New England

New England is a four-piece rock and roll band hailing from Boston, MA. John Fannon (guitar & vocals), Hirsh Gardner (drums and vocals), Jimmy Waldo(keyboards and vocals) and Gary Shea (bass) broke out of the local scene with the release of their self-titled album on Infinity/MCA in 1979. The first single, "Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya", became an AOR smash and even cracked the Top 40.

The album was produced by Mike Stone and Paul Stanley of Kiss,whom New England toured with for much of 1979 and 1980. For their sophomore effort, entitled "Explorer Suite", the foursome once again called upon veteran knob-twirler Mike Stone. Highlights from this album are the orchestral title track, "It's Never Too Late", and "Conversation," which features New England's trademark lush background vocals. The touring never let us for the boys from Boston as they split their time on the "Explorer Suite" tour between headlining large clubs and sharing arena billing with Journey, AC/DC, Cheap Trick, and Kiss among others.

1998 marked the 20th anniversary of the birth of New England. The first new music heard from New England in 15 years was released as part of the CD entitled 1978, which features the original versions of seven classic New England tunes plus three never before released songs. The CD was released worldwide along with the reissues of Walking Wild and Explorer Suite. All titles are available on the GB Music label in the United States & Europe, and Maquee/Avalon in Japan.

2003 brings with it the release of New England's "Greatest Hits Live," which displays this foursome in top form. The energy sizzles on this disc, transporting you to a time when New England transported all of us into the AOR universe.

  Available releases through GB

Greatest Hits Live	Explorer Suite	Walking Wild	1978
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	self-titled debut