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SUNROAD, NITA STRAUSS ft ALICE COOPER, THE FLOOD, WALLNER VAIN. DEAD CITY RUINS, THE ANSWER, LOGAN, ANGELS IN VEIN, SHAKRA, NATIVE SONS, LA GUNS, LAST IN LINE, LORDI, AXEL RUDI PELL, THE HU
"TOP 11 COUNTDOWN WITH "
"SAND"
SUNROAD, NITA STRAUSS ft ALICE COOPER, THE FLOOD, WALLNER VAIN. DEAD CITY RUINS, THE ANSWER, LOGAN, ANGELS IN VEIN, SHAKRA, NATIVE SONS, LA GUNS, LAST IN LINE, LORDI, AXEL RUDI PELL, THE HU
"TOP 11 COUNTDOWN WITH "
" SAND "
ROCKSTORY
"(SUNROAD BIOGRAPHY)"
"Sunroad was formed in Goiânia city, Brazil, by cousins Danillo Vee (guitars) and Fred Mika (drums), In the beginning, Sunroad, was simple a quartet but one year later they added Andre Adonis (vocals, keyboards), Netto Mello (guitars, ) and Akasio Angels (bass, ). Sunroad had relative success with its first two albums, Heat From The Road in 1999, and Light Up The Sky in 2001, . The group attempted to break into the national and the international market in 2001/2002, but without any success. It wasn't until 2003, that the group made any impact on the international market with the release of the Arena Of Aliens album , which was very well received by the national and international critics in countries like Japan, USA and all Europe reaching various worldwide charts positions. Sunroad garnered a good reputation in the nationals heavy stages, with there technique and dynamic shows. On 2006´s Flying N´Floating album, they included a Scorpions cover of Sun In My Hand (from the album In Trance, 1975). Along that period, Sunroad was regarded as one of the most important Brazilian rock groups and the main hard rock band from the Midwest of Brazil. By the end of that year the band had reached the Top 5 in the American college radios with the ballad First Day Without You. This lead to many show invitations , including a South-American tour promoted by the Delzotano management of Peru, and by the biggest and important festivals of Brazil including Tattoo Rock Fest, among many others It was during July 2009, Sunroad was booked as opening act for a Brazilian tour of Joe Lynn Turner (ex-Deep Purple, Rainbow, Y. Malmsteen). Soon after, Sunroad released the next album, Long Gone in December that year. New shows where booked in North America and Europe as opening act for Doogie White (Yngwie Malmsteen, Rainbow, MSG) in March/2010, and opening act for American hard rock band, LA Guns (May/2010) as well as Christian classic rock band Petra (Aug/2010). At this time Sunroad was indicated as the best hard rock group from Brazil. “Carved In Time” album was released in December, 2013. During the “Carved In Time” recording sessions, Sunroad toured with Mad Max (Germany) and Whitecross (USA). After the album release, Sunroad started the “Carved In Time Tour 2013-2014” along several Brazilian cities and the last show sharing stage with Styper in December/2014 where they recorded it alive In 2015, , Sunroad supported the renown American singer and composer Kelly Keeling (Baton Rouge, MSG, John Norum, ) along his Brazilian tour. After this tour, the singer Andre Adonis joined Sunroad and the band started compositions on their seventh album named Wing Seven which was released in 2017. In 2020 the album Where I met you was released followed shortly in 2021 by Walking the Hemispheres. 2023 saw the release of “Sunesthesia”, SUNROAD’s second album with lead vocalist Steph Honde (Scream Taker, Hollywood Monsters) who also play guitar / keyboards. The record has a very fine and sophisticated melodic hard rock sound, with influences ranging from Whitesnake, UFO, Michael Schenker Group to current House Of Lords, and features well renowned guests such as the great Ronnie Romero (Rainbow) who duets with Honde on one song, Carl Dixon (Coney Hatch, The Guess Who, April Wine) provides harmony vocals, and Michael T. Ross (Hardline, Lita Ford) with additional keyboards.. "
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