Current members: Nicky O’Steen, guitar; “Money” Mark Bobrow, drums; Jim Viner, base guitar; Michael Belt, rhythm guitar, vocals.
Founded in: 2000
Style: Rock
Influenced by: Sick of It All, Social Distortion, Johnny Cash, ’70s rock, old punk
Notable: Before joining Big Daddy Chrome, guitarist Nicky O’Steen was in a band called Impaler. That band inadvertently played a role in music history when their CD cover art attracted the attention of Tipper Gore. She showed it to her husband’s colleagues on the Senate Commerce Committee. They were shocked, shocked by it. The rest is history.
Quotable: Michael Belt on the band’s image: “Don’t make us sound like a dirty, gory band. We’re average Joes. We’re car guys. I’ve got a ’48 Chevy — it is a work in progress and probably will be until I retire.” Belt also noted that, despite their official status as a rock band, they’ve been adopted by the punk scene in Baltimore.
For more information about Big Daddy Chrome visit www.bigdaddychrome.com.
— Annie Linskey
