Prophet

Prophet was an American melodic rock band from Trenton, New Jersey, was formed in 1983. The last lineup of the group featured Russell Arcara (lead vocals), Dave DiPietro (guitar), Ken Dubman (guitar), Scott Metaxas (bass guitar), Joe Zujkowski (keyboards) and Jim Callahan (drums). However, the band had many lineups along its career. History Prophet was founded in 1983 by two previous members of Icarian and Tom Fuller's Rock City, bassist Scott Metaxas and keyboardist Joe Zujkowski. To complete the group, they invited Ken Dubman (guitar), William Runco (guitar), Bob Butterfield (drums) and Marc Hoffman (lead vocals). The band started its career playing cover songs by bands such as Queen, Boston, Kansas and Styx. In fact, they were considered to be one of the best cover bands in New Jersey in the 80's. In the same year, Hoffman and Butterfield left the band and were replaced by the late Dean Fasano (lead vocals) and Ted Poley (drums & vocals). Poley played with Dubman years before in another rock band named Lush, when they were in High School. William Runco also left the band, but was not replaced by another musician. With this new formation, the group recorded its debut self-titled album for Total Experience/RCA. It includes the song "Slow Down", which may have influenced the hit "Wanted Dead or Alive", by Bon Jovi, years later.