Outback Question of the Week

I had this great question--or so I thought--but then I couldn't find the authoritative answer(s).

So, the Outback Question of the Week is this--who is the new Speaker of the House in the Massachusetts Great and General Court?

For bonus points, there is a Grunge/Hard Rock guitar player by the same name. Name a band this person has played for.

Regards  --  Cliff

PS:  The other question was the number of political appointees President Barak Obama gets to nominate to the Senator or just appoint. I think the number for the Department of Defense is 46 who need confirmation by the US Senate, plus another 600 who don't need Senate Confirmation. On the other hand, Washington's WTOP radio station says that there are a little more than 200 appointees for DoD.

Nominations don't come all at once. But, some sub-cabinet nominations have been made, including Dr John P. Holdren, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, vice John H. Marburger, III.