Joe Gooch

Joe Gooch (2009)

Joe Gooch (born May 3, 1977 in Highbury , north London ) was guitarist and lead singer of the blues rock group Ten Years After until the end of 2013. Currently (2016) he is the frontman of Hundred Seventy Split .

biography

Joe Gooch grew up in a very musical environment and quickly found his way to jazz and blues . With the legendary Woodstock festival band Ten Years After , founded in 1967 , he took over the legacy of ex-frontman Alvin Lee in 2003 at the age of 26 . At that time he played in the band Siro . Joe Gooch originally received a classical guitar training, but found his way to the music of Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa early on . He has now released three albums with Ten Years After. In 2010 he started the project Hundred Seventy Split with his bandmate from Ten Years After Leo Lyons , which produced two studio albums, but has also performed live since 2011 and in 2012 released a DVD entitled Live from the Rockhal (Luxembourg) . In addition, a new studio album was released in 2014 called "HSS". In 2015 "The Road" was released. In addition, another studio album was created in 2016 called "Tracks".

Discography

with Ten Years After

• Now (studio album, 2004)
• Roadworks (Live, 2005)
• Evolution (studio album, 2008)

with The Ascent

• One (studio album, 2009)

with Hundred Seventy Split

• The world won't stop (studio album, 2010)
• HSS (studio album, 2014)
• The Road (Live, 2015)
• Tracks (studio album, 2016)
• Woodstock 69 (Live, 2019)

Web links

• Hundred Seventy Split fansite on the official Ten Years After website
• Interview with Joe Gooch (Engl.)
• Video Interview with Joe Gooch - 2011 (engl.)