Jen Molloy & Exit

Location:
Pennsylvania, US
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Experimental / Metal / Rock
Label:
none yet
All I can tell you is this:



"Jen Molloy and Exit make GOTH and DEATH seem fun!"



JEN STARTED AS A SOLO ACOUSTIC ACT WITH SOME SEQUENCED BACKING. EVENTUALLY SHE MET SOME KEY PLAYERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HER CAREER. ONE WAS WILLIAM BRAUNINGER, WHO PLAYED BASS WITH HER FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND ALSO RECORDED THE DEMO FROM 2001. WHILE PLAYING WITH WILLIAM, SHE CAME ACROSS TOM THEURER, WHO STARTED PLAYING DRUMS WITH THEM, AND WHOM ALSO RECORDED THE DEMO IN 2001. JIM ALFANO SUPPLIED LEAD GUITAR PARTS LIVE AND ON THE DEMO, AS WELL AS ADAM JONES FROM NIGHTBREED. BOTH WERE PARTS OF THE STUDIO AND LIVE BAND.

DURING THIS TIME, THE BAND PLAYED MANY GREAT SHOWS, AT GREAT VENUES LIKE EVOLUTION, ULANA'S, THE BALCONY. THIS WENT ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS UNTIL JEN GAVE BIRTH TO HER SON, SEAN. SO THE BAND TOOK A BREAK, AND RECONVENED IN 2005, WITH A DIFFERENT LINEUP. (WILLIAM BRAUNINGER HAS SINCE MOVED TO FLORIDA)

JEN AND TOM (DRUMMER) RECONNECTED, AND THE BAND WAS REBORN.

THEY RECRUITED JESUS GIORDIANI TO PLAY GUITAR. (JESUS WAS ACTUALLY JEN'S POSTAL CARRIER!!!) JESUS BROUGHT MIKE LOCKWOOD WITH HIM TO PLAY BASS, AND THIS LINE UP PLAYED A SHOW AT THE BARBARY. JESUS, A MASTER CHEF, DECIDED TO OPEN HIS OWN RESTAURANT (GIORDIANI'S GRILLE) SO HE LEFT THE BAND. THEN MIKE BROUGHT IN AMBROSE SOUDER, FORMERLY OF THE BAND RAISED ON RADIO. WITH THIS LINEUP, THE BAND HAS BEEN STRONGER THAN EVER, AND HAS PLAYED MANY GREAT SHOWS, INCLUDING THE MAIN STAGE AT THE TROCADERO IN JANUARY 2007. OTHER VENUES INCLUDE CLUB 218, TRITONE, THE ARENA, AND THE UNDERGROUND.

2008 HAS SEEN THE RETURN OF ORIGINAL BASSIST WILLIAM BRAUNINGER. MIKE LOCKWOOD AND HIS WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER IN LATE 2007, SO HE LEFT THE BAND TO DEVOTE THE TIME TO HIS NEW OFFSPRING. BY COINCIDENCE, BILL WAS RETURNING HOME FROM FLORIDA JUST IN TIME TO REJOIN THE GROUP AS MIKE LEFT!!!!
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