MEET THE BAND

Serious Guise
"A Seriously Fun Rock n Roll Band"

MEET THE BAND
More Than Love(click the play button)

Dennis Gonzales I was born and raised in Chula Vista-Otay California. I have always loved music since my early childhood days, My father was a musician/sax player in the Marine Corps Band. He was stationed in Washington DC, playing for the white house and other related functions. He started me playing clarinet through Jr high school. I eventually found my way to guitar, after high school. I grew up idolizing Hendrix and the Beatles etc. My 1^st band was called “Aragon” and we were able to play locally for several years until work and school split the band up. I am the only original member of Serious Guise, and this current version of the band is truly the most rock-n and talented. Note: All former bios written by XXXX on this website describing my poor childhood are fiction. The truth is, it was lifesavers not chiclets. Also, the afore mentioned sex change was a former member of Serious Guise, who you may see around town or in Iowa. Thanks to all the friends and fans of the Serious Guise band for support.

Dennis/ Rock

Rick Williams I was born in Virginia, a Navy brat, so growing up, moved often. At around age 9 I saw my cousin's drumset and knew I would be a drummer. My parents divorced around the same time. Living with my Mom & 3 sisters in Alameda, CA a couple years later, my Dad was stationed in Vietnam and sent me $200.00 for my first drumset.(from Spiegal mail order catalog) I did alot of practicing and band at school for the next few years. Around ninth grade I went to live with my Dad in Staunton, VA. I had to take up playing the Bass guitar to a get band formed in high school. Had a brief stint in the Navy as a Boiler Technician. Then back to the drums. Played in a band in Staunton called Barnstorm for a few years. Then moved to San Diego in 1979. Played with a bunch of different people and bands and nothing really took off until 1984, when I saw Crystal advertise in the San Diego Reader for a drummer who could sing. The audition was a success and Crystal spent the next 10 years (NO DAY JOB) playing music for a living, writing original music, recording, opening concerts for national acts, touring the western U.S. including Alaska and even played several tours in Japan. The band called it quits in 1994, stayed friends and put up a Crystal website around 1999 and got signed to a distribution deal for a Greatset Hits CD,called Crystal "Collection" with REWIND RECORDS & AOR HEAVEN. Find out more about that at: www.crystalmusic.net In 1994 I started working at Mark's Guitar Exchange. www.marksguitarexchange.com Two years later, became the manager and still there today. In 1996 I agreed to fill in for Serious Guise, who had 7 different drummers that year, that had not worked out. I enjoyed working with the Guise so much, I took the gig fulltime. It has been more than 12 years together now and we have played all over San Diego County and CA. We played 3 times for the troops in Japan, in 2000. HELLO TO IWAKUNI AND SASABO, JAPAN!!!!
GOD BLESS THE U.S. MILITARY!!!!!
Rick
(Drums & Vocals)

Mark Griffin The Griffin brothers(Mike & Mark)grew up in Melrose, New York, a typical family for the time. Our father was a fireman. Our mother was a stay at home mom. We have two sisters and two brothers. Our father found a guitar by the road on his way home from work one day and we would play it no matter how many strings it had. We would get together with other kids on our street and have contests to see who could play the most songs(all the way through). We all played by ear, so Mike & I never learned to read or write music. It didn’t matter though, we were hooked. By the 8th grade we had our own band and started playing partys and school functions. I graduated at 16 by taking 11th and 12th grades at the same time. I wanted to get to California to see if I could make it in the music biz. So my parents signed a permission slip to join the Navy, under age. When I was discharged in 1985 I still had 2 years of Navy Reserves to go, so I couldn’t grow my hair long(those were the big hair days). Mike joined me shortly after I got my first apartment in Mira Mesa and we set up a little recording studio complete with digital drums. We spent a couple of years creating music with Mike on drums. It was really hard to find a drummer and bass player willing and able to play our music. Still we had fun! Jamie Fox lived a couple doors down from us and he used to come over and record demos. We played a talent show at USIU with him! Our band was called New York Blade and you can hear us on: www.myspace.com/newyorkblade. We played alot on Camp Pendleton and at the Del Mar Fair. After 15 years of playing in the showcase circuit, Mike started hanging out with the Serious Guise, and eventually joined the band. After about four years of playing every night, Mike needed a break and that's when I stepped in. Its been a wild ride ever since!
Mark
( Guitars, Bass, Synth & Vocals)

Wolfgang Hopka was born a Werewolf in Germany. Moved to London for a few years and now he's a German Werewolf in San Diego.
( actual bio coming soon)

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