Bio
Bob Anderson
Lead Vocals / Guitars
According to Bob (and he should know), this is what his life was like before GUNPOWDER AND LEAD. He spent the early majority of his career, until 1991, with an original band called The Citizens, which landed a recording/production contract with Bon Jovi's company in the latter part of the '80's. The band recorded and released the album "Ends With Z", produced by Tony Bongiovi in the latter part of the decade. He has shared the bill with many national acts including The Joe Perry Project, Til Tuesday, Extreme, Face To Face, The Atlantics, and many others. Bob was also involved as a songwriter and soundtrack producer for the Vestron Pictures movie "She's Back", staring Carrie Fisher. After taking some time off to raise a family (yes, musicians DO grow up, sort of), Bob got back to his musical passion by forming Nasty Habit, a very successful South Shore rock band that was toogether for seven years. Now, he has come together with a cohesively creative lineup of musicians that share his enthusiasm for classic high energy rock.
Mark Silva
Lead Guitarist
Mark Silva is a Lead Guitarist and backup vocalist from West Bridgewater, Mass. Mainly focused on the hard rock, classic rock, and blues genres and best known for an 18 year long stint as lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the classic rock cover band Pitch Black, which produced two original CD's "Come in the Dark" circa 2000 and the self titled "Pitch Black" album circa 2010.
Currently, besides playing the part of Eddie in the Van Halen tribute band Fair Warning which he founded, Mark is also the lead guitarist of the very popular and hardworking south shore band Gunpowder and Lead.
Mark has been playing in working bands for over 35 yrs consistently and still enjoys it as much as ever. Not one to ever be satisfied, he continues to hone his craft with diverse side projects and all the guitar playing he can.