Christie Gerber

Photo By: Linda Windsor  

It's really not easy to talk about yourself without feeling vain but I'll give it a shot. To quote Russel Hammond (played by Billy Crudup) in one of my favorite movies, 'Almost Famous', "I dig music." Plain and simple. I grew up with a Mom who loved country music and a Dad who spoon-fed me the Beatles, Stones and Zeppelin. Somehow I ended up being a metal head more than anything. I listen to all types of music, don't get me wrong, but if someone pointed a gun to my head and made me choose a genre, I'd say METAL. Oh and I'd probably scream Slayer afterward...just cause I like to scream Slayer sometimes. When I'm not with my kids, I can be found at a local metal show. Supporting local music is something I do, and do well I might add. I'm Christie Gerber, Shockwave's resident trouble maker, music reviewer, eye batter, gum chewer, call maker, bitcher, and partner in crime to Mikey Rocha. See ya 'round...

Mikey Rocha

 

Well I was told to sum myself up in a few words...which won't happen! So here goes me in a nutshell:
I'm really just your resident music junkie. I breathe all aspects of it. I was brought up on a healthy diet of Ozzy, Sepultura, N.W.A., Misfits, Bob Marley, and Louie Armstrong; just to name a few. You can catch me at all the clubs around Baltimore. I support local music, and love to have fun with the best of them. I've a lot of experience in the scene. I started out MCing at Mac's (now Sinix) I also managed the local band Eightball Hemhorrage for over a year. I was also partnered with Windsor Promotion based in Southern MD. Like my partner in crime Christie, I'm a resident trouble maker, music reviewer, and sometimes get caught with my pants down...which sometimes can get me into fun trouble, but that's what I'm used to! So people when you see me let's all have a good time, and have great music exposed to the masses, and above all...avoid DRAMA! See ya'll on the flipside!

 

Johnnie Vrana is an entrepreneur, Metal Däd and life-long music fan. From his first job delivering the Daily News in order to get a Zebra cassette, he has consistently spent most of his money on music-related items, concerts and vacations. Johnnie's "real job" is owning CRM Open, a software consulting company. He also owns nirVrana entertainment, which is his creative outlet, where he designs and builds websites, writes screenplays and books, and takes concert and sporting event photos. Johnnie sometimes finds time to tool around on his acoustic and electric guitars, but can more likely be found playing Rock Band with his family on the PS3. He is most happy in life attending live concert performances, big and small, near and far. Some of his best memories are of shows such as Woodstock '99, ShipRocked cruise, Tesla acoustic ['89 and '05], Rock On The Range, Rocklahoma, Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime at House of Blues Myrtle Beach, and Shinedown at Baltimore's own Rams Head Live! Just to name a few. Johnnie also puts a lot of time and energy into his music-related charity ventures - WhatYouGive.org, inspired by Tesla - and Cancer Sucks! Charity With Attitude.

Sue Hodges

 

Susan (Sue) Hodges Grant has been writing for over 20 years for various national and international publications. She studied journalism at Loyola College in Baltimore, MD and started as an intern with a local music magazine in 1988. With a bevy of experience with various positions from a hard rock/heavy metal columnist to Executive Editor, she currently does freelance work penning book reviews, history and travel writing as well as music journalism. With a post-grad degree in Library and Information Science, she is the librarian usually banging her head to Metallica while searching student queries.