTERING EXPERIENCE: Not getting an audition for the Who when I submitted a tape after Keith moon died.

MOST TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE: Skiing down a hill at 90 m.p.h and not knowing how to stop!

PERSON YOU ADMIRE MOST: Sly Stallone

PROUDEST MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE: When I got married

MOST EMBARRASING MOMENT: After skiing to the bottom fo that hill, I landed in a lake and had to be fished out!

MOST FOOLISH THING YOU'VE EVER DONE: I once bleached my hair- I didn't do it right and it came our red, so I looked like Little Orphan Annie!