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Greg Hart

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Occupation(s)
  
Guitarist

Labels
  
HARMONY FACTORY

Genres
  
Rock music, Power pop

Years active
  
1980-present

Record label
  
Harmony Factory

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Instruments
  
guitar, acoustic guitar, Vocals, piano,synths

Associated acts
  
Supersonic Seventies Show CATS in SPACE Diana Ross, Mike Oldfield

Website
  
http://www.catsinspaceband.com/

Music group
  
Cats in Space (Since 2015)

Similar
  
Cats in Space, Mick Wilson, Airrace, Jackie Bodimead, Andy Stewart

Greg Hart is an English guitarist who is a co-founding member of the UK power pop rock band CATS in SPACE. The band was established in 2015 with rock drummer/percussionist Steevi Bacon.

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History

Hart's career started off in south U.K. based heavy metal band ‘Snowblind’ that he formed with school friends (1980). After working with several other local bands he co-founded London rock band ‘Moritz’ who recorded one EP ‘Shadows of a Dream’, (1987) before splitting. In 1988 he helped form ‘IF ONLY’ with management team Harry Cowell & George Michael, Wham! Manager Simon Napier-Bell and recorded one album featuring ex-Girlschool vocalist Jackie Bodimead (also from the all-female hard rock band She). The band toured the UK with ex-Ian Gillan bass player John McCoy, of the band Mammoth.

In 1991 he joined up with Geoff Downes The Buggles, Yes, Asia, to co-write songs and sing on the ASIA album Aqua (1992) and also guested on live TV with Mike Oldfield to help promote his last album for the Virgin label Heaven's Open with Geoff Downes

After signing a publishing deal with Peter McCamley he teamed up for several songs with Michael Moran (music producer) who also guested as orchestra leader on the debut album Too Many Gods by Cats in Space in 2015. Also writing songs for Donna Summer yet to be released, with music writer Bob Mitchell who wrote for Cheap Trick The Flame (Cheap Trick song)

In 1995 he teamed up with keyboardist Toby Sadler & Sam Blue to record two albums under the name ‘GTS’, a studio project AOR band.

Reforming Moritz in 2008, the band recorded two LPs ‘Undivided’ & ‘SOS’ on his own record label ‘Harmony Factory’ before he quit to form CATS in SPACE. with Steevi Bacon in 2014 co-writing tracks for the new band with writing partner Mick Wilson, current lead singer with UK rock legends 10cc Releasing the debut album ‘Too Many Gods’.

Albums

IF ONLY

  • NO BED OF ROSES (CZAR records) 1992 produced by GEOFF DOWNES of ASIA
  • NO BED OF ROSES (Long Island records) 1995
  • DESTINY (Outlaw Records, USA ) 2001
  • THE GHOST OF YOU (Outlaw Records, USA) 2001
  • NO BED OF ROSES (2009- Harmony Factory)

    • GTS

  • TRACKS FROM THE DUSTSHELF (1995)
  • TIME STOOD STILL (1996)

    • MORITZ

  • SHADOWS OF A DREAM EP (1987 RFB RECORDS)
  • CITY STREETS (2008 Harmony Factory)
  • UNDIVIDED (2009- Harmony Factory)
  • SOS (2012-Harmony Factory)

    • CATS IN SPACE

  • TOO MANY GODS (2015- Harmony Factory)

    • GUEST APPEARANCES ON RECORD

  • GEOFF DOWNES Vox Humana (1992, JIMCO/Blueprint Records)
  • ASIA Aqua (1992)
  • ASIA Archiva Vol. 1 (1996)
  • ASIA Archiva Vol. 2
  • NOON (2013)
  • JANEY BOMBSHELL Rocka-Roll-Around (2013) Rocka-Roll-Around,
  • DECADES (2017)

    • Songs

    Mr HeartacheToo Many Gods · 2015
    Unfinished SymphonyToo Many Gods · 2015
    Only in VegasToo Many Gods · 2015

    References

    Greg Hart Wikipedia
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