Over the past few years, while writing songs for his band the DesBerardos under the vast auspices of his publishing company Raoul Duke Musical Entertainment Inc (BMI), Chris Berardo released his debut recording on his own Greenhaven Records (distributed by NEH Records) entitled American Dust in 1997 , and now a second, entitled PURE FAITH (Sept, 03), on the Charlotte, NC label Lamon Records. It recieved steady air play at over 60 College, Americana and AAA radio stations, going to #1 in several markets and reaching #22 on the national Freeform American Roots Chart. He and the band have played shows with the likes of Little Feat, The Marshal Tucker Band, NRBQ, Dicky Betts, Reckless Kelly, and Molly Hatchet, and are currently touring and solving all the locals problems.
The new CD, "Ignoring All The Warning Signs ..." will be released on 11/14/06.
   Previously, Chris had fronted his New York City based band Sleeper, before a move to L.A. and the inception of the band Berardo. After a stint writing songs with Hall of Fame songwriter Bob Crewe (Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You, Lady Marmalade, Big Girls Don't Cry...) and Jerry Corbetta (Green Eyed Lady) and placing several of his own songs in epic films such as Phantom of the Mall (starring Pauly Shore and Morgan Fairchild!) and The Immortolizer, he returned to the Northeast and with his brother Marc started the DesBerardos. In 1996, his song "Somewhere Down the Line"  was recorded by Bill Hanf on his album In the Zone (Virginia Records). Chris currently resides in a highly seclusive compound deep in the woods, on the banks of the Silvermine River in Silvermine, CT. He is surrounded by hundreds of deer, wild turkeys, hedgehogs, chipmunks, a murderous fox, and one particularly obstinate racoon. He was featured in a national Coca-Cola TV campaign and was profiled by Cosmopolitan Magazine as one of America's top 101 Real Life Bachelors. Really. No, really!

Marc Douglas Berardo is a singer, guitarist and songwriter, who has spent the last ten years performing full time in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Florida, Maine and California. Besides performing with the DesBerardo Band and with Chris as the DesBerardo Duo, Marc recently released
two solo albums, Further On Tomorrow, and Second Chance that are available on Hayloft Records, and was chosen to be a showcase performer at the prestigious Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. He can run like the wind, is completely incapable of digesting even the smallest piece of gristle, and lives in a house with The World's Largest Rubber Band Ball.

Scott Berardo was only a freshman in high school when he joined his first rock and roll band. He eventually organized and played in many popular New York area hard rock bands sharing the stage with many rock heros. By 1992, Scott was ready to join his brothers as a full time member in the DesBerardos and performs on the debut cd American Dust. He is a boating enthusiast and sports cars expert and tries, for safety purposes, he tries to keep the two as separate as possible.

Bass player Tom Marotta has toured with such acts as Carla Bonoff, Laura Branngian and The Indigo Girls before retiring to a life of leisure with the DesBerardo Band. His knowledge of Italian cuisine and highly tuned performance cars is matched only by his desire to give back to the community (well actually, the judge ordered that he give it back). He recently performed a summer stint with the critically acclaimed production Always, Patsy Cline.

Indiana native, Steve Hardwick, is a recent addition to the DesBerardo Band. In the late 1970's his band Whiteface released two albums on Mercury Records, and the band toured throughout North America to support it. Also, his work with Paul Davis yielded hits such as the radio staples "Cool Night" and "Bluer Than Blue". He currently resides in the wooded hills high above the Turning Point club in New York State in a 1950's inspired art-deco house with three women.

Guitar, mandolin, steel guitar, dobro, banjo smart-ass Dick Neal has ranged from his 1970's work with the bluegrass band, Plexi-grass, to his current appearences with CT's bluegrass supergroup Hoe. Still, he always returns to the love and madness of The DesBerardos. He produced the DesBerardo CDs American Dust and PURE FAITH along with Chris and is currently producing several other acts (Marc Douglas Berardo, Judd Fuller). He loves good malt whiskey and fine cigars, and his thorough grasp of Spanish culture helped to side-step several legal/cultural debacles during The DesBerardo Band's week long oddesy in Key West, Florida.

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