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Band Members & Special Guests
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JJ MARSH (Click to enlarge)
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JJ MARSH hails from Uppsala, Sweden and has been playing and writing music with Glenn Hughes since 1996. They first met during arrangements for a friend's wedding...JJ helped organize the band members for the wedding party that they both attended and played at! Over the years he has accompanied Glenn on practically every major studio and live project he's been involved with. JJ also has a side project of his own, with friends from Sweden, who go by the name of Spellbound. It was in fact, his original band before being "discovered"!
SHANE GAALAAS hails from Canada and is continously busy on his Drums in both the studio and live front. He's co-founder of Cosmosquad and has also toured with Glenn Hughes. This in addition to Uli Jon Roth and has also recently played on the new album from Phil Mogg (ex-UFO), $ign Of 4. |
SHANE GAALAAS (Click to enlarge) |
VINCE DICOLA |
VINCE DICOLA shined through on the debut HTP album with his infamous Hammond keyboard sound. Back in 1986 he released his first solo album entitled Piano Solos. He also continues to do freelance composition, session and production work, but also plays regulary with some of his friends at L.A.'s hotspots.
JOHN SYKES co-wrote and performs on Heaven's Missing An Angel with Glenn Hughes and JJ Marsh for the debut HTP album. From England, John has been in many well known bands including Tygers Of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, as well as his own solo projects such as Blue Murder.
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JOHN SYKES
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JEFF KOLLMAN (Click to enlarge)
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JEFF KOLLMAN from the USA's Mid-West has done practically everything from live, studio and production - jazz, rock and metal! He's also a co-founder of Cosmosquad and has toured with such luminaries as MSG and also Phil Mogg (UFO). Most recently he produced the latest album from Glenn Hughes and co-produced, HTP II.
ED ROTH is a busy session man who also finds time to work in bands such as Impellerati and Graham Bonnet. Most recently he appeared on the latest album from Glenn Hughes. He has played with Glenn onstage before, as part of Marc Bonilla's DragonChoir in 1998 when they played a few shows in California with Keith Emerson (ELP).
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ED ROTH
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CHAD SMITH (Click to enlarge)
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CHAD SMITH is the drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and is a good friend of Glenn Hughes. He jumped at the chance to play on HTP-II, as well as Glenn's latest solo album. He was born in St Paul, Minnesota, USA and the Chili Peppers are the first band he joined back in 1989.
STEVE VAI, a good friend of Glenn Hughes, set the standard for rock guitar virtuosity in the 1980's. He toured the world with Frank Zappa at the age of 18 and later with Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake and also his own band VAI. He also formed his own record label, Favored Nations Entertainment whose roster includes such bands as Marty Friedman, Ellis and Eric Johnson.
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STEVE VAI (Click to enlarge)
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AKIRA KAJIYAMA
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AKIRA KAJIYAMA hails from Japan and plays on the debut album from HTP. A good friend of Joe Lynn Turner, Akira is heavily featured on JLT's solo albums, Under Cover 2, Holy Man and Slam. He also played live as the lead guitarist with HTP during the 2002 tour of Japan. Most recently he has formed a band in Japan called Goldbrick.
TOMAS BROMAN joined HTP on Drums for both their 2002 & 2004 European Tours. He is a veteran drummer hailing from Sweden and has played with bands such as Electric Boys, Great King Rat, Baltimoore, as well as with fellow Swede, John Norum. He was also a key member of the Jeff Scott Soto project, Humanimal.
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TOMAS BROMAN |
JOAKIM SVALBERG
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JOAKIM SVALBERG also from Sweden, joined the HTP European touring band in 2002 and is a well renowned keyboard player and has graced the stage with such luminaries as Yngwie Malmsteen, to the lesser known Swedish psychedelic rock band, QOPH!
KJELL HARALDSSON brings another Swedish connection and joined the HTP European touring band in 2004. He is from Uppsala and is a key member of his regular band called No Blues who specialize in jazz and the blues. When not gigging with them, you'll find him in the studio playing on various sessions.
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KJELL HARALDSSON |
TOSHIO EGAWA (Keyboards) and YOSHIHIRO KUDO (Drums), both from Japan, came to prominence as members of popular Japanese heavy metal band, EarthShaker. In 1998 they first joined forces with Akira Kajiyama on a Japanese Rainbow tribute CD titled, Niji-Wo-Tsugu-Hasya. Prior to playing live with HTP in Japan during 2002 and 2004, they also performed with Joe Lynn Turner when Glenn Hughes was his special guest during JLT's 2000 tour of Japan.
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TOSHIO EGAWA & YOSHIHIRO KUDO
with AKIRA KAJIYAMA 
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