Haymaker (band)

Haymaker feat Zack Werner
Haymaker. Left to Right: Jay Hill, Mark Steiner, Zack Werner, Aaron 'Justice' Simpson, Stephen Kambeitz, Greg Cox.
Background information
Origin Medicine Hat, Alberta and Toronto, Ontario
Genres Country rock
Years active 2007-present
Labels On Ramp Records, EMI
Website Haymaker's Myspace Page
Members Zack Werner
Aaron 'Justice' Simpson
Stephen Kambeitz
Jay Hill
Greg Cox
Mark Steiner

Haymaker is a Canadian country rock band formed in 2007. The band signed with On Ramp Records in February 2008 and released their debut album, Wrong Place, Right Time on July 29, 2008.[1] One of their six members is Zack Werner, a judge on the television show Canadian Idol.[2][3]

History

In 1998, Werner lost his father to ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). In 2006, he was contacted by music manager Bennett Helfrich, whose father was to pass away shortly thereafter from the illness. The two struck up an immediate bond over music, family and common adversity. Bennett was working with several musicians in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and Werner proposed that he would join them for some writing sessions.[4] According to Werner, "I didn’t want to reinvent the wheel. I just wanted to take all the pretention away and write songs that told great stories and made people wanna drink beer and not give a crap for a while... more than one way to drown your sorrows and music is the best one I know of." Werner, Jay Hill, Aaron Simpson and Stephen Kambeitz met in Hill’s basement studio for several marathon writing sessions.[5] Their influences included The Band, The Eagles, George Thorogood and Neil Young.[1]

Discography

Albums

Title Details
Wrong Place, Right Time

Singles

Year Single Album
2008 "Here in My Arms" Wrong Place, Right Time

Music videos

Year Video Director
2008 "Here in My Arms" Alon Isocianu

References

  1. 1 2 Leperre, Bruce (August 2, 2008). "New Music: Haymaker: Wrong Place, Right Time", Winnipeg Free Press, p. C4.
  2. ↑ (November 6, 2008). "Idol judge Werner takes centre stage at Blades game", The StarPhoenix. Retrieved on 2009-06-12.
  3. ↑ Doody, Kelly (July 30, 2008). "Calgary's Greg Cox gets the break he's waited 49 years for", Calgary Sun Six in the City. Retrieved on 2009-06-12.
  4. ↑ Block, Sheri (January 29, 2008). "Zack Werner gets back to his music roots with new band Haymaker", CTV.ca. Retrieved on 2009-06-12.
  5. ↑ "Haymaker: Biography", CMT.ca. Retrieved on 2009-06-12.
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