Rock star to classroom: Erie native Vrenna teaches after years on road
There are two painted portraits of Chris Vrenna hanging in his living room in Alabama. One features the Erie native and 1985 McDowell High School graduate with tightly cropped platinum-blonde hair, and the other — much darker in every aspect — depicts him with long jet-black locks framing his face. The significance of the paintings becomes evident once you see the signatures and personal messages inscribed by the artists: David Bowie and Marilyn Manson, respectively. If these decorations are a hint to a life lived at the highest echelons of the music industry, the Grammy Award and the Roc...
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