John Carlucci is a Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 based musician

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. He originally hailed from Queens

Queens

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, in NYC

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 and played bass for "The Speedies".
The Speedies were a fixture on the NY Underground Rock scene of the late 1970s. They played most frequently at Max's Kansas City

Max's Kansas City

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. and were voted the best unsigned band in the U.S.A.

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 by the New York Rocker

New York Rocker

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 magazine in 1980.

Nearly thirty years after they broke up. Their rare & obscure 45, "Let Me Take Your Photo" was used by Hewlett Packard in a nationwide Television commercial. Exposure from the commercial led to the song being featured regularly on the Jay Leno

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 show as a musical lead in to his "photobooth" skit and to a release of a long lost Speedies lp on radio Heartbeat records.

After moving to Los Angeles, John joined the Fuzztones

The Fuzztones

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 & was with them when they signed to RCA Records

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 & recorded the "In Heat" record. He toured with the group extensively in Europe

Europe

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 in the late 1980s.

He is still active in music & he's recorded or performed with all of the following:

Sylvain Sylvain

Sylvain Sylvain

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, Clem Burke

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 & Frankie Infante, Ian Astbury

Ian Astbury

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, Lemmy, Dave Vanian, The Ghastly Ones

Ghastly Ones

The Ghastly Ones are a surf–garage rock band from Van Nuys, California with a late-night monster movie theme.-History:They infused their love of Halloween records, late night monster movies and Screaming Lord Sutch with inspiration from early sixties surf and hot rod acts like The Lively Ones,...

, The Beat Killers, The Hexxers, Rik L Rik, Deke Dickerson

Deke Dickerson

Deke Dickerson is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.After playing in several local rockabilly bands, Deke formed The Untamed Youth at age 17 in his hometown of Columbia, Missouri...

, The Sprauge Bros. Dawn Shipley, Truly Lover Trio, Nikki Corvette

Nikki Corvette

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, The Odd Squad, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang & The Mighty Manfred.