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STREET BEAT SPOTLIGHTGood Presentation While Pounding by Tom Lounges
When Tamallicka parted ways, bassist Dave Fadley, drummer John Escue and guitarist Kevin “Bones” Cox, quickly pushed their Rezist project onto the front burner. Rounding out the band are vocalist/frontman Joe Kasper and second guitarist Pat Leonard, who respectively continue to moonlight in the local region bands Backwater and Financial Burden. “We were all in other bands when we started putting Rezist together,” said Cox, “but [when Tamallicka stopped] the three of us made this our priority. Pat and Joe now feel the same way we do. They’re still with their other bands, but Rezist is getting everyone’s full-time attention these days.” Backwater has a hauntingly similar set list to that of the old Tamallicka, which does not allow Kasper the chance to wrap his vocals around the heavier modern rock songs he personally enjoys most. Rezist gives him that opportunity as the band embraces the harder-edged side of the Q101/94.7 sound, covering songs by Godsmack, Tool, Powerman 5000, Disturbed and others of that ilk. Kasper is a cousin of Cox’s wife. He had successfully auditioned to sing for an earlier all-original project Cox and Escue had in the mid-‘90s called, Bone China. “About the time Joe was going to start with us, the Tamallicka thing really took off and we just let it [Bone China] go,” recalled Cox. “So Joe joined Backwater instead.” Original music is a priority for Rezist and some songs have already started coming together. “John and I have some stuff we originally started for Bone China that we are again working on,” said Cox. “Joe and I have been writing some stuff too. We’re all getting into that writing mode I think...” Knowing well that original music –– especially heavier original music –– is not welcomed too readily by Northwest Indiana club owners, Rezist is starting to focus their efforts on cracking the Chicago market, which accepts bands who write their own material. With all five members having flexible schedules, Rezist hopes to soon have their name splashed on marquees in surrounding Midwestern states as well. “We’re all able to pick up and go, so we’d like to start working a pretty wide area,” said Cox. “We like playing here, but we’ve all been playing these same clubs for years. We’d all like to take this band to new places.” Pooling their monies, the five rockers are presently investing in their live show. They have begun stockpiling lights, stage props and assorted special effects. “Everyone of us grew up in the ‘80s as MTV kids when everything was lights and flash and big staging effects,” reflected Cox, “so we all agreed that we want ed to have that kind of big show.” Rezist now has a full time lighting/sound tech and are impressing club audiences all over the region with their steadily growing light show. “We are taking the money from the gigs we do and investing every penny of it back into the show,” said Escue during a recent gig at Bookies Sports Bar in Dyer. “This (he said pointing to the lighting rig) is only the start of what we have planned.” “We’ve got the music down very well and now we’re focusing on getting the show together,” added Cox | ||
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When two key members of the popular classic rock cover band Tamallicka decided they wanted some down time, the group’s remaining three saw it as the perfect opportunity to explore the world of heavier music and the off-shoot band, Rezist was born.