Wayne Olivieri “You Gotta Work”
Wayne Olivieri (Wayne O) has been singing since the fourth grade when he joined the Saint Mary’s Boys Choir in Plainfield, NJ. He grew up singing at church every Sunday and performing concerts with the choir.
After 8th grade he started his first band and never looked back. Throughout his high school years he was singing in a band and at the age of 17 was playing full time in clubs in New York City like CBGB’s, Max’s Kansas City, The Lime Lite, The Village Gate and more. Playing on the same bill as The Ramones, The Talking Heads, Blondie, and a plethora of others. He performed up and down the east coast and moved to Asbury Park, NJ where he performed at legendary clubs like The Stone Pony, The Fast Lane and many others.
It was there where he met and became good friends with John Bongiovi (Jon Bon Jovi). Wayne and Jon stayed friends for over 17 years and performed many times next to Jon and the band. Opening shows etc…He became a regular at The Stone Pony – one of the most famous rock venues in the world. Here he opened and headlined many times for acts like David Johansson, Huey Lewis, Southside Johnny, Cindy Lauper, Beaver Brown, Rick Derringer, Billy Idol and many more.
