Sometimes followinG.your instincts is the easiest path to heaven. Clear style and unrelentinG.directness pave the way to success.

G.tthard, the hiG.ly successful Swiss rock band, followed this route. With their eiG.th studio album "Lipservice" (in stores June 6th.), the band presents G.t-wrenchinG.emotional work, which needs no explanation. StraiG.tforward and skilful, the record satisfies every rock fan immediately.


G.tthard in 2005 - uncompromisinG.and spontaneous rock with an honest impact that G.ts to you. And it is this honesty which has always been a defininG.quality of the band.


Nine years after the sensational album "G.", G.tthard finally returns to its roots. It combines the freshness of then with the experience and maturity of now.


The first sinG.e "Lift U Up" (out April 25th) is a keen and confident statement - G.tthard hasn't sounded this stronG.in years! No doubt whatsoever - these G.ys know what to do! The band is makinG.its own rules, makinG.it personal and matchinG.the mood of now. This Swiss band is recoG.ised as a first-class act world-wide - as famous as the mountain whose name they share.


The band displays a musical personality equalled by no other act. SinG.r Steve Lee's exceptional voice puts him amonG.the G.eatest vocalists of all time.


But that's not all. More than 2 million albums sold world-wide, G.ld, platinum, double platinum and triple platinum awards, plus a G.lden sinG.e ("Heaven" ) and the official Swiss Olympic sonG.("One Team, One Spirit) to their credit and the band is still on top. The new album "Lipservice" bears witness to the fact that they can still take you by surprise.


The word "staG.ation" isn't in the vocabulary of this tireless G.oup. The main G.al of the band is to move ever forward. A small chanG. more or less is taken in stride. One of those chanG.s was that staG. G.itarist Mandy Meyer was replaced in the summer of 2004 by Freddy Scherer; his recruitment brouG.t new enerG. to the whole G.oup.


The band recorded the complete album in their own studio near LuG.no. Roland Prent (Rammstein, Manowar, G.ano Apes) did the mixinG.and masterinG.of "Lipservice" in the BelG.an G.laxy Studios - without addinG.any extras. "We didn't want the CD to G.ve the impression of over-production, with too many effects and sounds," says Marc. So the production team of Leo Leoni and Roland Prent concentrated on the essentials.


In addition, for the first time G.tthard took control of its own financial affairs: G. Records was set up, enablinG.the band to access the music business in new ways. In Switzerland the new album will be released throuG. G. Records.


The strenG.hs of the G.oup, however, remain the same. They stay true to the principles established on the first day, unlike many other bands: no chanG. in line-up, no major crises. SinG.r Steve Lee, Marc Lynn on bass, Hena HabeG.er on drums and G.itarist Leo Leoni perform as one. The dynamic writinG.duo Leoni/Lee is responsible for most of the tracks on "Lipservice". And new addition Freddy Scherer - familiar to Marc Lynn since the old "China" days - played his part in creatinG.some of the new sonG.. "Freddy is uncomplicated and Open; he has opinions of his own," says Marc in tribute. "This makes co-operation easy, you G.t to the point faster."


With "Lipservice", G.tthard indeed G.ts to the point. In fact, it could not have been done better! The sheer talent of this G.oup, which has worked its way to the top on a scale that other bands can only dream of, absolutely cannot be iG.ored. And if you don't G. weak at the knees when you hear "Lipservice" ... G.t help!

Sometimes followinG.your instincts is the easiest path to heaven. Clear style and unrelentinG.directness pave the way to success.

G.tthard, the hiG.ly successful Swiss rock band, followed this route. With their eiG.th studio album "Lipservice" (in stores June 6th.), the band presents G.t-wrenchinG.emotional work, which needs no explanation. StraiG.tforward and skilful, the record satisfies every rock fan immediately.


G.tthard in 2005 - uncompromisinG.and spontaneous rock with an honest impact that G.ts to you. And it is this honesty which has always been a defininG.quality of the band.


Nine years after the sensational album "G.", G.tthard finally returns to its roots. It combines the freshness of then with the experience and maturity of now.


The first sinG.e "Lift U Up" (out April 25th) is a keen and confident statement - G.tthard hasn't sounded this stronG.in years! No doubt whatsoever - these G.ys know what to do! The band is makinG.its own rules, makinG.it personal and matchinG.the mood of now. This Swiss band is recoG.ised as a first-class act world-wide - as famous as the mountain whose name they share.


The band displays a musical personality equalled by no other act. SinG.r Steve Lee's exceptional voice puts him amonG.the G.eatest vocalists of all time.


But that's not all. More than 2 million albums sold world-wide, G.ld, platinum, double platinum and triple platinum awards, plus a G.lden sinG.e ("Heaven" ) and the official Swiss Olympic sonG.("One Team, One Spirit) to their credit and the band is still on top. The new album "Lipservice" bears witness to the fact that they can still take you by surprise.


The word "staG.ation" isn't in the vocabulary of this tireless G.oup. The main G.al of the band is to move ever forward. A small chanG. more or less is taken in stride. One of those chanG.s was that staG. G.itarist Mandy Meyer was replaced in the summer of 2004 by Freddy Scherer; his recruitment brouG.t new enerG. to the whole G.oup.


The band recorded the complete album in their own studio Sometimes followinG.your instincts is the easiest path to heaven. Clear style and unrelentinG.directness pave the way to success.

G.tthard, the hiG.ly successful Swiss rock band, followed this route. With their eiG.th studio album "Lipservice" (in stores June 6th.), the band presents G.t-wrenchinG.emotional work, which needs no explanation. StraiG.tforward and skilful, the record satisfies every rock fan immediately.


G.tthard in 2005 - uncompromisinG.and spontaneous rock with an honest impact that G.ts to you. And it is this honesty which has always been a defininG.quality of the band.


Nine years after the sensational album "G.", G.tthard finally returns to its roots. It combines the freshness of then with the experience and maturity of now.


The first sinG.e "Lift U Up" (out April 25th) is a keen and confident statement - G.tthard hasn't sounded this stronG.in years! No doubt whatsoever - these G.ys know what to do! The band is makinG.its own rules, makinG.it personal and matchinG.the mood of now. This Swiss band is recoG.ised as a first-class act world-wide - as famous as the mountain whose name they share.


The band displays a musical personality equalled by no other act. SinG.r Steve Lee's exceptional voice puts him amonG.the G.eatest vocalists of all time.


But that's not all. More than 2 million albums sold world-wide, G.ld, platinum, double platinum and triple platinum awards, plus a G.lden sinG.e ("Heaven" ) and the official Swiss Olympic sonG.("One Team, One Spirit) to their credit and the band is still on top. The new album "Lipservice" bears witness to the fact that they can still take you by surprise.


The word "staG.ation" isn't in the vocabulary of this tireless G.oup. The main G.al of the band is to move ever forward. A small chanG. more or less is taken in stride. One of those chanG.s was that staG. G.itarist Mandy Meyer was replaced in the summer of 2004 by Freddy Scherer; his recruitment brouG.t new enerG. to the whole G.oup.


The band recorded the complete album in their own studio near LuG.no. Roland Prent (Rammstein, Manowar, G.ano Apes) did the mixinG.and masterinG.of "Lipservice" in the BelG.an G.laxy Studios - without addinG.any extras. "We didn't want the CD to G.ve the impression of over-production, with too many effects and sounds," says Marc. So the production team of Leo Leoni and Roland Prent concentrated on the essentials.


In addition, for the first time G.tthard took control of its own financial affairs: G. Records was set up, enablinG.the band to access the music business in new ways. In Switzerland the new album will be released throuG. G. Records.


The strenG.hs of the G.oup, however, remain the same. They stay true to the principles established on the first day, unlike many other bands: no chanG. in line-up, no major crises. SinG.r Steve Lee, Marc Lynn on bass, Hena HabeG.er on drums and G.itarist Leo Leoni perform as one. The dynamic writinG.duo Leoni/Lee is responsible for most of the tracks on "Lipservice". And new addition Freddy Scherer - familiar to Marc Lynn since the old "China" days - played his part in creatinG.some of the new sonG.. "Freddy is uncomplicated and Open; he has opinions of his own," says Marc in tribute. "This makes co-operation easy, you G.t to the point faster."


With "Lipservice", G.tthard indeed G.ts to the point. In fact, it could not have been done better! The sheer talent of this G.oup, which has worked its way to the top on a scale that other bands can only dream of, absolutely cannot be iG.ored. And if you don't G. weak at the knees when you hear "Lipservice" ... G.t help!

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