Rock Hard At Equinox

As it turns out my local Equinox has become home to a talent pool of actors, sports team managers and musicians. My trainer there happens to be a rock star, and I don't just say that because he's a fitness aficionado who knows all the right ways to stretch and strengthen a body. Somewhere in between my pull downs, my plank pose and his artful sleeve of tattoos, I uncovered the fact that he's a well accomplished musician in a rock band called.......drum roll............ Sweet Cyanide.

As appealing -- or not --as the name may sound, these guys are good! A band of four they're all local boys from the Bronx, Yonkers and White Plains.

• Sal Scoca-Lead Vocals/guitar
• Angelo Fariello/Bass/vocals
• Joe Salvatore: Guitar/vocals and
• Mike Bambace: Drums

Sweet Cyanide has two recently released albums. Sweet Cyanide One and well Sweet Cyanide Two, but don't let the lack of original album titles fool you. This is one of the most original rock and roll bands I've heard a long time and it's just a matter of time before these guys get their really big break.

Sweet Cyanide's songs all incorporate good old-fashioned foot tapping, sing along in the car rock riffs, as heard in the song SLM, as well as the cigarette lighter raising ballad Solitary Son. But what really sets this band apart from others are the ever changing melodies that continuously morph as they flow along. A good example of this can be heard in the airplay-worthy tune, Between Us.

An uncommon mix between The Beatles and Ozzy Osbourne, the band first came together two years ago.

Julie:  " Do you feel that you are finally getting some of the recognition Sweet Cyanide deserves, now that Webster Hall is on the roster?"

Angelo: "Yes, the name is without a doubt getting around. The past few NYC shows have been huge, selling out Highline Ballroom, then Gramercy Theater and now headlining an intimate show at the Studio at Webster Hall. After those accomplishments, people are really starting to take notice. Playing the Sturgis Rock n' Rev Festival in August along side Guns and Roses, Alice in Chains, STP, Hinder, Daughtry and 3 Doors Down got some peoples attention as well."

Sweet Cyanide will be performing their live and intimate show at Webster Hall on Saturday night December 11th.

If you can't make it to the show go out and buy Sweet Cyanide 1 and 2, download them on itunes and visit the bands website.

Then you can listen to them wherever you are, even if it's just on the treadmill.

Equinox. It's not just fitness, it's life ... and a whole lot of talent.

Written by Julie Rosenblatt