Al Hamilton is a professional guitarist in the Chicago area, and has played hundreds of gigs for countless thousands of people. Al has been in numerous bands and has shared the stage with many of Chicago's best bands and national acts.

Al is currently a member of On The Rockz, Voyage, and Second Time Around. His influences include great bands such as Led Zepplin, Van Halen, Boston, The Eagles, Scorpions, and many more. On The Rockz gives him that “goes to 11” experience, and the freedom to play crazy jack'ed up covers that no other Chicago band does.

Al plays an Ibanez S series flamethrower through a Line 6 Helix supercomputer.

Descendant from an ancient Yeti tribe known to inhabit the Rickenbacker mountains, On The Rockz bassist, Tom Runge brings the thunder to our lineup. Shaking foundations & twiddling G strings everywhere since 1982, our Chicago Burbs-based bass player got his start from a brotherly gift and has never looked beyond 4 strings for his musical expression.

Tom's greatest bass influences are John Entwhistle, Geddy Lee, Michael Anthony and Steve Harris.  His 40+ yrs of experience comes from 100's of shows from bands: Tustin, Damaged Goods, Scorps (tribute), Valkyr, What About This, and finally co-founded his greatest band experience 'On The Rockz'. Tom plays Rickenbacker, Charvel and Ibanez basses, Roto-sound & DR strings, uses Boss, Nady & Shure peripherals and plays thru Mark Bass amplification. 

Jose brings over 40 years of experience to On The Rockz. He has performed at such classic venues as The Thirsty Whale and the Iron Rail back in the mid/late 80’s. His influences include Neil Peart, Tommy Aldridge and Tommy Lee to name a few.

Jose performs with DW Drums and Paiste 2002 cymbals. When it comes to performing, he says “The one thing I would never do is take the stage without Animal on my drum kit”

Bill Bruneman got his first real guitar, a Fender Stratocaster, when he was in High School. It was the music from that time period (70's and 80's) that dominated his early guitar years including Van Halen, Aerosmith, UFO, and of course, Led Zep. Bill and his brother (Dan on drums) along with Mike and Tom from On the Rockz formed Damaged Goods in the early 90's and forged ahead that classic rock sound that everyone loves in bars throughout the Chicago area for years.

Fast Forward a few decades to 2023, and Bill was invited by Mike and Tom to join the musical brotherhood of On the Rockz. As the rhythm guitarist, Bill now plays a PRS Standard guitar but his old trusty Strat is always just arm's reach away if needed for inspiration.