Born in Revere, Massachusetts, Tom first became involved with music at an early age. His dad was a timbale player and would often let young Tom play around with them. However, Tom's first recollection of experiencing music was from the bar he would frequent with his parents. He would often play pinball with adults for quarters and use those quarters to play songs on the juke box. He would often sit side by side with his dad at the bar and drum on the bar, the rhythm to whatever song was playing. It being the early to mid 70s, the songs that were played in that bar would end up being a big influence to what he currently writes today.
Moving on to his high school years, Tom was a frustrated drummer. Because he lived in an apartment, he couldn't have a full set of drums. It was one day when he was at a friend's house, the drums became a dream of the past. “He handed me the guitar (a B.C. Rich Mockingbird) and taught me to play a bar chord. Once he plugged me into the amp and I felt that….rush…I wasn't looking back. It was perfect for me. It had a volume control too so I could turn it down at home” After learning some songs on his own and starting to write his own songs, Tom recruited his friend, Jimmy Skelton, to play bass guitar and the two started a band.
The first band was named Aftermath, with Jimmy Elliott on vocals and Mark Leonard on drums, the four would play their first and only gig at the legendary Rock club, The Channel. The next generation of the following year would find Troy Sellards replacing Mark on drums and the name would be changed to VerniaCaliper. After a few gigs, the band recruited Guy Tarantino on vocals . It was this version of the band, with Tom, Jimmy, Troy, and Guy, that would hit the pinnacle of their popularity in Boston, playing all of the Rock clubs in the greater Boston area. After further changes in the lineup, the band eventually called it a day. Another incarnation of the band was formed a year later under the name of Stormbringer but with the arrival of Grunge and musical differences in the band, it all came to an end. “My mom passed away in '94 and after that, music, and most other things, just didn't matter anymore. I packed away my guitars and moved to Cincinnati with my job”.
It was in the greater Cincinnati area that he met drummer, Sean Moore and the two started jamming and eventually recording. “This was the catalyst for what I'm doing today. Now in my 50s, I'm finally starting to enjoy making music for all the reasons that it should have been but never was all along”.
Tom now writes and records songs in his home studio, “The Cockpit”. He released his first album, “No Fun in Joyland” in 2022 and has since collaborated with various independent artists. “I've been lucky that very talented people have come into my life that accept me for who I am, flaws and all!".
“I'll continue to write and record music for as long as I can and try to leave a little something behind ”