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Award-winning music producer.

RIPPING GUITAR...MASSIVE RHYTHM SECTION...POWERFUL VOCALS...EPIC ROCK AT IT'S BEST!!!

8 Steps to Madness are a New Zealand based band formed in 2012 by Peter Lewis (Jury, Bad Habits, Blue Vision) on vocals and Peter Hughes (Jury, Bad Habits) on guitar.  They decided it was time to push themselves out of their comfort zone and do what they’d always wanted to do….get their own material out of their jam room and into the public domain.     

So they started working....the name of the band came from the place where they created their music - the band room!  It was exactly 8 steps from the back door to the studio door - and with each step the guys would shed a bit of the daily dust and embrace the madness within to unleash the creativity and the magic.   

Devilskin invited 8 Steps to Madness to play support for them at three dates on their 2014 We Rise NZ Tour.  This was the kick-start they needed and more gigs, more songs, and more recordings followed, including support gigs with NZ Rock Royalty Knightshade, and a 4 song EP released in 2014.   

2014 also saw them settle on their line-up - a 4 piece of talented and experienced musicians.   Ross Porter (ex-Chuganaut) playing bass, and Luke Elliot (Pennydrop) on drums.   The combined effect is phenomenal - this line up sounds tight and loud - the rock hits you in the gut where it's supposed to, the vocals are strong and clear with lyrics that you catch yourself singing over and over - long after the gig is finished.

The band's music is fundamentally guitar-based rock.   They bring together various influences into their sound, with that smooth-yet-rough rock voice,  epic guitar riffs, and a massive kick-ass rhythm section - all superb musicians.  Their songs are diverse - from soulful ballads to roaring party-hard rock....they'll calm you down, and they'll rile you up.  It's NZ rock at it's best - they do what they do because they love it - their buzz is to play live, they feed off the crowd and always give 110% - this comes through in their performance, and their audiences love them!

Do yourself a favour ...Buy, stream, beg, borrow their music - listen to these guys or miss out on something special.  And if you ever get a chance to see them live - do it!  Their obvious love of playing live shines through - and you'll finish the night the better for it.

A trusted troubadour for hot summer nights and cold beers, Owen is now in his forties, tangling with separations from lost lovers, raising kids, and growing out of the fresh-faced kid that headed down to Nashville 20 years back with a six-string and a dream.  Case in point: Dreams to Dream, Owen’s long-awaited, Shooter Jennings-co-produced foray into classic, honky-tonk country, out November 7 via Good Company Entertainment. Dreams to Dream, Owen’s first independent studio album, featuring 10 original tracks and two stellar covers, tells the tale of a man at a crossroads — and what it takes to set out a new path. 

Owen wasn’t expecting much when he commented on one of Shooter Jennings’ Instagram posts, half-jokingly suggesting that they make a honky-tonk record, but the producer called his bluff. Two days later, Owen’s manager had Jennings on the line and, soon, Owen was on his way to L.A. and Jennings’ Sunset Sound. It was a cozy yet electric scene: Jennings and Owen cracking jokes in the sepia-toned studio, creativity crackling as they collaborated with the likes of songwriters Ben Chapman and Kendell Marvel, as well as long-time shooter pal, guitarist/harmonic player Leroy Powell. 

“All my friends who have heard my stuff have gone, ‘Dude, Jake, this is you man. This is who you've always tried to be,’” Owen says. “Sometimes you need to get outside what's comfortable, what people think you are, or think you should be, and take a risk.”

It’s gonna be a long summer. July 12. #TipOfMyTongue

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