Biography
In the cultural wasteland of post-recession suburban North Jersey, genuine, unadulterated creative expression seems to be an increasingly rare commodity. Those looking to shake off the cobwebs of imaginative stagnation should look no further than the music of singer-songwriter Dan Scarpa.
Equally influenced by Marc Bolan and Charles Bukowski, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Beach Boys, Dan Scarpa’s music ranges from maniacally exuberant psychedelic come-ons to hypothetical punk rock theme songs to old-school horror films to heartbroken after-hours barroom meditations.
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A veteran of literally thousands of open mic nights and hundreds of shows both as a solo act and as a key member of the majority of the significant rock bands in the area, and an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, Dan Scarpa is a musician and songwriter whose versatility rivals all others.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.