George Joseph Hrab is an American drummer, guitarist, composer and podcaster known for performing rock, funk and jazz and for exploring atheist,[1] skeptic and science themes in his work.
Those are my influences, but at the same time, I’m a huge fan of Stan Freberg and James Randi and Michael Shermer and those kinda guys.
"Each one stands out as a piece of art, giving his fans a genuine reason to buy the physical disc as merchandise, not just a music holder.
The highlight of this tour was when the group played "cool '50s swing" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.[12] and at a White House Christmas party.
[13] Hrab's job is playing drums for a Philadelphia-area based band called the Philadelphia Funk Authority.
[7][12] The nine-member band was formed in 1999 and plays corporate, private, and club shows in the region around Philadelphia and also tours nationwide.
[16] The band is made up of some members of the Philadelphia Funk Authority and other musicians, and has played in a seven-piece configuration among others.
[29][30] In 2015, Hrab performed Occasional Songs for the Periodic Table as a part of the Ice House Tonight series in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
[32] In 2016, Hrab performed a greatest hits concert featuring string Quartet versions of songs from five of his albums at the Ice House in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Listed as "free form eclectic" and running at midnight on Tuesdays, it featured spoken word segments and a number of comedy sketches developed by Hrab.
[49] In February 2017, Hrab celebrated 10 years of the podcast with an eight-hour 500th episode which was broadcast as video on Facebook Live.
"[101][102][103] On June 4, 2016, Hrab served as emcee of Reason Rally in Washington, D.C.[104] On June 5, 2016, Hrab moderated a celebrity panel with Kelly Carlin, John de Lancie, Lawrence Krauss, Paul Provenza, and Dave Rubin at the mini-conference that followed the Reason Rally.
[105] Following the release of sic, Hrab was sued for invasion of privacy by a former supervisor from his job at Moravian College.
[114] She claimed that a short phrase written in cyrillic script in the liner notes and one track on the album were intended as a disparaging remark directed at her, which embarrassed her in front of her coworkers.
[117] Hrab has lived in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania[13] since attending Moravian College,[1] where he received a bachelors in music in 1993.