High Road Easy

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ABOUT Teaming up in March 2008, Jan and Sven were instantly hitting it 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

2026 - New digital release coming for: „Forward (EP1)“ Please check out our NEW VIDEO by clicking the cover! HIGH ROAD EASY is a German hard rock band with 4 full album releases. The debut album ‚Hotter Than A Thousand Suns‘ received 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’.

THE PLAYERS

VIDEOS

You‘ll find a youtube playlist link on the left of this page.

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 drummer Magnus is the preferred choice for the HIGH ROAD EASY studio productions. He studied in the US with Mike Mangini, ‚nuff said!

CONTACT Angaben gemäss § 5 DDG: High Road Easy Rotenbüschle 25 76228 Karlsruhe, Deutschland Telefon: +49 151 70156130 E-Mail: shore@mailbox.org

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. 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 :-). HIGH ROAD EASY - Higher Ground  12/03/2026 The first video in the remixed & remastered series, Higher Ground is a little melodic rock gem. Look out for more EPs to be released later in 2026.

III (2015) Hotter Than A Thousand Suns (2009)

High Road Easy (2020) Drive (2012)

2026 - New EP ‚Forward‘ quick link:

https://li.sten.to/highroadeasy-IV

For videos, this youtube link leads you to the HIGH ROAD EASY playlist.

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 it 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.