Bergen Performing Arts Center

The Monsters

The Beach Boys
Beginning their career as the most popular surf band in the nation, the Beach Boys finally emerged by 1966 as America's preeminent pop group, the only act able to challenge (for a brief time) the overarching success of the Beatles with both mainstream listeners and the critical community....

The Zombies
Aside from the Beatles and perhaps the Beach Boys, no mid-'60s rock group wrote melodies as gorgeous as those of the Zombies. Dominated by Colin Blunstone's breathy vocals, choral backup harmonies, and Rod Argent's shining jazz- and classical-influenced organ and piano, the band sounded utterly unique for their era....

Lucky 7
This NYC-based quintet tours the club circuit, filling the dance floors with their rocking blend of Cajun, zydeco, blues and rock & roll. Relying primarily on the songwriting talents of their two singers, ex-Mink DeVille keyboard/accordion player Kenny Margolis and ex-Rockats guitarist Barry "BB" Ryan, Lucky 7 have also included a couple covers on their releases, notably Dylan's "Night After Night" and Canned Heat's "Going up the Country" (both on Feed the Snake)....

Don Rickles
Believe it or don't: comedian Don Rickles—the "Merchant of Venom," "The Caliph of Calumny," "Mister Warmth"—was once a dedicated student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. As a movie-struck kid, Rickles aspired to share the Big Screen with such idols as Clark Gable and James Cagney....