21OCTAYNE – Featuring Members of RHAPSODY, PAUL GILBERT, JOE PERRY PROJECT, AXXIS Signs With AFM Records; Debut Out In May
March 8, 2014, 10 years ago
21OCTAYNE, a new rock act featuring members of the JOE PERRY band, RHAPSODY, AXXIS, and PAUL GILBERT, will release its debut album, Into The Open, on May 23rd.
A press release describes the band: “21Octayne is the epitome of soulful, honest, ass-kicking rock with a slight modern touch. A new name, a new band, but no unknowns here: the band consists of vocalist Hagen Grohe (THE JOE PERRY PROJECT), Marco Wriedt (Axxis), Andrew “The Bullet” Lauer (Paul Gilbert) and drummer Alex Landenburg (Rhapsody). The four guys took their time and worked hard on their debut album for more than two years, ready for impact now! Meanwhile the young band scored first success by releasing a digital single for ‘The Heart (Save Me)’ which went (without any kind of promotion) straight to #1 in Amazon Germany’s hard rock/metal chart and also appeared on the US Itunes chart! This good start for 21Octayne might be caused by several factors, one being vocalist Hagen Grohe who leads the band’s US-influenced rock to international level. A quality that guitar icon Joe Perry (AEROSMITH) realized quickly as well, so he made Grohe the vocalist of the Joe Perry Project. And he was not disappointed by the young German who convinced on album recordings and numerous live shows playing after in support of the release.”
Video ‘The Heart (Save Me)’:
For more info visit 21Octayne.com.
