Bios

Lyxx formed in May 2003 when guitarists Adam T and Andrew David decided to combine their love of 80’s metal with a desire to rock the NYC club scene. After several personnel changes drummer Rogelio Perea joined the band in July 2006 - Lyxx’s most recent additions: Sean Canada in 2010 and Steven Leonard in 2011 complete the current lineup.

 
Brooklyn Born Steven Leonard has always had a strong passion for music. He has said that for as long as he can remember he has been singing. His first band, Scavenger, won his high schools Battle of the Bands the first time they ever played live. Steve’s lust for the stage was born as soon as he saw heads in the audience bouncing. He grew up as a big Led Zeppelin fan and became a metal monster when he first heard Judas Priest. Playing extensively throughout NYC and L.I. his bands have covered Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, The Scorpions and Black Sabbath.



A native New Yorker originally from Queens, Adam has been playing guitar and writing songs for nearly 20 years. Trained on piano as a child, Adam switched to electric guitar at the age of 16 -- at the height of the hair-metal era and there was no turning back. He is an avid singer/songwriter in his own right, with a deep catalogue of guitar-pop oriented material. This was showcased in several of Adams original bands, such as Deadline and Shredded, that toured the NYC club circuit in the late 90’s and early 00’s. Shredded recorded a six-song EP of original material at Studio 900 in Manhattan on December 2003, and Adam spent years playing venues such as Continental, Elbow Room, Don Hills and Orange Bear. Though metal will always be his most passionate interest, Adam is equally influenced by 70’s glam rockers New York Dolls, T. Rex, Mott the Hoople, David Bowie and Lou Reed, and his guitar style tips a hat to legends Ace Frehley, Johnny Thunders and Mick Ronson. Adam is a die-hard KISS fanatic for more than twenty-five years and is Lyxx's resident "KISStorian". He credits their music, image, attitude, and larger-than-life persona as the inspiration for picking up a guitar as a youngster and pursuing his rock n' roll dreams.
  Andrew has been shredding for 20 (gulp!) years, influenced by Guitar Gods Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettancourt and Eric Johnson. Andrew’s major gigging and recording projects prior to Lyxx include Boston’s New England Rocks! and ShootShoot, as well as Washington DC’s Archer, whose 1992 release Enter New Light received significant mid-Atlantic attention. Andrew attended Berklee College of Music in Boston through 1990.



Sean Canada has been playing music since the late 80s, starting on piano but quickly ditching that for the rock n roll lifestyle of the guitar. He later added drums and bass to his arsenal and has spent his time floating from instrument to instrument in various bands around the New York area. Most notably, Sean is a founding member and guitarist of the original Street-Punk band Weekend Bowlers. Covering bass duties or Lyxx, Sean is ready to hold down the bottom on the greatest collection of Rock tunes ever assembled.



Born and raised in northern Mexico, Rogelio started to play guitar at the age of 8. After learning the traditional Spanish soft ballads, exposure to the works of Electric Light Orchestra turned the aspiring musician on to rock music - then after a short (very short) stint with disco music, Detroit Rock City by KISS turned him completely toward the rock arena for good. Rogelio counts among his major influences, in no particular order: Led Zeppelin, Rush, Kiss, Black Sabbath, Scorpions, Deep Purple, The Who and Pink Floyd. Prior to relocating to the tri-state area in 2004 - and ultimately finding himself on the Lyxx throne - Rogelio played in a number of original and cover bands and performed solo throughout the Southwest.