Ric Fray

Lead Vocals & Bass

I started singing in my first band when I was about fifteen. It was the usual garage band full of a bunch of young guys doing it for a good time and sounding pretty awful. 

But, this made me fall in love with playing and writing music and performing.  After about a year in my first band I began to take singing seriously after hearing what a few of my favorite rock singers could do.

So, I took some lessons and from there fronted too many bands for me to remember.

Eventually I formed a band with my best friend Al Brozostowski, who had been in a lot of local acts, and little did I know happened to be a great guitar player.

We found our old buddy Dino Losurdo out clubbing one night.  First thing he asks me is, "you're a singer aren't you?!"

And since he was hammering the table like he had a nervous tic, I said, "And you must be the drummer we're looking for."  Al came over and many beers later a band was formed, and we hadn't even heard each other play. 

After a while I met Sheree and found she smoked on guitar. So, I had no choice but to recruit her for my band. This worked for quite a while.  We did some shows and recorded a demo.

Later on Al decided to quit because of musical differences, and Dino moved to Georgia.

That left Sheree and I to totally reform the band from the ground up. Little did we know that John Pontrelli, a good friend of Dino's, had seen one of our shows and had his sites set on being our drummer.

 So, when he found out we needed one he was all over it.  We got extremely lucky and found a great drummer right off the bat.

 We then recruited Al Chidsey and went out as Frayd for a couple of years.  Eventually this band broke up for various reasons and never really got off the ground again.

 After getting really sick of dealing with shit from other people, and all the crap you have to deal with being in a band, I nearly quit the whole band thing all together. I just told Sheree I needed a break.

 After thinking the whole thing through I decided that I needed to learn an instrument, besides voice.  I felt it would help me convey song ideas and doing double duty would cut the potential for one more hassle/ego/band member out of the act.

I took up the bass and I am loving it as an instrument.  I find it much more enjoyable to sing and play rather than just sing.  I feel more in tune with the music and the rest of the band.

So, after I got far enough along on the bass to play a whole set and sing at the same time we contacted John Pontrelli to see if he was still interested.   To our surprise no other band lived up to what he wanted out of a band, or snatched him up. Again I got lucky and found a kick ass drummer with one phone call.

So, here we are again as FRAYD.

My instruments/Gear:

Musicman Bongo Bass (Want more please)

Ibanez Sound Gear Bass

Bass Pod XT live

Shure SM58 microphone

BOSE L1 (possibly the greatest invention for live sound & a band that brings it's own sound to clubs) The bose fills a club with crystal clear professional sound.

My Favorite Bands:

Faith No More (damn I wish these guys would get back together)

Dio, Iron Maiden, Queensryche, Fight, Forbidden, Anthrax

AC/DC, Prodigy, David Bowie, Soundgarden (Audioslave is alright, but won't ever live up to Soundgarden), Stone Temple Pilots, Prong, Slipknot

Photo By:  Smoke & Mirrors Photography