The Hounds Of Hasselvander

    



Description


Joe Hasselvander (born 1957) is a musician who has been playing professionally since the age of 9 years old in 1966. He was self-taught, playing the violin and later the drums. He has been involved in bands like Pentagram, Death Row, Raven, Cathedral, Blue Cheer to name few.


Joe Hasselvander soon releases his 3rd solo album “The Hounds Of Hasselvander” on German heavy metal label Rock Saviour Records, this time performing everything on the album. In November,2007 Joe went to England to play in the ‘Hard Rock Hell” festival at the Butlins resort in Minehead. The review by Geoff Barton simply states that Raven (band) took over the show from the likes of “Twisted Sister” “Saxon” and “UFO”. This was all followed up by a few choice dates in Holland and Belgium to very thankful and loyal fans who went wild for the band.


Joe Hasselvander played out with a working version of his solo band, the Hounds Of Hasselvander to very enthusiastic audiences up and down the east coast of the U.S. who greatly approve of the new material featured on The Hounds CD. Joe Hasselvander is now currently working on a brand new line up for the Hounds Of Hasselvander to tour Europe and Canada in the early spring of 2009. As of July 2008, Mr. Hasselvander is concentrating on upcoming Raven (band) shows in California with friends Hirax, in New York at the Legendary club L'amour, and again back to England in September for a Raven (band) mini-tour.


As of June 2009, Joe with Raven (band) performed 2 nights in Japan in support of the band's new album "Walk Through Fire" (2009, King Records)


Origin and Status


United States of America (Massachusetts) - Active


Current Members


Joe Hasselvander - Vocals, guitar, bass, drums (Live Vocals, guitar) ( Armageddon (US), Black Manta, Death Row, Devil Childe, Forgotten Realm (US), Guardians of the Flame, Pentagram (US), Phantom Lord (US), Raven (UK))


Eric Cabana - Live Bass

J Boomer Grenier - Live Drums (Bottoms Up, The Steve Burrows Band)


Discography


Studio Albums

 

Solo


  • Lady-Killer - Full-length, 1985
  • Roadkill - Full-length, 2001
  • The Hounds Of Hasselvander - Full-length, 2007
  • Lady-Killer/Roadkill - Full-length, Double CD Re-Release 2008
  • Further Torments Of The SG     EP 2009


With Raven


  • Nothing Exceeds Like Excess - Full-length, 1988
  • Unreleased Tracks - Full-length, 1990
  • Architect of Fear - Full-length, 1991
  • Glow - Full-length, 1994
  • Everything Louder - Full-length, 1997
  • Raw Tracks - Full-length, 1999
  • One For All - Full-length, 2000
  • All Systems Go! - The Neat Anthology - Full-length, 2002
  • Walk Through Fire Full Length, 2009

With Pentagram


  • Relentless - Full-length, 1985
  • Day Of Reckoning - Full-length, 1987
  • Be Forewarned - Full-length, 1994
  • Turn To Stone - Full-length, 1997
  • Review Your Choices - Full-length, 1997
  • Blue Explosion/Tribute To Blue Cheer - Full-length, 2000
  • A Tribute To Captain Beyond, Thousand Days Of Yesterdays - Full-length, 2000
  • Death Is Alive - Full-length, 2000
  • Sub-Basement - Full-length, 2001
  • A Keg Full Of Dynamite - Full-length, 2002

Other


  • Blue Cheer: *What Doesn't Kill You...(Blue Cheer album) - Full-length, 2007
  • Jack Starr's Guardians Of The Flame: *Under A Savage Sky - Full-length, 2004
  • Cathedral: *The Serpent's Gold - Full-length, 2004
  • Armageddon: *The Money Mask - Full-length, 1989 re-released - 2007
  • Black Manta: *Fuck Them All But Six - Full-length, 2003
  • Devil Childe: *Devil Childe - Full-length, 1985
  • Phantom Lord: *Phantom Lord - Full-length, - 1985
  • The Boyz: *Bustin' Out - EP -1981

EP Albums

 

With Raven


Heads Up! - EP, 1991


With Pentagram


  • Living In A Ram's Head" b/w "When The Screams Come 7" -1978

Live Albums


  • Destroy All Monsters/Live in Japan - Live album, 1995     


Contacts and Links


http://www.myspace.com/thehoundsofhasselvander