Ron formed his first heavy metal band, called MACE, in 1986. After a long selection period, in October 2001 the vacant for the band’s singer was filled by Ron Finn. He had previously been in bands like KNELL ODISSEY, SABATAN, ASGARD and MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, and nowadays plays drums in BARÓN ROJO. In February 2001 Rafa Díaz joined the band to play drums. This setback forced them to cancel their “Evilution Tour 2001”.įar from falling in despair, the remaining members of EASY RIDER started working immediately to find the skilled musicians they needed to start a new era and a new project. American influences, European metal, progressive rock and dark metal.ĮASY RIDER mixed all this to get a shattering, passionate and innovative music style, but in January 2001 Eugenio Garañeda and Antonio M. Musically, this album showed more than ever the band’s versatility and their mastery over a wide range of music tendencies within rock. The energy radiated by each of its tracks was supported by a high-end musical production. It was released in October 2000 and it shook all the specialized press in all of Europe. In June 2000 EASY RIDER broke their contract with its former record label and singed a new one with Locomotive Music, with which they recorded their third album, “Evilution”, which was recorded in the KIRIOS recording studio, in Madrid. In 1999 they won the “Best new band” prize from the Spanish music magazine Heavy Rock in its annual “Rockferendum”. It offered a new Image of EASY RIDER, more dynamic and modern, both in the composition and in the production of the music. The songs in this album were all written in English, in an effort to reach the international market. Their first album was released in 1997, named “Perfecta Creación”, it featured three songs in English, five in Spanish and an instrumental track that were very well received by the specialized media.īetween June and September 1998 they recorded their second album, titled “Lord of the Storm”. In 1996 EASY RIDER published a new demo and signed a contract with Soho Music. As influences we can find classic bands such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Helloween, King Diamond, or Gamma Ray, and there are also more modern and innovative ones like Dream Theater, Conception, Sanvoisen Annihilator, Pantera, Alter Bridge, Monster Magnet, etc. In terms of style, the band is comfortable in the wide field of rock, and they don’t close their door to any kind of influence that could enrich the ensemble’s sound or the technique of each of their components. In this moment Eugenio Garañeda joined the band as the lead singer (1996). However, the band kept looking for a vocalist that could adapt to the their needs and give their creativity free rein. These four years were crucial in the future of the band as its popularity grew, due to the release of different demos and a lot of concerts all around Spain. Villanueva (bass guitar) joined them and this line-up gave the band the necessary continuity and soundness to develop a serious and ambitious project as a music band.ĭuring the first years the band had different singers (among them were Antonio Caballero and Gabriel Boente), but from 1992 to 1996 it was Javier Villanueva who took the responsibility of the position of singer. EASY RIDER was founded around 1988, born of the reunion of Javier Villanueva (guitar), Daniel Castellanos (guitar) and Antonio M.
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