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To instantly stream, listen, watch, just click on the albums smartURL. These smartURLs provide a selection of sites offering streaming, digital download and video. Of course, there are many more all over the world. Please also check out the artist links on the streaming platforms provided below this section. High Road Easy (2020) https://li.sten.to/highroadeasy-IV III (2015) https://li.sten.to/highroadeasy-III Drive (2012) https://li.sten.to/highroadeasy-drive Hotter Than A Thousand Suns (2009) https://li.sten.to/highroadeasy-hotter
ABOUT
Teaming up in March 2008, Jan and Sven were instantly hitting off
with each other. Within three weeks six great melodic rock gems
were written and demoed.
HIGH ROAD EASY were born.
Blessed with one of Germanys finest rock voices, Jan Knopf shines in
all HIGH ROAD EASY songs.
Riffs, grooves and keyboard hooks are delivered by multi-
instrumentalist / producer Sven Horlemann to suit Jan‘s voice.
The missing puzzle was found in Berklee educated drummer Magnus
Brandell, who studied polyrhythms with professors Mike Mangini
and Skip Hadden. Magnus grooves deliver the perfect playground for
Sven and Jan.
WELCOME
…to the official website of HIGH ROAD EASY. Please check out our latest self- titled album High Road Easy - just click on the cover! Founded in 2008, HIGH ROAD EASY is a German hard rock band with 4 full album releases. The debut album ‚Hotter Than A Thousand Suns‘ was released 2009 worldwide via CD Baby and was well received. It generated genuine interest by legendary producer Beau Hill (Ratt, Warrant, Winger, Europe …) who personally contacted the band: ‚I'm listening to your music right now... I like what you're doing... Great material, and I dig Jan's vocal approach , very stylistic… I really like DONT WAIT FOR ME... killer arrangement.‘ 15 busy months later HIGH ROAD EASY delivered their second album ‚drive‘. In some places ‚drive‘ rocks harder, but manages to be more melodic than the debut. 2015 finally saw the release of the aptly titled third album "III". Again the bar was raised. "III" is more vocal heavy, both diverse and highly melodic. Finally, the self-titled new album ‚HIgh Road Easy‘ was made available in 2020. Check out the smartURL and listen via your preferred music streaming / download service.
REVIEWS
AORmusic.de (7,5/10): ‘(…) the duo offers Classic Rock besides any trends. The album impressively starts with “Lights“, the extremely memorable “Sixes & Sevens“ and the DEEP PURPLE tinged “No Regrets“. POWERPLAY magazine (6/7 points): ‘A collection ranging from fast paced driving rockers to more commercial roadio friendly songs and the obligatory ballad, it highlights the time invested in a quality production, with layered harmonies a feature of the vocal sound’. Gitarre&Bass: ‘Eingängige Gesangslinien, knackige Heavy-Riffs plus schnörkellose Drum/Bass-Grooves sind die Hauptzutaten für die klaren Songs (…). Das Ergebnis erinnert dann schon mal an die späten Rainbow und Whitesnake oder atmet auch den Geist von Toto. Gitarrist Sven Horlemann geht auch schon mal virtuoser nach vorne, setzt aber in ruhigen Nummern geschmackvolle melodische Akzente. (…) Tolle Leistung!‘ THE ROCKER (2015): ‘(…) an excellent slice of melodic rock from Germany. (...) One for the Foreigner fans tired of buying live albums and best of’s’.
DRIVE ALBUM PROMO
01/11/2012 High Road Easy‘s 2nd album ‚Drive‘ got an album promotion with several songs to listen to - it is one of the most played videos from HRE.DARKNESS AND JOY
26/02/2016 Darkness And Joy deserved a lyric video - it is one of the favorite tracks from ‚III‘. It was even played on London radio stations several times.THE PLAYERS
VIDEOS
You‘ll find a youtube playlist link on the left of this page.:: STREAMING :: LINKS ::
The streaming links are direct artist links for High Road Easy. You‘ll find the social media links on the left of this page.
CONTACT
Angaben gemäss § 5 DDG:
High Road Easy
Rotenbüschle 25
76228 Karlsruhe, Deutschland
Telefon: +49 151 70156130
E-Mail: shore@mailbox.org
HIGH ROAD EASY - Album Teaser
02/04/2020 Starting of a series of videos to promote the new 2020 self-titled High Road Easy album is this teaser.
SIXES & SEVENS
02/05/2020 Sixes & Sevens is one of the most popular tracks from the new album. So we made a video :-).
New album quick link:
https://li.sten.to/highroadeasy-IV
HIGH ROAD EASY released their
powerful debut ‚Hotter Than A
Thousand Suns‘ in 2009. A bold
statement showing their own vision
of contemporary melodic rock
Even legendary producer Beau Hill
(Ratt, Winger, Europe …) got
hooked and personally contacted
the band:
‚I'm listening to your music right
now... I like what you're doing...
Great material, and I dig Jan's
vocal approach, very stylistic.. I
really like DONT WAIT FOR ME...
killer arrangement.‘
Sounds interesting? Well, it is!
ABOUT
Teaming up in March 2008, Jan and Sven were
instantly hitting off with each other. Within three
weeks six great melodic rock gems were written
and demoed.
HIGH ROAD EASY were born.
Blessed with one of Germanys finest rock voices,
Jan Knopf shines in all HIGH ROAD EASY songs.
Riffs, grooves and keyboard hooks are delivered by
multi-instrumentalist / producer Sven Horlemann
to suit Jan‘s voice.
The missing puzzle was found in Berklee educated
drummer Magnus Brandell, who studied
polyrhythms with professors Mike Mangini and Skip
Hadden. Magnus grooves deliver the perfect
playground for Sven and Jan.
CONTACT
Angaben gemäss § 5 DDG:
High Road Easy
Rotenbüschle 25
76228 Karlsruhe, Deutschland
Telefon: +49 151 70156130
E-Mail: shore@mailbox.org
JAN KNOPF
Power vocalist Jan Knopf has years of experiences singing in his own bands, even leading in a rock musical.SVEN HORLEMANN
A guitar player deeply rooted in 80s hard rock, Sven never stopped expanding - writing songs, occasionally switching to bass or all things mixing & engineering.featuring MAGNUS BRANDELL
Swedish power house drummer Magnus is the preferred choice for the HIGH ROAD EASY studio productions. He studied in the US with Mike Mangini, ‚nuff said!
For videos, this youtube link leads you to the
HIGH ROAD EASY playlist.
