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Five years ago, Alex Gibson embarked on a musical journey from Sydney to London – the iconic home to many of his musical influences. Having released his debut album ‘This Is Life’ in 2012, he embraced the next step of his career and quickly earned a reputation as one of London’s hardest working and most exciting musical acts. 

Alex has performed at various London venues, including The 100 Club and OMEARA. He was also featured as one of Time Out London’s rising star acts in 2016 and was runner up in the ‘Songs of War’ competition in 2018 which was judged by the likes of Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, and Mike Rutherford.

From busking on Portobello Road, to performing at Sofar Sounds, Alex’s style is adaptable, soothing and raw, with appeal across various generations and stages. 

Inspired by both classic and modern genres, the new record is a culmination of Alex’s own timeless sound and his immense passion, skill, and determination.

2020 will mark the release of Alex’s sophomore album - a body of work, yet to be revealed, exploring new topics with crude honesty and fierce energy. After five years in the making, this album will take you on a journey of real emotions with beautiful and varied delivery, reflecting everything that defines Alex Gibson.

Currently, Alex is focusing on releasing singles ahead of the album launch, with ‘Heartbeats’ and ‘Spirit Girl’ released in late 2019, and ‘Animal’, 'Searching', 'Feel Something' and 'Dancing with the Devil' released in early 2020. 

It is set to be an exciting 12 months ahead for this emerging talent.

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Heston Drop was formed by its original members in Adelaide's eastern suburbs in the summer of 2008. From the moment they decided to join musical forces, their vision was clear and shared: to blend their love of classic rock sounds and attitude with sharp, desirable pop hooks.

Rehearsals started in earnest as the trio hired gloomy looking spaces every week to create colorful musical havoc, playing songs by bands they were inspired by, including 'The Rolling Stones', 'Foo Fighters', 'Kings of Leon' and 'John Mayer'.

Realizing that the stage was where they belonged, original music started flowing from the bands core. As you could imagine initial attempts did not meet their expectations, but as they progressed the fusion of their individual styles started to mold into the Heston Drop sound.

After six months and a growing catalogue of original material, the band was finally christened 'HESTON DROP', this name being an obscure and creative reference to Jimmy Page's birthplace. The trio now had another hurdle to jump; they sought a drummer to complete their band. At this time, Frank Vardaro undertook the role of manager, with determination and a passion for music that he had cultivated over the many years of managing rock and roll outfits.

Heston Drop was now complete after finding their drummer Teon. A tighter unit than ever before, Heston Drop embarked on the journey all young bands must take, paying their dues in pubs and clubs all around Australia. Through this, their sound and style began to evolve.

The studio beckoned and the band kicked off recording three songs, 'Shining Light', 'Calling' and 'One Way Street'. These songs were entered into the APRA Professional Development Awards, which saw them make the finals in Sydney. Industry buzz started to grow louder and it seemed only a matter of time until the band would make another leap forward.

In January 2012, a new adventure arose for the band as they entered the 'Global Battle of the Bands' Competition. Progressing through the local heats, the band found themselves at the top of the Australasian finals, held in Sydney in March. This saw them travel to England to compete in the world finals on the 9th December.

Out of the 3000 bands that had entered, Heston Drop had earned its spot and took to the stage at The Scala in London. Placing 4th in the world earnt them respect from all the bands and industry representatives.

Since returning from Europe, the band has played at 'The Depot', as part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the 'Clipsal 500', supporting Australian rock legends The Angels and 'Scorcher Music Festival'.

Heston Drop has made its mark, both locally and internationally and is set in becoming a world wide act. Debut EP set to be released mid 2013.

Current Members
John-Paul James – Lead Vocals and Guitar 
Jimmy Miles – Lead Guitar and Vocals 
Cherry – Bass
Teon Catalano – Drums and Vocals

Contact - Frank Vardaro (Manager)
email: frank@hestondrop.com
mobile: +61 412 611 077
skype: frank.vardaro1

Publicist - Shannen Murphy
email: shannen@hestondrop.com
mobile: +61 406 480 571

Award winning song writer with excellent theory and composition background enjoys writing across many genres and loves co-writing and a leading Australian producer *(and owner of Kittygroove Recording Studio).

In terms of Write and Co-Write (whether for artists directly or under the directions of their labels) and have written a great many works that have achieved commercial success throughout Australia, Europe and North America.

I also love producing musicians and bands and have been doing so for over 15 years with great acclaim across Australia and beyond.

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