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Musicians
Ben Carroll
Ben Carroll, guitarist for the band Ra, born November 19, 1976, originally hails from Salisbury, MA. He grew up in a home rich with rock music... Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, the Police, the Doors, Black Sabbath, U2 were all regular sounds in his childhood home. Early on he took an active interest in music, jumping off the couch to "rawkkk!" He soon started playing music, beginning with the trumpet in the 3rd grade, quickly switching to piano. At the age of 11, he received an acoustic guitar as a gift from his uncle. With that fateful gift Carroll discovered his passion and soared, never looking back.
After graduating from Triton Regional High School in 1994, Carroll honed his "chops" while attending Berklee College of Music in Boston. Despite the intense studying, he compares his experience at the prestigious school to "...being in Disneyland every day." But the temptation of taking a stab at the rock-n-roll big time proved exceedingly intense. It was a temptation that eventually drove him to leave Disney for the Hollywood Hills to try his luck in the scene that produced bands like Motley Crue and the Doors.
P.J.Farley
P.J.Farley began his professional music career at the ripe old age of 16 years old when he signed his first MAJOR record deal as the bass player for the band TRIXTER. Signed to MCA records in 1989, His band TRIXTER recorded 2 records for MCA( Self-titled Trixter 1990, HEAR 1992). Those records have combined sales of over a million units! P.J. toured extensively in support of those records with bands such as KISS,POISON,WARRANT,SCORPIONS, etc... Touring every major arena,club, theater, and outdoor pavilion in the US and JAPAN gave P.J. experiences that most people twice his age were dreaming about. The band also went on to have three #1 videos on MTV and were on the cover of EVERY major music magazine published! Receiving a GOLD record at the age of 18 was "a surreal experience" says P.J. It was with this band that P.J. really cut his teeth and set the stage for a long career in music.
