7 Miles To Pittsburgh style consists of classic and contemporary as well as fresh and modern, fusing four musical eras with genuine passion and love of music. It’s almost conceptual tenure addressing the state of the world in desperate and uncertain times. Social – critical lyrics enveloped in majestic melodic grandeur delivered with hard rockin’ riffs.
Andrew Elt spent 8 years recording and touring the world with Dutch rockers and Atlantic Recording Artists Sleeze Beez. He has since Tour Managed and performed with Walter Trout for 18 years, whilst keeping his vocal chords in shape by playing 40+ shows a year with his Led Zeppelin tribute,Physical Graffiti.
Martin Helmantel and Dirk Bruinenberg are veterans of the dutch progressive rock scene. Playing the with dutch prog rockers Elegy for 17 years, they released 7 albums that sold across the globe, where their success ultimately led them to the shores of Japan, Asia and the States. Guitarist Joris Lindner is a multi instrumentalist, who played drums, recorded and toured with dutch grunge rockers Komatsu, through Europe and South America……
Remco van Zandvoort is a relative newcomer to the music scene, learning and perfecting his trade playing the Piano, Hammond B3, Fender Rhodes, Moog and Melotron at the
renowned Rock Academy in the Netherlands. He also plays with Andrew in Physical Graffiti.
In 2017, 7 Miles to Pittsburgh released their self titled debut album to critical acclaim in the Dutch and European rock press. This led to a run of shows supporting Tyketto and a number of big festival shows in the summer of 2018. Hailed as ‘the band to look out for’ by renowned writers and journalists of the trade, the band wasted no time and started writing and recording their second album, “Revolution On Hold”.
Discography :
7 Miles to Pittsburgh – Revolution on Hold (2019)
7 Miles to Pittsburgh – Seven Miles to Pittsburgh (2017)
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Line-Up:
• Dirk Bruinenberg – Drums
• Andrew Elt – Vocals
• Joris Lindner – Guitars
• Remco van Zandvoort – Keyboards
• Martin Helmantel – Bass