7th Order (band)

7th Order
Origin	United States
Genres	Rock and roll, blues rock, progressive rock
Years active	2001 - present
Labels	Big Island Sounds
Associated acts	Armageddon, Steamhammer, Vicious Rumors, Randy Hansen's Machine Gun
Website	7thorder.com
Members	Geoff Thorpe Tim Kelliher Martin Pugh Daniel Jones

7th Order is an American Rock & Roll band whose debut extended play CD release, The Lake of Memory, was issued on the Big Island Sounds label in 2007 (although 7th Order had been in existence for several years by that time). The band is led by vocalist and songwriter Daniel Jones and is notable for having been assisted by veteran British guitarist Martin Pugh (of Steamhammer, Armageddon and "The Rod Stewart Album"), drummer Tim Kelliher, (of Randy Hansen's Machine Gun), and guitarist Geoff Thorpe (of Vicious Rumors). Reviewers have recognized their particular sound as reminiscent of blues-rock bands like The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds, with progressive undertones ala Led Zeppelin

As of October 16, 2015 - 7th Order was the number one Rock & Roll artist for the State of Hawaii on the Reverb Nation web site.

7th Order's pre-history began in Hawaii, on the Honolulu rock & roll club scene. Jones and Thorpe had met in a Honolulu elementary school in the 1960's, where they developed an interest in the rock & roll music of the era - and after spending some time in the late 70's on the local club circuit, they separately undertook music careers that eventually took them to various parts of North America (and in Thorpe's case, resulted in significant worldwide success with his band, Vicious Rumors). 7th Order later evolved from studio sessions Jones had organized in California/Washington beginning in the 1990s. In various radio interviews, Jones has identified the band's musical influences to be the blues/rock and roll innovators of the 1950s and 1960s. In one particular interview on the Netherlands' Radio Heemskerk, in August 2003, Jones discussed spending several years playing in various bands around the US, prior to 7th Order's formation, and having crossed paths with established members of the rock and roll scene like Jesse Ed Davis, Mick Taylor, B.B. King, Peter Green, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Roger McGuinn, Eric Clapton and others. With Jones acting as band leader, songwriter, and producer - Thorpe and Pugh flew in from California to help out with the very first 7th Order demo recording sessions in Seattle, WA. in December 2001 (and were possibly considered band members during the early stages of the band's development).

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