Heather McKenzie

Born and raised in Edmonton, Canada, classically trained pianist and singer songwriter Heather McKenzie has currently released her fourth studio album ‘DECOY’ with a grant from Rawlco Radio. Recorded at the physics lab and produced by Heather and Terry Paholek, ‘DECOY’ features 12 pop/rock songs with guitarist Grant Tarapacki, drummer Byran Bueckert and bass player Brian Vincent. Other albums include Eleven Eleven (2009) produced by Russ Klyne (K’OS, Nelly Furtado) with the singles ‘All I Need’ and ‘Pilot’ receiving airplay, and the debut album ‘Every Waking Moment’ released in 2006 with the single ‘Milly’. Heather recently co-wrote 6 songs with Grant Tarapacki for his project Edge To Echo, which is to be released spring of 2012, and Martin Davies on the project DYSH released 2010.

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BYRAN - Lead Drums - I come from the land of the ice and snow, a 5 hour drive east of Edmonton. Previously played with Steeler, Mike Plume, Black Water Jack, Bad Dawg, Riot Act, and Face First, etc, etc. Current Live Gear: 20 year old Gretsch kit, various snares, plus whatever uncracked cybals I have lying around. Byran's a big Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers fan. Always one to enjoy and cold, wet, beer, Byran likes to read astronomy and physics books. 'I did some modelling when I was younger, mostly cars, but a few airplanes as well. I am a monster on the pottery wheel".... Byran has recently finished recording albums with Greg Wood and Grant Tarapacki and is currently playing shows with Bonafie, Ratt Poison, Heather McKenzie and Radiostatic.

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GRANT - Lead Guitar - Born in Vegreville, AB "I was a cute kid." Growing up, Grant was influenced by Randy Rhoads, Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden), Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, my Mom, and SRV. Grant played in Face First, King Ring Nancy, Septimus and the JFR Project before joining the Heather McKenzie Band. Grant plays through some kind of Marshal amp and is a big fan of Captian Morgan's spiced rum. "I used to play in an Ukranian folk band playing polkas, waltzes and the Bird Dance (my first band!)"

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The newest member to HMB, Brian adds Killer vocals and super solid bass playing, and is a fan of Captian Morgan's spiced rum and cold Canadian. He is a long distance runner, soccer coach, and teaches pole dancing in his spare time. Brian is also a Pilot, and once the HMB logo and artwork are completed on the Jet, we will begin filming the documentary of the HMB world tour with Captian Brian flying us to each destination. 

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Jay is very excitied to have joined the Heather Mckenzie Band. Some past bands he has played with are: Jak Spratt, Secret Sauce, SiN, Bonafide and most recently RattPoison. "From the first time I heard my dad put KISS Dressed to Kill in the 8-track player of his Buick Electra, I was hooked! Must have been around 1976 I think?" Heavily influenced by KISS, Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, Cheap Trick along with the whole 80's hair Metal scene. Jay's favourite drink is a nice tall spiced rum and coke with a twist of lime, and his favourite shooter is the highly acclaimed Jager-Bomb. A big fan of Jackson Guitars, Vintage 70's TV programming, Miami Vice especially the classic TV series Happy Days, Sit on it Cunningham!