Big Red One band tours Iraq

October 31, 2010

By Spc. Roland Hale

Story Highlights

The band is the last Army band of its type in Iraq
Tours to play popular music for deployed service members
Soldiers support Soldiers in concert tours around Iraq

Big Red One band tours Iraq

Staff Sgt. Gregory Hyson, lead guitarist for Controlled Detonation, the 1st Infantry Division's official rock band, plays a riff for troops on Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 30. Controlled Detonation is the last Army band of its type in Iraq, and frequently...
Big Red One band tours Iraq

Command Sgt. Maj. Jim Champagne, the senior enlisted Soldier of the 1st Infantry Division, sings along during a performance by his division's official rock band, Controlled Detonation. The band is the last group of its type in Iraq, and frequently...
Big Red One band tours Iraq

Sgt. Michelle Spinazzola, a lead singer for Controlled Detonation, the 1st Infantry Division's official rock band, hits a high note for troops on Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 30. Controlled Detonation is the last Army band of its type in Iraq, and frequently...
Big Red One band tours Iraq

Staff Sgt. Gregory Hyson, lead guitarist for Controlled Detonation, the 1st Infantry Division's official rock band, plays a riff for troops on Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 30. Controlled Detonation is the last Army band of its type in Iraq, and frequently...
Big Red One band tours Iraq

Spc. Jonathan Akhondi, a lead singer for Controlled Detonation, the 1st Infantry Division's official rock band, performs for troops on Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 30. Controlled Detonation is the last Army band of its type in Iraq, and frequently tours the...
Big Red One band tours Iraq

Spc. Myron Zenker, drummer for Controlled Detonation, the 1st Infantry Division's official rock band, plays for troops on Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 30. Controlled Detonation is the last Army band of its type in Iraq, and frequently tours the country to...
Big Red One band tours Iraq

Staff Sgt. Gregory Hyson, lead guitarist for Controlled Detonation, the 1st Infantry Division's official rock band, plays a riff for troops on Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 30. Controlled Detonation is the last Army band of its type in Iraq, and frequently...

Staff Sgt. Gregory Hyson, lead guitarist for Controlled Detonation, the 1st Infantry Division's official rock band, plays a riff for troops on Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 30. Controlled Detonation is the last Army band of its type in Iraq, and frequently...
Command Sgt. Maj. Jim Champagne, the senior enlisted Soldier of the 1st Infantry Division, sings along during a performance by his division's official rock band, Controlled Detonation. The band is the last group of its type in Iraq, and frequently...
Sgt. Michelle Spinazzola, a lead singer for Controlled Detonation, the 1st Infantry Division's official rock band, hits a high note for troops on Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 30. Controlled Detonation is the last Army band of its type in Iraq, and frequently...
Staff Sgt. Gregory Hyson, lead guitarist for Controlled Detonation, the 1st Infantry Division's official rock band, plays a riff for troops on Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 30. Controlled Detonation is the last Army band of its type in Iraq, and frequently...
Spc. Jonathan Akhondi, a lead singer for Controlled Detonation, the 1st Infantry Division's official rock band, performs for troops on Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 30. Controlled Detonation is the last Army band of its type in Iraq, and frequently tours the...
Spc. Myron Zenker, drummer for Controlled Detonation, the 1st Infantry Division's official rock band, plays for troops on Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 30. Controlled Detonation is the last Army band of its type in Iraq, and frequently tours the country to...
Staff Sgt. Gregory Hyson, lead guitarist for Controlled Detonation, the 1st Infantry Division's official rock band, plays a riff for troops on Camp Taji, Iraq, Oct. 30. Controlled Detonation is the last Army band of its type in Iraq, and frequently...