Year : 2023
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Denmark
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 105 mb
Bio:
Cold drop is a Danish Hard Rock band formed in 2019.The band is located in Jutland, Denmark.Danish rockers Cold Drop consisting of lead vocalist Allan Groenbæk Pedersen (Krackerjack), guitarists Rick Hanson (Pretty Maids, Shotz) and Thomas Moeller Hansen, bassist John A. Bertz (Witness, Hunters) and drummer Henrik Rohde Jensen (L.A., Acacia Avenue, Blah Blah) will be releasing their debut album via Lions Pride Music on February 27, 2023.Allan is a Danish singer. He started his career playing in a highschool rock-band, called “Ikk’ Noget” (translates to “Nothing”) for local crowds. In 1988, he moved to Copenhagen and there he joined the soulband “Karisma” that later became “Daddy’s Best”. With this band, he played gigs all over Denmark until he moved to Belgium in 1995. He returned to Denmark in 1999 and shortly after that he joined up with guitar player René Mikkelsen, playing classic rock covers in the band “Humbuck”. In 2003, René Mikkelsen decided to revive the classic rock band “KrackerjacK” that was formed in 1997, but had been on a break for a couple of years, with Allan on lead vocals. The band recorded two albums: “Good Thing Goin’ (2005)” and “Rock On (2007)” and toured around Denmark, playing mostly smaller gigs. They did also perform at Jelling Musikfestival in 2006 and as support for Uriah Heep at Posten, Odense in 2009.Allan left the band shortly after the gig in Odense and the following years, he mainly played in cover bands like Lizzy Stuff (Thin Lizzy coverband), Hungry Mens Blues Band (The Hoax cover band) and Deep Purple Mk III Tribute (Deep Purple cover band). In 2013, he joined forces with ex-Pretty Maids bass player Allan Delong on his album “Smell The Roses” (released 2015). In March 2017, he performed the song “Headless Chicken” by the Danish band “Electric Guitars” together with the band at Kulisselageret, Horsens. In 2019, he started playing gigs as a solo artist in pubs and at private parties. Same year, he joined the band “Cold Drop” as lead singer. Thomas Møller Hansen - Thomas is a Danish guitarist playing in the Danish hard rock band Cold Drop. He started out playing guitar at the age of 9, when his parents gave him an electrical guitar. The following years, he played in school bands and with friends, mainly classic rock like Hendrix, Led Zeppelin. The main inspiration back then, came from his dad’s and friend’s dad’s collection of records.Photo courtesy of Cold Drop - During the later teen age years, he lost interest in playing and sold his gear. Not until his wife Ditte heard him play the guitar at a music store and decided to buy him a Fender Stratocaster for his 21st years birthday, he started playing again. He was then fortunate to get introduced to the world-famous guitar instructor, Troy Stetina, and he acquired a few of his books, including the applauded “Bible among rock/metal lead players”; “Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar”. He started practicing for 4-6 hours a day beside his regular work, and quickly developed his technique and lead style. Furthermore, with the advent of the internet and video-sharing platforms like YouTube in the early 2000’, it was easy for him to find inspiration and he started to study prominent 80’s hard rock and heavy metal guitarists, including Randy Rhoads, Warren DeMartini, George Lynch, that further influenced his playing style.In 2009, he hooked up with ex-Pretty Maids bass player Allan Delong and they started playing 80’s hard rock cover music, like Whitesnake, Scorpions, Judas Priest, in the band Addiction. Around 2012, Allan Delong founded the band Delong, playing music composed by Allan Delong himself. The band mainly spent time in studio working on the first record. It was in this period Thomas got introduced to Allan Grønbæk on lead vocals. Delong disbanded in 2014 shortly after the first album was released.In 2018, Thomas joined Cold Drop after they had been playing for a little less than year mix cover and original material. A few months later, Allan Grønbæk joined the band.Henrik Rohde Jensen - Henrik is a Danish drummer who started his career in 1982 at the age of 16. His first band, Blazon, was a five-man cover band but after just one gig, they turned into a trio as Spiked Mace playing original material. (The bassist here was Pete West and guitarist Alf Batz, who would both later turn up in Paul DiAnno’s Battlezone). Spiked Mace recorded three demos and toured Denmark until 1984 when Henrik joined the local band L.A. just after they recorded their first album. L.A. supported the local and Danish legends Pretty Maids a few times. Three demos were recorded for the second album, which did not materialize until 2003.In the meantime, L.A. had disbanded, and in 1987, he moved to London, England, where he played and auditioned for various bands but had to go back to Denmark after about six months. This led to the revival of his high school band Acacia Avenue who turned into Blah Blah who got some record industry interest but disbanded before anything materialized. For personal reasons, he then left the music world for a number of years. A new and very slow start followed. Practising hard and playing in a local dance/big band for six years eventually broke his way back to the world of rock trying out different bands with not much luck. That was until the then still unnamed band Cold Drop called him to help starting up a new band. During all these years, paths with the other Cold Droppers have crossed several times, so something may have been in the cards from the start…Main inspirations: Slade, Sweet, Gasolin, Kiss, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden. What inspired Henrik to pick up drumming was mainly the powerful drumming of Don Powell of Slade and Mick Tucker of The Sweet. And the Danish drummer, Søren Berlev of Gasolin.
Album:
Released by the always reliable record label Lions Pride Music, “Cold Drop” is the eponymous debut album from hard rockers COLD DROP. This band from Denmark include into the line up one of early PRETTY MAIDS member, guitarist Rick Hanson, while all the remaining guys are also experienced musicians from the Scandinavian scene; Allan Grønbæk Pedersen (Krackerjack) on vocals, Thomas Møller Hansen on guitars, John A. Bertz (Witness, Hunters) on bass, and finally Henrik Rohde Jensen (L.A., Acacia Avenue) on drums.So what to expect here? Qulaity songwriting, playing, and Classic Eighties-style melodic hard rock with a strong American flavor – guitar driven and rich in melody, all very well recorded & produced.Things get off to a great start with the hard hitting, stomping “Sweet Lucille” that oozes grittiness thanks in the main to the first of many fine vocal performances from Pedersen and equally salacious full band back up.The slightly funky edged “All Night Baby” comes complete with a Warrant like chorus that wouldn’t have been out of place on that band’s debut album, such is its infectious quality. The mid-tempo “Don’t Wake Me Up” features fine vocal harmonizing before the outstanding ballad “Broke My Heart” contains yet another evocative vocal and yet more superb rhythm section work from John A. Bertz on bass and ex-Acacia Avenue drummer Henrik Rhode Jensen.The upbeat and firmly melodic “Looking For Love” closes the first half of the album in consummate style.“My Precious Metal Heart” is probably the toughest sounding track on here, with sterling twin guitar work from Thomas Mueller and ex-Pretty Maids man Rik Hanson that continues throughout the pseudo Whitesnake styled “World Go Around”, alongside the bland “Hold On” which mined a similar style but did contain yet another excellent Pedersen performance.Things get back to the ballsy delivery with the jauntily rocking “Don’t Count Me Out” and concludes with the excellent hard driving “Freedom”, complete with another memorable chorus.The production is clear and the band members are – as already stated – practically flawless throughout and there’s some outstanding vocal harmonizing that only compliments the overall prowess of singer Pedersen over the course of the whole album.I wasn’t know to expect when I pressed play, and Cold Drop are certainly not reinventing the wheel here; but the years of honing their craft has obviously paid off as this is – on the whole – a very solid set of melodic songs that may well sneak its way onto your regular playlist. Fans of late Eighties Whitesnake, Warrant, Mr. Big, Pretty Maids, etc – this is for you
Line-Up:
Allan Groenbaek Pedersen (Krackerjack) – Leas Vocals
Rick Hanson (Pretty Maids, Shotz) – Guitars, Vocals
Thomas Moeller Hansen – Guitars, Vocals
John A. Bertz (Witness, Hunters) – Bass, Vocals
Henrik Rohde Jensen (L.A., Acacia Avenue) – Drums
Tracklist:
01. Sweet Lucille
02. All Night Baby
03. Don't Wake Me Up
04. Broke My Heart
05. Looking For Love
06. My Precious Metal Heart
07. That's What Makes The World Go 'Round
08. Hold On
09. Don't Count Me Out
10. Freedom
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