PI Teachers and Staff
Known for saying "Rock On" all the time, this staff member has been with Plugged In for 9 years.
Who is Dan Croft?
This stringed instrument most likely originated in Spain in the early 16th century and was derived from the 4 string guitarra latina.
What is the guitar?
Plugged in was founded by these two amazing people.
Who are Tom Pugh and Sandra Rizkallah?
Despite being hard to say, "65 Roses" raised money for this foundation.
What is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation?
This American rock band formed in New York City in 1995 consisted of Chris Collingwood, Adam Schlesinger, Jody Porter, and Brian Young all had a big time crush on "Stacy's Mom".
Who are Fountains of Wayne?
This musician formed the iconic American rock band Nirvana in 1987.
Who is Kurt Cobain?
He's got the best merch game around.
Who is Matt Zappa?
This instrument sometimes played with a horsehair bow was believed to have been developed by nomadic tribes in Asia and Mongolia.
What is the violin?
Nickleback topped the charts with their song "How You Remind Me" in this year - the same year Plugged In was founded.
What is 2002?
"Mizik se Lavi" raised over $1400 for this charity, helping make their mission a truly sustainable one.
What is Sustainable Healthcare for Haiti?
Saul Hudson, the lead guitarist for this American rock band, turned his Los Angeles home into a zoo, filling it with venomous snakes, lizards, eight cats and a mountain lion cub named Curtis (who probably slashed all his furniture to bits).
What is Guns N Roses?
With certified sales of over 183 million albums in the US and more than 600 million albums world wide, this band is the best selling music act of all time.
Who are the Beatles?
These Plugged In staff members regularly rocked out in their prog metal band Protean Collective?
Who are Matt Zappa and Steph Goyer?
The earliest known form of this instrument was made from clay and alligator hides. It has been said to have originated some 12,000 years ago in Neolithic China.
What are drums?
Members of this Zimbabwean band shared the love as the first teachers of Plugged In's summer day camp.
Who is Bongo Love?
The show for this Connecticut based organization had the whole gang "Amped for Camp".
What is the Hole In the Wall Gang Camp?
In 1992 this spicy group achieved its first hit single with Under the Bridge.
Who are the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
With 23 Guinness World Records, 40 Billboard Awards, 13 Grammys, and 26 American Music Awards, he's won more awards than any other artist (or astronaut for that matter).
Who is Michael Jackson?
This staff member created a pedal-powered audio system to broadcast his bands pro-environment songs to the audience at Plugged In's most sweaty benefit concert.
Who is Greg Reinauer?
This instrument also known as the French harp, is a reed wind instrument used in many musical genres including blues, folk, classical, jazz, country and rock.
What is the harmonica?
Pooh would have been proud when Plugged In first incorporated under this friend's name.
What is Eeyore (Productions)?
Plugged In students took pride in their "Rainbow Rock Alliance" with this local organization.
What is WAGLY (Out MetroWest)?
Brothers Malcom and Angus developed the idea for this band’s name after their older sister Margaret saw the initials on a sewing machine.
Who is AC/DC?
Are you “Kid A”-ing? Somehow these alt-rock legends weren’t part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2018, their first year of eligibility.
Who is Radiohead?
This teacher writes music and books and is the only published author on the Plugged In team.
Who is Christian Lehman?
This hybrid of a flugelhorn and a tuba was the brainchild of legendary tubist Jim Self.
What is the fluba?
This quaint Needham street wasn't a place to grow vegetables as the name implied. Instead it was home to Plugged In for 7 years.
What is Garden St?
Founded in 1906 this Boston based organization created a space that "Sounds Like Home" to the immigrant and at risk youth it serves.
What is the West End House?
"My Midnight Things" was a 2018 hit for this metal band big on horror stagecraft, but you won't get 40 whacks at its name.
Who is Lizzy Borden?
After learning from a visiting computer repairman how to play three guitar chords, this star wrote her first song at the age of 12.
Who is Taylor Swift?