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Gary John Barden Past And Present DELETED ESM106 GARY BARDEN belongs to THE voice of British hard rock. The first time BARDEN appeared in the scene as part of the newly formed MSG (Michael Schenker Group) founded by the former SCORPIONS guitarist of the same name. Their first collaboration resulted in the highly acclaimed album “The Michael Schenker Group” which was released in 1980. Besides the great songs and the great guitar output BARDEN’s voice was one of the reasons why this album became a huge success and allowed the band to hit the road in Europe, Japan and the USA. Their second album „MSG“ saw the light of day in 1981 and followed an even more melodic direction than its predecessor. After the following world tour BARDEN was informed that he was no longer part of the band and replacement was found soon in ex-RAINBOW singer Graham Bonnet. Chrysalis though put of first a live disc recorded in Japan by the original MSG entitled “One Night At Budokan”. Searching for a new band, BARDEN started to write some songs with THIN LIZZY axeman GARY MOORE which later on ended up on MOORE’s “Corridor Of Power” release. Their working period was short and so was the collaboration between Bonnet and Schenker. Bonnet sang on the 1982 record “Assault Attack” but BARDEN was back with MSG for some live appearances including Reading Festival in the same year and the 1983 record “Built To Destroy”. The label’s pressure to steer more into a commercial direction though made the band quit business in 1984. BARDEN moved on and found a new home in the business together with ex-THIN LIZZY six-string Brian Robertson with their band STATETROOPER who put out their highly acclaimed self-titled debut album in 1987 and played a couple of live shows in the following time. After a long break BARDEN returned to the scene with PRAYING MANTIS’ “The Power Of Ten” and the live album “Captured Alive In Tokyo City” (1996). In the same year the powerhouse singer recorded the song “Don’t Take These Dreams Away” for LEA HART’s “Metal Monsters” Project. Later on, BARDEN and HART teamed up again for a cover version of MAIDEN’s “The Trooper” for the IRON MAIDEN tribute “666 Number One Beast” (1999) and in 2000 with FM’s Steve Overland for a recording of “Out In The Fields” for the THIN LIZZY tribute “Killers On The Loose Again”. In the same year, BARDEN hit the road again for a couple of live shows with COMPANY OF SNAKES and founded the band SILVER together with Michael Voss (CASANOVA) and Bernie Tormé (IAN GILLAN) who later released the albums “Dream Machines” (2002) and “Intruder” (2003) with a new, 4th album to be released soon. STATETROOPER finally re-united in 2004 and put out the classy new record “The Calling”. The album „Past & Present“ is the first solo album by GARY BARDEN and offers a very personal collection of new, exciting interpretations of some all-time MSG classics, a selection of songs that will both suit GARY BARDEN and MSG fans! |
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