Let me tell you stories about love,
Let me tear off little bits of my life
And let you hold them,
Let me pour my heart out to you
So it can fall through your fingers,
This is my blood and tears
These little songs,
They once were mine, and now are yours.
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Born in Alberta, Canada to a musical family, Heather began studying classical piano at the early age of three, and left home at fifteen to pursue a musical career. After touring for years in various cover rock bands, the desire to record and write her own music arose. Heather recieved a grant from FACTOR for the recording of a song called 'Milly'. With Kory Burns engineering, the better part of 2005 was spent recording at Lumpyland Studios in Edmonton. Lane Arndt, Tony Chmyrzinski, Byran Bueckert and Kory Burns are featured players along with some guest appearances by Mike Plume, Doug Banas, Jeff Maxwell, and Kevin Cook. A product of sheer determination and obsession, the album Every Waking Moment was written and produced by Heather and released October 2006. In October of 2008 Heather recieved a grant from Rawlco Radio towards the recording of the album 'Eleven:Eleven'. Russ Klyne produced 11 songs written by Heather which were recorded at Sound Extractor Studio with Stew Kirkwood engineering. Lane Arndt and Roy Shermack covered the bass tracks, with Byran Bueckert on drums and Russ Klyne on guitars. The album was released June 2009. 'All I Need' and 'Pilot' are the first singles recieving airplay. The Heather McKenzie Band is currently playing shows in and around Edmonton.
Some unrelated, boring, irrelevant facts: Heather lives in Edmonton, is a vegetarian, is a fan of The Office (Dwight Rocks!), has a dog named Dwight (he rocks too!) plays in a cover band called Crush, is allerigc to purple, really likes rum and cokes, and is reffered to as somewhat of a hippie by friends.
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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, 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"....
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!)"
Jay is very excitied to have joined the Heather Mckenzie Band…some past bands he has played with are: Jak Spratt, Secret Sauce, SiN, 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!”
The newest member to HMB, Brian adds Killer vocals and super solid bass playing, and is a fan of Captian Morgan's spiced rum. He is a long distance runner, soccer coach, and teacher of philosophy in his spare time. He also recently earned his Pilot's lisence! 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.