Bobby "Werner" Strete

Strete began playing bass in 1979 at the age of 12, when he formed the band that would eventually become Mod Fun with childhood friends Mick Hale and Chris Collins.

Strete contributed bass lines and backing vocals to the entire recorded output of Mod Fun from 1983 to 1987 after which he became known as "R.A. Werner" and continued working with Hale in Crocodile Shop until 1997.

Strete/Werner then became one of the driving forces behind New Jersey punk band X-Breed, in which he played bass, guitar, sang backing vocals, and contributed to the song writing.

[1] After reuniting, Strete and his friends in Mod Fun released a double-length CD entitled Now...and Again and they performed at a wide variety of venues in New York, New Jersey, and in major cities around the U.S.

Between 2004 and 2006 Strete also served as the bassist in reformed New York power-pop group The Punch Line, which put out an album during his tenure.