- Johnny Kreis
Johnny Kreis was the drummer of
Axl Rose andIzzy Stradlin 's pre-Guns N' Roses bandHollywood Rose .THE DAYS AFTER:After Hollywood Rose, he went on to far less fame and success than the two above mentioned Hollywood Rose bandmates.
A CLOSER LOOK:A website that contains some very rare photos that show virtually the only pictures of him with Hollywoodrose taken during those pre-GNR days. [http://www.laserfire.com/hollywoodrose]
OTHER BANDS and PROJECTSIn the years after Hollywoodrose he played in many Local Southern California Original RockBands such as, Shire, Striker, and Bad Boys.
DRUMMING STYLES AND GENRESJohnny still currently plays drums with many bands and of many styles and genres of music rangeing from Latin, Jazz, Polka, Hawaiian, Big Band, Country, Reggae, Pop, R&B, Soul, 50-60's, EuroPop, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Instru-Metal, Hip-Hop, Contemporary Fusion Jazz, Funk and Alternative.
THESE DAYSIn 2007 he has now regrouped with the original members after 14 years originally formed in 1992 in the Southbay Area of Southern California an original melodic hard rock band called HARMSWAY [http://www.laserfire.com/harmsway] this band consists of many talented musicians from various Original Local Area Rock Bands. The Members of Harmsway 2007, areCurt Wada-Lead Vocalist (formerly of, Strip, Centaur) Tommy Myers-Bassist (formerly of, Centerfold) Jeffery Trott-Lead Guitarist (formerly of Knightmare2), these rock musicians together bringing their unique style of playing form the core of Harmsway.
Also, since 2006 Johnny Kreis has played with an original progressive instrumetal trio featuring Rock Guitarist Extraordinaire Randy Jacobs [http://www.randy-jacobs.com] and featuring John Vaca on Bass Guitar. The Musical Chemistry of this power InstroMetal Band is incredible to see and hear, considering that Johnny Kreis and Randy Jacobs are both Next-Gen SoCal American Born Dutch-Indonesian Rockers, with strong influences of Van Halen, (also a Dutch-Indonesian, drum and guitar duo).
OTHER INTERESTING MUSICAL FACTSFinally on the subject of groups played in, currently Johnny also during the weekendsplays casuals with a band and has been the drummer with since 1997 called SoundsUnlimited [http://www.laserfire.com/soundsunlimited] which features his dad Theo Kreis on keyboards,(and this interesting fact that his dad played bass back in the 70's with a polka band,that featured Jan Van Halen-on clarinet (Eddie and Alex Van Halen's Pops) and a very youngAlex Van Halen on Drums). [http://www.laserfire.com/hollywoodrose/images/vh.jpg]
Discography
With Hollywood Rose
"The Roots Of Guns N' Roses"
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