Nightstand Music Group, Record label at the most creative place on Earth. Artists include Nija, Menace, Randy Rossilli, Jr., Andrei Fossari, Lil' Cino. Executive Vice Preident, Les Dixon. Nightstand Music Group is housed at the spacious and posh Nightstand Studios in Fairrfield, NJ, which also houses Nightstand Creations, Inc. and Nightstand Press.

BIO


Today’s rock music can be accused of being too slick, polished and over produced. The artist known as Menace aka Dennis Zyla can be sure that his music will never be defined by those terms. Honest, raw, and real, are words that more accurately describe the music of Menace.


When asked about his musical style Menace brands his sound as “Southern Country Punk Rock & Roll.” A sound that runs the gamut from Lynard Skynard to AC-DC to Everlast with many influences in between. In his words “Outlaw Music!”


Born in Passaic, NJ, and raised in northern NJ, Menace can trace his love of music back as far as the 5th grade. He started off as a drummer and quickly picked up the guitar and bass. Throughout his teens he was always part of different local bands. One of his earliest musical influences was the iconic album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols by the Sex Pistols. He then became entrenched in and influenced by the N.Y.C. Punk/Hardcore scene of the 80’s, and later the alternative scene of the 90’s, after attending the very first Lollapalooza festival in 1991.


Over the last decade Menace has gained notoriety as the lead singer of Menace and the Hellfire and hardcore band the Shaveks. A change in direction came when Menace moved, for a short period, from NJ to Arizona, to escape the stress of the musical grind. This respite provided Menace an opportunity to take stock of the road he had already travelled, and allowed him to open himself up to a new direction for his music.


Upon his return to NJ, Menace is now making music that pulls from all of his vast influences.  This new outlook and vision has resulted in the writing of music that appeals to a wider audience. In 2013 Menace signed to the Nightstand Music Group (NMG). His first single for NMG “Shot Down” describes what he has been through - being kicked around, worn out, being tired of being alive but still having the strength to get back up again! Menace is currently working on a full length CD for NMG to be released in mid 2014. Menace describes his current musical direction as, “The same hard hooks, music and chorus but now appealing to everyone from outlaws and bikers, to rockers and the blue collar crowd. I am a family man just trying to relate to people with the realness of an everyday working class guy.”