LOCAL MUSICIANS EARNED PRAISE FOR 2004 ALBUM OF ORIGINAL MATERIAL
Combine two Wauwatosa high school teachers, a Brookfield financial advisor and a Wauwatosa business manager, and the result is rock band Crazy Man's Basement. Crazy Man's Basement recently released an 11-song all original CD called "There and Back". Immediately prior to the CD's release, the band was nominated for New Artist/Group of the Year in a local music industry competition (WAMI). Crazy Man's Basement will perform at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10, on the Harwood Stage at TosaFest. The members, who insist on keeping the origin of the band's name a mystery, are:
DRUMMER - MARK KINDLER is a financial advisor with Robert W. Baird & Co. and lives in Brookfield with his wife and two sons.
LEAD VOCALIST - TOM KLUBERTANZ, a theater and speech teacher at Wauwatosa West High School, lives in Oconomowoc with his wife, who is expecting their first child.
GUITARIST AND BACKING VOCALIST - ANDY ZIETLOW teaches history at Wauwatosa West High School and has also coached basketball and track in recent years. He lives in Hartland with his wife and two daughters.
BASSIST - BOB HEDGCOCK lives in Oconomowoc and works in Wauwatosa as a manager for Point One Systems.
Crazy Man's Basement began as an acoustic duo, with Klubertanz on vocals and Zietlow on guitar. The two are brothers-in-law. With the addition of Kindler and Hedgcock, Crazy Man's Basement is now playing most of the major clubs and festivals throughout southeastern Wisconsin. The band's Web site is crazymansbasement.com.
Crazy Man's Basement to Perform at Tosa Fest
