The Trigger

New Jersey hard rockers Trigger were born in late 1973, almost within eyesight of the Big Apple, as a five-piece assembled by keyboard player Tom "Sebastian" Ayres. But after going to the trouble of corralling vocalist/guitarist Jimmy Duggan, vocalist/guitarist Richie House, bassist Tom Nigra, and vocalist/drummer Derek Remington from several competing local bands, Ayres abandoned ship when he was offered a position in a new band put together by former Mountain members Felix Pappalardi and Corky Laing. The remaining foursome bore him no grudge, however (any one of them would h...