www.GarySohmers.com www.BeastiesRockOpera.com As a singer and songwriter, Sohmers spent his formative years in Chicago, and then to Madison, WI as a singer/songwriter working in clubs and studios, recording, performing and producing, landing in Boston in 1983. "Beasties: A Sci-Fi Rock Opera" is a story about a rock band that finally has a hit record after years of touring, performing a free concert in Central Park that attracts a huge crowd. But, without telling the band, the promoter sold a sponsorship to a corrupt politician, Dick T.Raitor, who interrupts the concert in an attempt to hijack the audience's attention. The hero, Grā (pronounced: Gray), currently a stagehand and a retired singer, is affected by an alien intervention from an otherworldly impulse—which infuses within him a schizophrenic identity with special powers. The cast concept recording features singers Dave Bickler (voice of "Eye of The Tiger") as Grā (an alien impulse from the cosmic universe); British rock star Chris Farlowe (1966 hit "Out of Time" with Mick & Keith, also with Jimmy Page, Van Morrison) as the villain Dick Traitor; soul singer Barrence Whitfield (of The Savages) as the "star" of the concert, Voice; and new-comer Liz Proteau as the female lead Terra. Orchestrated, arranged and co-written by Bill Holloman (Springsteen, Nile Rodgers, others). Record mixed by Paul David Hager (Miley Cyrus, Katie Perry, Jonas Bros., Devo). Lyrics and music by Sohmers.