Cambridge MA welcomes MACH BELL Sat Feb. 11 MiddleEast Up 6pm
Once a Rocker Always a Rocker
SAT FEB 11 MEET MACH in Cambridge MA!
BOOK SIGNING! Cowboy's rock'n'roll books will be on sale. only $20 ea
This will be my first venture out of the house since my heart operation three months ago.
I'll be doing stage intros, handing out Valentines, autographing my books and digging these entertaining bands, rocking-out in a classic venue full of Boston music history.
Cowboy Mach Bell
Boston-based lead singer/frontman with hard-rock groups like the JOE PERRY PROJECT (1982-84), THUNDERTRAIN (1974-1980), LAST MAN STANDING (1996-2001), MACH 5 (2004-2006) and most recently the MACH BELL EXPERIENCE (founded in 2022). Bell has played concert dates with Cheap Trick, The Cars, Joan Jett, Ramones, Nazareth, Krokus, Huey Lewis, Blackfoot, Stray Cats, The Runaways and hundreds more.
Recently Cowboy has become equally famed for his popular rock'n'roll memoirs ONCE A ROCKER ALWAYS A ROCKER: A DIARY (Panther Rock Books 2019) and his latest, I GOTTA ROCK (Panther Rock Books 2021).
In his acclaimed books he writes about his years touring, writing & recording with Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry (it was Joe who gave Mach his nickname "Cowboy"), Mr. Bell also opens up about his longtime friendship with Stiv Bators (Dead Boys), the night he jammed with Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) and his impromptu dinner dates with Michael Nesmith (The Monkees) and Bo Diddley ...to name-drop just a few!
Mach Bell discography:
1975 THUNDERTRAIN - I'm So Excited/Cindy Is a Sleeper - United National Records
1976 THUNDERTRAIN - Hot For Teacher/Love the Way - Jelly Records
1977 THUNDERTRAIN - Teenage Suicide LP - Jelly Records
1977 THUNDERTRAIN - Live at the Rat (compilation LP) - Rat Records
1979 THUNDERTRAIN - Best of the Boston Beat (WCOZ comp) - Infinity Records
1981 MAG 4 - Mag 4 Go Monte Carlo/Man With No Name - Pure & Easy Records
1983 JOE PERRY PROJECT - Once a Rocker Always a Rocker LP - MCA Universal Records
1999 JOE PERRY PROJECT - The Best of the Joe Perry Project CD - Raven Records
2001 JOE PERRY PROJECT - Once a Rocker Always a Rocker CD - MCA/Geffen
2001 LAST MAN STANDING - Last Man Standing CD - LMS Records
2002 THUNDERTRAIN - Teenage Suicide w/ bonus tracks CD - Gulcher Records
2004 THUNDERTRAIN -Hell Tonite! Recorded Live in 1979 CD - Gulcher Records
2005 MACH 5 - Meet Mach 5 - Lawless Records
#MACHATTACK!
heart attack while at-the-wheel
DAVID C. LIU M.D. saves Cowboy !
heart attack while at-the-wheel
Health emergency 11/13/22
emergency open heart surgery
DAVID C. LIU M.D. saves Cowboy !
heart attack while at-the-wheel
11/16/22
DAVID C. LIU M.D. saves Cowboy !
DAVID C. LIU M.D. saves Cowboy !
CABGx5 at BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MC BOSTON
8 days in the hospital.
CABGx5 at BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MC BOSTON
CABGx5 at BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MC BOSTON
CABGx5 at BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MC BOSTON
Thank you to my cardiac teams at BIDMC Boston & Plymouth!
NOW recovering at home!
CABGx5 at BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MC BOSTON
MY cardio rehab begins jan 20
& to my wife Julia,
MY cardio rehab begins jan 20
CABGx5 at BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MC BOSTON
MY cardio rehab begins jan 20
& to all my family, listeners, readers, fans & friends. I vow to ROCK AGAIN in March '23!!
ladies and gentlemen... I GOTTA ROCK!
"Mach’s story is one that resonates.” - BOSTON GROUPIE NEWS
"Among the best I've ever read! You get the meat & potatoes - you get exactly what you would hope for in a book. "
JOEY SUTO - Host of Rock Show Critique
"its the From Here to Eternity of rock memoirs"
WILLIE LOCO ALEXANDER
"LOVED I GOTTA ROCK ...You told the story so well - lots of detail and heightened tales."
T. MAX - The Noise
My latest book is a 20 year rock memoir, spanning the years 1965-85. As a journeyman rocker I toured & recorded with Boston-based bands like Thundertrain and Joe Perry Project but I began at age 10 as a cellist. Page one of "I Gotta Rock" is set at a 1968 Jimi Hendrix Experience concert in Framingham MA. Excited by what I see, I'm soon attending local Led Zeppelin and Jeff Beck Group shows. I unexpectedly have dinner with Monkee Michael Nesmith and eventually Thundertrain gears-up and 5 years later I'm auditioning for Joe Perry. With my bands I rock Boston, NYC and eventually, the entire USA. Headlining or playing along with Kim Simmonds, Gregg Allman, Nazareth, Clarence Clemmons, Mink Deville, David Johansen Group, Tim Bogert, Willie Alexander, Kix, Lita Ford, Frank Marino, Gary US Bonds, Hanoi Rocks, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and dozens more. This is a sequel, prequel & return to the gritty scene of my first book. All new stories, a candid, rocket-paced, humorous & occasionally shocking memoir of 20 years on the road. - Mach
I Gotta Rock! 492 pages. Nearly 200 photographs.
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Photo: 16 Magazine from 1976.
"I Gotta Rock" AUTOGRAPHED BOOKS! order with PayPal or Venmo
I'll autograph my latest book to you & send it out in the morning mail! $27.99 includes EVERYTHING: the book, shipping and a kustom BookMach too!
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ONCE A ROCKER ALWAYS A ROCKER: A DIARY
ONCE A ROCKER ALWAYS A ROCKER: A DIARY
My debut book is based on the road diaries I kept during the early 80's. "Once a Rocker Always a Rocker: A Diary" is my first-hand account of how I get & manage to keep my job as lead singer with Joe Perry and his Project and the adventures that ensue over the next two and half years. Rocking, recording, laughing, fighting & touring all over the place with the JOE PERRY PROJECT!
ONCE A ROCKER ALWAYS A ROCKER: A DIARY
ONCE A ROCKER ALWAYS A ROCKER: A DIARY
ONCE A ROCKER ALWAYS A ROCKER: A DIARY
On the Road with The JOE PERRY PROJECT in the Big 80’s.
On the Road with The JOE PERRY PROJECT in the Big 80’s.
On the Road with The JOE PERRY PROJECT in the Big 80’s.
On the Road with The JOE PERRY PROJECT in the Big 80’s. The Untold Story, Unveiled in Amazing Detail.
Rock’n’Roll’s Most Freewheeling - but Ultimately Doomed Band. Outrageous, Uproarious and 100% Genuine.
True Tales from the Trenches of American Hard Rock. Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry needed a singer for his Joe Perry Project. Out of nowhere, I got drafted. It was like winning the lottery. Much better though - because lotteries only pay cash. For the next two years I experienced things that money just can’t buy. Living on the road and singing alongside America’s quintessential rock star lead guitarist, Admiral Joe Perry. Playing adventurous, rebellious music on big stages to crowds, signing autographs, finding romance and partying with my idols. I was suddenly on top.
At that same moment Joe Perry was spiraling downward. Health failing, marriage dissolving and deeply in debt.
In order to stay one foot ahead of the tallyman, the ex-Aerosmith star jumped into a van and hit the road. Taking me and a few other newbies along on a mad dash across North America - and beyond.
Taking any gig he could get.
ONCE A ROCKER ALWAYS A ROCKER: A DIARY
326 pages, with rare photographs.
once a rocker always a rocker: A DIARY
On the Road with The JOE PERRY PROJECT in the Big 80’s.
On the Road with The JOE PERRY PROJECT in the Big 80’s.
"Mach really did a great job on this.
Recommended big time!"
CARTER ALAN
Author of The Decibel Diaries, Radio Free Boston and Outside is America: U2 in the U.S.
"I like the fact that (this) is authentic.”
MITCH LAFON - Rock Talk with Mitch Lafon
“5 stars out of 5 stars.”
THOMAS S. ORWAT JR. RockMusicStar.com
“I’m THRILLED that you’ve put out this book. This is the LOST ERA…and to get it from somebody who was there!”
JULIAN GILL - Author of Aerosmith - On Tour 1973 - 85 and host of Look! It’s Rock’N’Roll
"Once A Rocker" AUTOGRAPHED BOOKS. Venmo or Paypal.
Personalized by rock singer & author Cowboy Mach Bell
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FIVE STAR RATINGS FOR THE AUDIOBOOK
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The deluxe, expanded AUDIOBOOK of “Once a Rocker Always a Rocker: A Diary” is now available at Audible, Amazon and iTunes/AppleBooks.
Featuring monumental Boston rocker Greg“Earthquake”Morton as Mach's co-narrator. The whole Diary is included PLUS...
Boston radio personality, author and rock historian Carter Alan joins in with his Thundertrain and Joe Perry Project insights (& some buried treasure)…
But there’s more! Joe Perry Project members Danny Hargrove and Charlie Farren drop by to spin personal road tales.
Vivid, new stories are shared, old questions are finally answered, and a gripping, new Final Chapter is premiered…
MBE RIDES OUT
I gotta brand new bag. It's a BAND(!)
The MACH BELL EXPERIENCE (MBE) is a hard-riffing quartet banging out Blazing-Hot live versions of my JOE PERRY PROJECT and THUNDERTRAIN favorites w/ some Brit/Soul/Flash/Blues-Rock nuggets mixed-in. Served Dirty, Fresh and Heavy. Hell yea! Come see us at Geno's this March!
"That set the tenor for what was undeniably the highlight of Hallapalooza: the debut performance of Mach’s new band the Mach Bell Experience! Ably supported by guitarist Johnny Press (who did a stupendous job recreating those Joe Perry riffs), bassist Joe Black (former member of ‘70s loco rockers Balloon) and powerhouse drummer Billy “Bam Bam” Woolridge, the Cowboy kicked off his set with Chuck Berry’s “Round and Round” and swaggered through selections from his Thundertrain and Joe Perry Project days, along with cool covers of T. Rex’s “Bang a Gong (Get it On)” and Yardbirds “I’m Not Talking.”
His stage presence was as magnetic and raucous as ever, whether giving a rock lesson with “Walk with Me Sally,” donning a king’s crown during “King of the Kings” or attempting to destroy maracas (unsuccessfully, as it turned out!) after shakin’ them during “Four Guns West!”
Hard to believe Mach hasn’t played live with a rock band in a decade, but he’s certainly been making the rounds lately with his newfound success as an author for his two memoirs of his prime rocking days, and he finished his set with what he described as a song, an album, a book and his raison d’ etre: “ Way to go, Cowboy!" Once a Rocker, Always a Rocker!”
BOSTON GROUPIE NEWS 9/26/22
Here's JOHNNY...
JOHNNY PRESS is the lead guitar rocket guiding the Mach Bell Experience. In late April '22, Johnny began putting together the players and rehearsing my songs. Then he phoned me "Listen Mach, don't even come down until I tell ya we're ready."
Johnny's helmed scores of rock bands
(Gross National Productions, Velocity, Big Guns, Smokin' Joe, Burning Sky). His just-released solo record is titled:
Johnny Press Nuclear Gypsy.
"If I could play guitar like anyone it would be Johnny Press."
- Tom Werman, record producer
Beating drums for the MBE is a cat they call BAM BAM.
Billy "Bam Bam" Woolridge kicks out the jams. He hits hard and he looks like one of those drummers who might just perform "spontaneous human combustion" ...so catch him while you still can - with the Mach Bell Experience!
JOE BLACK has risen from the grave!
When Joe isn't lying motionless in his crypt - he rocks!
Joe Black eats rock. He breathes it. He checks his eye-liner, straps on a spooky-looking bass guitar and delivers.
Joe's got a heavy solo album out called "Blackenstein" and
I'm bloody-well psyched to have this monster in the MBE line-up. Behold the satanic rock'n'roll rites of Joe Black. If you dare!
MBE = MACH BELL EXPERIENCE
MACH BELL EXPERIENCE - GENO's ROCK CLUB (FIRST '23 date!) PORTLAND ME, SAT MAR 18 w/ Cynz (NYC) & Tiger Bomb (Portland) more show info on "Events" page
AUTOGRAPHED CDS
Once a Rocker Always a Rocker
10 studio tracks. New edition of 1983 Joe Perry Project classic. Printed in the Netherlands. I will break the seal & sign it to you.
AUTOGRAPHED CD $29.99
THUNDERTRAIN 1979 - RECORDED LIVE!
13 live tracks. Starfleet mobile production, originally aired on WCOZ-FM.
Gulcher Records released this no holds-barred live 2/1/79 Thundertrain concert at the Summit, Peabody MA.
Liner notes by Mach Bell. Includes Hot For Teacher, Dirty Water, Mama Weer All Krazee Now, Counterattack, I Gotta Rock & more. Autographed CD $19.99
MACH BELL'S WILD BAR BAND FROM 2005!
10 studio tracks. Lawless Records. Mach Bell went back to the city in 2004 and Mach 5 happened! Great sounding arena-punk-hard-rock from Mach, Dee Stroy, Jeff and Jimmy Birmingham.
Liner notes by Mach Bell.
Get It Up, Quincy Girl, Kenmore Square and seven more! Autographed CD $19.99
PAYPAL or VENMO . With payment PLEASE include your (USA Only) mailing address, the CD(s) requested and the name(s) you'd like me to inscribe my signature to! You can always contact me (up top) here on the page!
- Always a Rocker, Mach