Rock Ignition
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Rock Ignition is a hard rock
band from Germany
founded by professional dancer and ex-Kamelot
background vocalist Heather Shockley and Silent Force
/Sons of Seasons
/Headstone Epitaph bassist Jürgen Steinmetz in 2006. In 2007 they signed a deal with Rock Inc.(Netherlands
)and released their debut EP, "I Can't Resist".
The band is influenced by hard rock bands from the 1980s like Skid Row, Whitesnake
, Bon Jovi
, Mötley Crüe
, and Vixen
.
Rock Ignition has shared the stage with bands like Uriah Heep
, Jon Oliva's Pain
, Axxis
, Vanden Plas
, At Vance
, Elvenking
, Adam Bomb, Sons of Seasons
, headlined the AguiRock Festival 2008 in Tarragona
(Spain
) and opened the IV German Metal Meeting in Kerkrade
(Netherlands
).
Tracks:
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
founded by professional dancer and ex-Kamelot
Kamelot
Kamelot is an American symphonic power metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album Siége Perilous, and shared song-writing duties with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011.As of 2010,...
background vocalist Heather Shockley and Silent Force
Silent Force
Silent Force is a German power metal band with neo-classical and progressive influences, founded by German guitarist Alex Beyrodt.-Members:* D. C...
/Sons of Seasons
Sons of Seasons
Sons of Seasons is a German symphonic metal band formed by Kamelot keyboardist Oliver Palotai. Their debut album Gods of Vermin was released in 2009, and their second album Magnisphyricon was released on April 1, 2011....
/Headstone Epitaph bassist Jürgen Steinmetz in 2006. In 2007 they signed a deal with Rock Inc.(Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
)and released their debut EP, "I Can't Resist".
The band is influenced by hard rock bands from the 1980s like Skid Row, Whitesnake
Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1978 by David Coverdale after his departure from his previous band, Deep Purple. The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple, but by the mid 1980s they had moved to a more commercial hard rock style...
, Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
, Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...
, and Vixen
Vixen (band)
Vixen is an all-female American hard rock band which achieved some commercial success during the late 1980s and early 1990s as part of the Los Angeles, California glam metal scene.-Early years:...
.
Rock Ignition has shared the stage with bands like Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep (band)
Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 and regarded as a seminal classic hard rock act of the 1970s. Uriah Heep's progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion's distinctive features have always been massive keyboards sound, strong vocal harmonies and David Byron's operatic vocals...
, Jon Oliva's Pain
Jon Oliva's Pain
Jon Oliva's Pain is the latest project of Savatage co-founder Jon Oliva.-Band history:Originally, the project consisted entirely of solo recordings by Oliva, but after several months of work he was joined by former members of Circle II Circle to form a band.The band's first performance was at the...
, Axxis
Axxis
Axxis is a German power metal band that was founded in 1988. Their debut album, "Kingdom of the Night", became the best-selling debut album ever by a hard rock band in Germany in 1989.-Biography:...
, Vanden Plas
Vanden Plas
Vanden Plas is the name of a company of coachbuilders who produced bodies for specialist and up-market automobile manufacturers. Latterly the name became a top-end luxury model designation for cars from various subsidiaries of British Leyland and the Rover Group.-Belgium:It originated in Belgium in...
, At Vance
At Vance
At Vance is a German power metal/Neo-classical metal band. They were formed by vocalist Oliver Hartmann and guitarist Olaf Lenk in 1998.-Biography:...
, Elvenking
Elvenking
Elvenking can refer to either of the following:*Thranduil - A character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.*Elvenking - A folk/power metal band from Italy....
, Adam Bomb, Sons of Seasons
Sons of Seasons
Sons of Seasons is a German symphonic metal band formed by Kamelot keyboardist Oliver Palotai. Their debut album Gods of Vermin was released in 2009, and their second album Magnisphyricon was released on April 1, 2011....
, headlined the AguiRock Festival 2008 in Tarragona
Tarragona
Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona...
(Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) and opened the IV German Metal Meeting in Kerkrade
Kerkrade
Kerkrade is a town and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.It is the western half of the divided region and de facto city, taken together with the eastern half, the German town of Herzogenrath...
(Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
).
Members
- Heather Shockley - vocals
- Jürgen SteinmetzJürgen SteinmetzJuergen Steinmetz is the bass player for Rock Ignition, Silent Force, Sons of Seasons, Lima and ex-member of Headstone Epitaph.- Biography :Juergen Steinmetz founded his first band Headstone in 1987...
- bass - Fabian Dammers - guitar
- Julio Pablo da Silva - drums
Former Members
- Bas Maas - guitar
- Guido van den Brink - guitar
- Marc Gerwing - drums
- Uwe Lames - guitar
- Oliver May - guitar
- Christian Sommer - drums
- Niko Chatziathanasiou - drums
Discography
- EP "I Can't Resist" (2007)
Tracks:
- I Can't Resist
- Heartbeat
- Caught in the Past
- Too Tough To Take
- Your Truth