Stan HelfenstensVital Stats
Age: 46.
Instruments: Bass, keys.
Music resume: Playing professionally for 26 years in North America and South America. Bass Institute of Technology grad (in Los Angeles) where I studied with Tim Bogert. Recorded with rock bands in my native Brazil and performed in open air prog-rock fests for over 5,000 people.
Band: Inervoid.
Day job: Delivery driver.
Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Current residence: Port Orange.
Type of music you perform: Classic rock and originals.
Repertoire sampler: Originals: "Wild Wind," "Sick of Me," "Don't
Panic." Covers: "Tom Sawyer" (Rush), "Won't Get Fooled Again" (The
Who), "Good Times, Bad Times (Led Zeppelin), "Young Lust" (Pink Floyd).
Upcoming area gigs: Intervoid, noon-6 p.m. March 6 and March 8, White Eagle Lounge, 5533 S. U.S. 1, Korona. 386-437-2341.
Inervoid opening for Jackyl, 7 p.m. March 7 at the Coca-Cola Pavilion at Destination Daytona, 1635 N. U.S. 1, Ormond Beach. Tickets $8 plus service charge, available at Destination Daytona Hotel & Suites, Pub 44 in Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach, and daytonabeachconcerts.com. Information: 386-671-7103.
Inervoid, 9:30 p.m. March 14, Finnegan's Tavern, 1105 N. U.S. 1, Ormond Beach. 386-672-6323.
Web site: myspace.com/inervoid.
Taking Notes
Who or what inspired you to take up music?
Listening to "A Trick of the Tail" (Genesis) and "Wish You Were Here" (Pink Floyd) around '75/'76.
What was the most unusual or memorable gig you've ever played?
Either the opening of the Hells Angels clubhouse in Rio (playing while the guys shot rockets at an overpass nearby trying to hit cars) or playing in an open-air Christian rock festival for 5,000 kids engaged in the wildest mosh pit ever. Both gigs during the same week in '94 (different bands, of course).
What musician/celebrity/historical person would you most like to have dinner with?
The late Arthur C. Clarke (science fiction writer).
What was the last book you read?
"The Last Theorem" by Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl.
What CD/tape/music is in your car/home stereo/iPod right now?
"Tales from Topographic Oceans" by Yes.
What is your favorite movie?
"Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke."
What was the best concert you ever attended?
As a show, Pink Floyd's "The Wall" in London, '80. For the music, a tie between Genesis, Rio, '77, and PFM (Italian prog rock band), Philly, '05.
"If I didn't play music, I would ... ":
Be nothing.
"I'd sell my soul for ...":
A 4/12 doubleneck Rickenbacker (bass/guitar) and a couple of Minimoogs (synthesizer).
Day job: Delivery driver.
Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Current residence: Port Orange.
Type of music you perform: Classic rock and originals.
Repertoire sampler: Originals: "Wild Wind," "Sick of Me," "Don't
Panic." Covers: "Tom Sawyer" (Rush), "Won't Get Fooled Again" (The
Who), "Good Times, Bad Times (Led Zeppelin), "Young Lust" (Pink Floyd).Upcoming area gigs: Intervoid, noon-6 p.m. March 6 and March 8, White Eagle Lounge, 5533 S. U.S. 1, Korona. 386-437-2341.
Inervoid opening for Jackyl, 7 p.m. March 7 at the Coca-Cola Pavilion at Destination Daytona, 1635 N. U.S. 1, Ormond Beach. Tickets $8 plus service charge, available at Destination Daytona Hotel & Suites, Pub 44 in Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach, and daytonabeachconcerts.com. Information: 386-671-7103.
Inervoid, 9:30 p.m. March 14, Finnegan's Tavern, 1105 N. U.S. 1, Ormond Beach. 386-672-6323.
Web site: myspace.com/inervoid.
Taking Notes
Who or what inspired you to take up music?
Listening to "A Trick of the Tail" (Genesis) and "Wish You Were Here" (Pink Floyd) around '75/'76.
What was the most unusual or memorable gig you've ever played?
Either the opening of the Hells Angels clubhouse in Rio (playing while the guys shot rockets at an overpass nearby trying to hit cars) or playing in an open-air Christian rock festival for 5,000 kids engaged in the wildest mosh pit ever. Both gigs during the same week in '94 (different bands, of course).
What musician/celebrity/historical person would you most like to have dinner with?
The late Arthur C. Clarke (science fiction writer).
What was the last book you read?
"The Last Theorem" by Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl.
What CD/tape/music is in your car/home stereo/iPod right now?
"Tales from Topographic Oceans" by Yes.
What is your favorite movie?
"Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke."
What was the best concert you ever attended?
As a show, Pink Floyd's "The Wall" in London, '80. For the music, a tie between Genesis, Rio, '77, and PFM (Italian prog rock band), Philly, '05.
"If I didn't play music, I would ... ":
Be nothing.
"I'd sell my soul for ...":
A 4/12 doubleneck Rickenbacker (bass/guitar) and a couple of Minimoogs (synthesizer).
