Rob DeSimone

Rob DeSimone-Keyboards, Guitar and Backing Vocals

Rob is a veteran of of the Philadelphia-area cover and original scene.  His earliest guitar influences were Jimmy Page, Steve Howe, Elliot Easton, Alex Lifeson and Tony Iommi.  His favorite genres of music are progressive, modern, and hard rock as well as power pop.

Rob has performed with various cover and original bands such as Expense, Morgan, The Dead Poets, Cross the Line, Stella and the Voodoo Fish, Citizen Strange, and Bebe Le Strange (Heart tribute).  The highlights of his career were playing the legendary CBGB’s in New York City with Cross the Line, and winning Philadelphia radio station WMGK’s house band competition with The Dead Poets which led to an opening slot for Foghat and The Marshall Tucker band.

“What I found most appealing about joining a tribute to Foreigner was, first and foremost, the music.” Rob says. These are some of the greatest songs of the rock era, and I really want to help keep the legacy of the band alive. Playing with the fantastic musicians in Urgent is , of course, an added bonus. We want to 100 percent give our audience the best Foreigner experience we can.

Rob uses Gibson Les Paul and Peavey Wolfgang guitars, Roland keyboards and Marshall amplification.