Year : 2015
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Videos
Size : 170 mb
Bio:
With over 30 years in the business have Jan and Peter established a platform as musicians, artists and songwriters with the beginning together in the AOR influenced band Whitelight.In August 1984 guitarist Jan Åkesson and singer Peter Grundström got to know each other after performing at the same show in different bands; Jan was lead guitar in Ravage and Peter was fronting Whitelight. Their meeting led to the conclusion of Jan’s work with Ravage and he became a new member in Whitelight in the fall of the same year.Whitelight’s focus was melodic hard rock, initially influenced by Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Bad Company and then by a “new wave” of English, American and Canadian bands such as Whitesnake, Van Halen, Journey, Toto, Riot, Wrabit and Dokken. Whitelight played many gigs and produced many demos in search of that elusive record deal.After 3 years with Whitelight, in 1987, Jan decided to leave the band and went his own way to spread his wings with tougher, more guitar-oriented hard rock. Peter stayed in Whitelight, who changed their name to Kee Avenue.Jan went on to form new bands Why Not, Perfect Stranger and Dr Blue, playing many very successful gigs and making several acclaimed recordings.See Avenue split up in 1991 after the bass player and the keyboard player left the band. After this final breakup Peter went on to play and sing with several different, mostly cover bands, though he kept on writing songs, always looking for the right project to showcase his talent.In 1994 Jan decided to step back from live performance to concentrate on writing and producing songs in his new studio on the emerging digital recording platforms that would soon come to dominate the music industry.Finally, 15 years after the two first played together, Jan decided to give Peter a call, thinking that it was time for a “reunion”. A good meal and a few beers was the spark that lit a new beginning. Their reunion became the band StoneLake with 6 album releases at this point.In 2007 Jan and Peter was contacted by Zane Petersen who loved the work they did in StoneLake. Zane wanted Jan and Peter to write all the songs to the SOLNA project including stars as Pamela Moore (Queensryche), Eric Ragno, Ralf Sheepers (Primal Fear), Alex de Russo (Dokken).Jan and Peter was set to new challenges so they decided to form the AOR oriented band they now call S.A.Y.
Album:
MelodicRock Records is very excited to be able to announce the signing of new Swedish band S.A.Y., featuring two veteran artists under the new band name,reflecting their decision to record a melodic hard rock album together.S.A.Y. is guitarist Jan Åkesson and singer Peter Grundström, musical partners since 1984 and teamed in StoneLake for six studio albums from 2006-2013.Deciding to record an album with power and finesse, but in a more commercial melodic vein, Jan and Peter settled upon a new name for the project – S.A.Y.S.A.Y. will release their debut album “Orion” via MelodicRock Records/Cargo Distribution on May 22.The album contains 11 tracks of polished and powerful melodic rock and features the distinctive vocals of Peter Grundstrom and the hard edged guitar work of Jan Akesson; which will immediately bring comparisons to TNT, Westworld and Final Frontier.
Line Up:
Peter Grundstrom – Vocals (Ex-Whitelight)
Jan Akesson – Guitars, Keyboards, Bass, Backing Vocals (Ex-Ravage)
With: Jens Westberg – Drums
Petrus Granar Guitars (2014-present)
Tracklist:
01. Tragedy
02. Heroes
03. Crash And Burn
04. Never Say Goodbye
05. Eight Hundred Miles
06. Broken Wings
07. Dream On
08. Love And Affection
09. Illusion
10. Memories
11. Under Your Spell
+ Video "Broken Wings" (Official Audio Video)
+ Video "Tragedy" (Official Audio Video)
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