DAN REED NETWORK (Hard Rock – USA) – Their new album “Let’s Hear It For The King” will be released via Drakkar Entertainment on March 4, 2022 #DanReedNetwork

Genre: Rock / Hardrock
For Fans Of: Little Angels, The Quireboys, Gun, Electric Boys, Thunder

The Dan Reed Network formed in Portland, Oregon and began packing out the local clubs from late 1984 through 1986 with their infectious mixture of hard rock, funk and soul. After releasing their local EP ‘Breathless’ with Dark Horse Records and finding a top ten single on local radio entitled ‘Steal Me’ DRN signed to Polygram/Mercury Records with the aid of Derek Shulman, who was enjoying great success with his other signings ‘Bon Jovi’ and ‘Cinderella’. DRN were then managed by legendary concert promoter Bill Graham from San Francisco, who at the time compared the energy of DRN to the first time he saw The Rolling Stones on stage.

In the winter of 1987, the group released their debut album, produced by Bruce Fairbairn (Bon Jovi, Aerosmith) and engineered/mixed by Mike Fraser in Vancouver, Canada. They released their first single “Ritual”, which peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard Charts and became a staple of the genre now known as ‘Funk Rock’. Their debut album brought DRN to Europe for the first time and performances at the Marquee Club in London, The Melody Club in Stockholm and Grosse
Freiheit in Hamburg are considered legendary and are still talked about to this day.

While at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in January 1989 in New York, Dan Reed met with producer Nile Rodgers (Duran Duran, Madonna, David Bowie) and this meeting led to the creation of the album Slam, produced by Rodgers, and better represented the Dan Reed Network’s live sound and accelerated the band’s growing status in Europe. At this time Def Leppard’s managers Cliff Burnstein and Peter Mensch would take the management reigns and DRN would go on to tour Europe with Bon Jovi’s as part of their ‘New Jersey Tour’ in 1989 and then with the Rolling Stones’ on their European ‘Urban Jungle Tour’ in 1990.

The Dan Reed Network’s third album ‘The Heat’, produced again by Bruce Fairbairn in 1991, was their biggest success in the UK. However, quickly becoming disillusioned with the record business and all its trappings, Dan Reed took a different direction away from the business and in time the band eventually disbanded, much to the dismay of supporters around the globe.

The Dan Reed Network reformed to play a celebratory 25th anniversary reunion show on New Years Eve 2012 in their home town of Portland, Oregon, with all the original band members Dan Reed, Dan Pred, Brion James, Melvin Brannon II and Blake Sakamoto. They decided it was time to bring the band and the music back and were invited to headline one of the stages at England’s ‘Download Festival 2014’, This in turn led to the band touring regularly throughout Europe & the US to support their first new full length release in 25 years ‘Fight Another Day’ released via Frontier Records. Building on the success of the Fight Another Day record created extensive touring and festival opportunities as the band also undertook their most ambitious project to date; ‘Origins.’ Released in 2018 this album saw the band record 10 songs in 5 different cities around the world (New York, Berlin, Stockholm, Portland & Manchester) all in front of a live audience in the
studio, who were invited to sing on the recordings.

In 2019, the band have recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Nile Rodgers produced album SLAM by embarking on the BIG 3-0 Tour alongside FM & GUN, which saw the band play the album in full to some of the largest audiences since the bands return to the live music scene. To further add to the celebration, Universal Music Germany re-issued both SLAM and the bands eponymous debut album, choosing to re-master both records at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London.

Video directed by Dan Pred, Track produced by Rob Daiker and Dan Reed, Fire Dancers- Tyler Spades and Zelah Sonada

Pre-Order Link:  https://www.music-merchant.shop/en/dan-reed-network/

Producer: Rob Daiker and Dan Reed
Studio:  The Commune
Cover art:  Graeme Bell

ABOUT DAN REED NETWORK: 

Dan Reed Network formed in Portland, Oregon, filling local clubs with their infectious mix of hard rock, funk, and soul from late 1984 to 1986. After the release of their local EP “Breathless” on Dark Horse Records and a top ten single on local radio entitled “Steal Me”, DRN signed with Polygram / Mercury Records with the help of Derek Shulman, who signed with his other signings “Bon Jovi “and” Cinderella “celebrated great successes. DRN was managed by legendary San Francisco-based concert promoter Bill Graham, who compared the energy of DRN to that of when he first saw the Rolling Stones on stage.

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