Meet The Band


Dane Pador - Vocals and Lead/Rhythm Guitar
Dane Pador, Bay Area native, became interested in bands by learning the electric guitar as a teenager. Starting his first group with friends playing at his high school ignited his passion for performing. Dane has honed his skills as both a guitarist and background vocalist ever since. Stylistic flexibility and an eclectic taste in music has given Dane opportunities to perform and/or record with local groups ranging from Jazz, (The Jazz Souljahs), Hip Hop, (Young Chariz), Metal, (Worldwide Sickness), R&B, (Jimmie Reign), Pop-Punk, (Resistant Me) to Soul, (The Khe Vocalist).

Dane won the Lead Male Vocal category in 2010 at “Alice 97.3 Radio’s Saraoke Party” held at Bimbo's 365 Club in The City fronting Sara’s, The Skyrocking Jennifers. Dane’s love to perform, have fun and engage audience members brings him to the front of the stage with OpenRoad.



Bernadette Martinez - Female Lead/Harmony Vocals
Bernadette Martinez started singing at the age of 5 in the Philippines. She loved to sing and began to compete in contests at school. Her passion for singing continued as she grew up. She entered contests at local radio stations and nationwide singing competitions.

Bernadette moved to the Bay Area in 1998 at 16. She enjoys singing karaoke and won 2nd place in 2007 in the Radio Alice 97.3 KLLC “Saraoke” contest. She won 1st place in April 2011 in the annual competition at the biggest karaoke bar in Pleasanton, the Sunshine Saloon.

With her amazing voice, she gets offers to sing with local bands and special events. Bernadette enjoys all types of music from Jazz, Blues, Pop-Rock, Soul, Hip-Hop, to R&B. She joined OpenRoad in October 2011.



Ed Vargas – Lead/Rhythm Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica and Vocals
Ed began playing guitar in cover bands at county fairs at seventeen and paid college expenses with his band earnings. Ed has played corporate events, weddings, festivals, and rock and blues clubs as far away as Pa Markurell's in Stockholm, Sweden. He was asked to jam on lead guitar at his own Santa Clara University reunion with Papa Doo Run Run; the Beach Boys cover band. Guitar influences are Wes Montgomery, Mike Bloomfield, Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana.

Ed enjoys playing bass and harmonica too. Ed started OpenRoad in the fall of 2003. He loves playing with experienced, easy-going musicians for audiences that enjoy and want to dance to the music.

Ed is experienced with marketing, special events and the media. He was a former Director of Marketing & Communications for the World Affairs Council and worked with KQED as Chairperson of their Community Advisory Panel. When he was in the publishing business, he was a Publisher/Editor for a trade magazine and developed international business conferences in the USA, Canada and Japan. Ed currently works for a major telecommunications company expanding their eCommerce Online capabilities.



Lou Ahtty - Bass and Vocals
Lou Ahtty is a San Francisco native that grew up watching and learning from the Bay Area musicians that created the unique “San Francisco” sound. Lou has over 30 years experience playing bass. His life journey as a musician started when his guitar playing friends "needed" a bass player in their group. He loved playing so much he decided to choose music as his college major. He quickly expanded his music knowledge and how to play bass to lay down a groove with the drummer and compliment the melody. Lou is also a seasoned sound production and recording technician.

Lou enjoys playing a variety of music styles: Rock, Soul, R&B, Jazz, Funk and even Country Music. His bassist influences include such notables as Jack Casady, from Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna fame, the inimitable Paul McCartney, Verdine White, Nathan East and James Jamerson, the great Funk Brothers bassist that established the “Motown Sound.”

Lou has played in venues throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. He has played bass alongside top musicians including Latin percussionist great, Armando Peraza, (recorded with Carlos Santana) and blues legend, Elvin Bishop, (originally from the Paul Butterfield Blues Band).
Lou joined OpenRoad in January 2005 and maintains his easy going attitude by daily doses of watching "The Simpsons."



Bill Ciullo - Keyboards, Guitar and Vocals
Bill has been playing keyboards and guitar in various bands located in the Bay Area for the past 30 years. The styles of the bands covered Originals, Punk Rock, Disco, Top 40, and Classic Rock. His keyboard playing has been heard on some original songs on the Radio. Bill's influences for his keyboard styles focus more on the bands where Classical music influenced the Rock sound. These include bands such as: The Moody Blues, The Electric Light Orchestra, Renaissance, The Alan Parsons Project, Queen, and the most influential of them all, the Beatles.
Bill has combined his passion for music along with his Engineering career to pioneer the development of the physical modeling of instruments and sound. He holds patents in Karaoke technology and has been featured on Japanese Technology television programs.
Bill has completed one album of original music where he plays all of the instruments.



Steve Molinari - Drums, Percussion and Vocals
Steve began playing drums when he was 8 years old. He learned his drum set skills from his father, who has played drums for over 50 years. Steve played in high school and university bands, as well as independent alternative rock bands as he got older. Steve has toured in many of the western US states and as far away as Nice, France. Most recently, Steve was in an alternative rock band in Southern California which regularly gigged on the Sunset Strip.

As a native of the East Bay, Steve's early influences included the funk/punk scene in San Francisco with bands like Primus, Jane's Addiction and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Currently, Steve is inspired by the drumming skills of Josh Freese, of the Vandals, Guns N' Roses, Matt Chamberlain, one of the most widely heard session drummers, Zigaboo Modeliste, a founding member of the Meters and Dino Campanella of Northern California's Dredg.

Steve enjoys the challenges of handling many musical genres in OpenRoad. His favorite styles of music to play include Funk, R&B, and Rock. Steve looks forward to sharing his passion for drumming with his son.