About Us
DEAN SIMONE (Jimmy Dean Beam)
LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR… Above all things I love God, the Lord Jesus Christ & The Holy Spirit. I love my family and friends. AND I LOVE MUSIC! I’m a husband, father, son, devout Catholic, animal activist, writer, actor and of course, frontman for my beloved Smokin’ Cobras. I started playing guitar at 6 and I’m still at it. It is a blessing to act and make music for a living, especially with my talented Cobra brothers. It’s also a blessing to see your smiling faces and dancing feet…much love and blessings to you all.
KEVIN MACSHANE (The Machine)
DRUMS…. I was drawn to music at a young age, being influenced by the likes of Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte, and Herb Alpert. However, I have to say the first time I heard Black Sabbath, along with Emerson Lake and Palmer I knew it was on. I took to the stage as a natural with my first gig at the age of 8 yrs old playing snare drum in Pearl Bailey’s band, The only drawback was, my parents wouldn’t allow me to go on tour, I don’t know it was something about needing to finish school. Throughout my career, I have played many genres from good old rock and roll to big band jazz, with a few stops in between. If you check the encyclopedia of Metallum you will find me as a member of the moderately famous Heavy Metal band Abattoir. All of this led me to The Smokin’ Cobras a band that fills all of my musical needs, and I know we will fill yours too.
ANTHONY RUSSELL (Robosaurus, TRU$$)
BASS, VOCALS… It all started one hot summer day in 1984 when I purchased my first bass guitar at 12 years old. From then on out, I was hooked! I grew up in Temple City and was surrounded with life long musical friends that cut their teeth in the 90s music scene covering genre’s of funk, rock, jazz, fusion, heavy metal, and glam. I attribute my early years of training with such talented musical peers and a very influential music teacher, as the impetus to my passion for the bass. It has been said that I have a flair for theatrics and showbiz and its evident in my 6 foot 6 live stage persona, as I hop around the stage like a Praying Mantis. However, I finally found my perfect match, when I joined the Cobras. The Smokin’ Cobras bring the BIG SHOW for the BIG GUY!
LEAD GUITAR, VOCALS…My journey playing electric guitar began when I was in junior high. Back in the day my fellow Smokin’ Cobras band mate Tony Russell was the very first bassist I ever played with. Now all these years later we have come full circle along with my new brothers in arms Dean and Kevin to “Rock You Like A Hurricane”. Here I am!