HJ21
4-piece alternative power rock & pop band with great melodies; vocals, guitar, bass and drums. In your face, tongue in cheek, shaking and splitting the sides of clubs and pubs, not the kind of place you'd bring your granny to unless she has left her hearing aid at home!
We have been recording and gigging throughout Europe for the past ten years. HJ21 performed legendary gigs in many of Europe’s major cities (Paris, Prague, Copenhagen, and London) and recorded two CDs and one EP of original material together. Our second CD, “It’s All About Finesse”, featured twelve original tracks, and was engineered and produced by Bernie Tormé (ex-guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne, Ian Gillan Band, Atomic Rooster, and The Electric Gypsies). “Finesse” received rave reviews (most notably from the hard rock bible, “Kerrang”) and earned HJ21 a serious cult following.
After a long hiatus, we are now back on the scene and ready to rock !!Band/artist history
Coming soonHave you performed in front of an audience?Predominantly London & the Southeast of England. Will play/travel to anywhere! Gigs in 2006 will concentrate more on original stuff, got loads of new songs to unleash to you all, but we also do some cover gigs.
Special moment? playing to 800+ Danish fans in Copenhagen, when the Tuborg seasonal Christmas beer was released to the thirsty Danish public!!
Your musical influences
Loads! Mainly Rock, Power Pop, Punk, Metal, Blues influences but also alternative stuff. Green Day, The Killers, The Hives, Feeder, Blink 182, Sex Pistols, Sham 69, Offspring, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stereophonics, Skunk Anansie, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Clash, Jam, Police, Rose Tattoo, Led Zeppelin, AC/DCWhat equipment do you use?
Vocals (Matt): nuclear-powered larynx/voicebox
Guitar/vocals (Andy): 1981 Gibson Les Paul standard gold top, Tokai LS80F 58 Les Paul replica, Tokai ES120 59 ES335 replica, Marshall DSL 100w head, Marshall 4x12 cab, Boss GT-3
Bass (Mike):
Drums (Pete): Sonor 3005 Stage 1 maple kit, Yamaha 'Steve Gadd Custom' snare, Sabian AA hihat, Zildjian 15" A Custom Crash, Zildjian 17" Medium Thin Crash, Zildjian 18" Thin Crash, Zildjian 18" Scimitar Ride/CrashAnything else?
Checkout various links for scraps of info until we get the website up and running again after suffering from technical difficulties!!
http://www.mymunchmusic.com/rockers/Ex_Ozzy_and_Gillan_guitarist_Bernie_Torm%C3%A9_produces_HJ21_CD.htm
http://artistpro.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=252
http://www.hitsquick.com/music/Artist/HJ21
http://www.solariserecords.com/artists/rock/hj21.html
http://www.guitarsite.com/database/Bands-Artists/rec/4623/
http://www.wholenote.com/resources/revmain.asp?i=3488Admin
Pete
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