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Druckfarben is a Canadian progressive rock band from Toronto. Founded in 2008 by Phil Naro, Ed Bernard, William Hare, Troy Feener, Peter Murray, the band released its debut album ''Druckfarben'' in 2011. In 2013, Druckfarben released the live performance DVD ''Artifact'', which also includes a documentary chronicling the band's origins.〔 They released a second full album, ''Second Sound'', in March 2014. ==Member history== Druckfarben was officially founded in 2008, but most of the five members had interacted or befriended one another in the Canadian music scene of the 1980s. Phil Naro is Druckfarben’s lead singer,〔 and previous to the band worked with a range of artists,〔 including Peter Criss of Kiss.〔 Early in his career, Naro replaced James LaBrie in Coney Hatch before LaBrie joined Dream Theater and Lou Gramm’s Black Sheep in 1976. Years later Naro and Gramm worked together on albums by DDrive. From 1982-85, Naro was the lead singer of Talas before Billy Sheehan joined David Lee Roth’s band in 1985. As Naro was becoming known for his work in Talas, in Scarborough near Toronto, ninth graders Ed Bernard (guitarist) and Troy Feener (who later drummed for Red Rider and Tom Cochrane) befriended one another over a mutual interest in progressive rock artists, especially Yes and Gentle Giant. The two rehearsed in an abandoned factory space, where they found the word “Druckfarben” stenciled on storage barrels. Druckfarben is German for “printing ink.”〔 Feener was later a member of The Full Nine, who signed to Mammoth Records in 2011, as well Big Faith. He also became a regular session musician for Chris Tait's Pirate Radio and Television. Feener has toured with Larry Gowan (Styx), Rik Emmett (Triumph) and David Usher (Moist). Feener also performed with Steve Lukather, Garth Hudson and Jeff Healey. Guitarist Ed Bernard went on to become a session musician and composer in Toronto. After several North American tours in multiple bands, Bernard had opened the recording studio Ed Id Productions, where he produced independent artists and composed and performed for television and radio spots. In 2005, Bernard and Feener met William Hare, who played piano for a range of Canadian acts including country’s Crystal Shawanda, opera singer Angelica Decastro and ‘70s group Abraham's Children. Peter Murray was already playing bass while attending Jarvis Collegiate Institute, a high school in downtown Toronto. Years later he wrote ''Essential Bass Technique,'' published by the Hal Leonard Corp.〔 The book was endorsed by Billy Sheehan, Michael Manring, Alain Caron, Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith) . Murray also was the bass columnist in ''Canadian Musician''. As a singer-songwriter, he released his debut solo album ''(Ants and Angels )'' in 2007.〔 Throughout the 90s, Murray was a member of Surrender Dorothy. The band signed an international record contract with MCA Germany and their album ''Serum'' was released in 1997.〔 Murray has performed and recorded with a variety of artists including Ron Sexsmith, Damhnait Doyle, Honeymoon Suite, Sass Jordan, Royal Wood, and Jian Ghomeshi. In 2009, Naro won a Daytime Emmy Award for best original song and main title for co-writing the theme song for the animated series ''6Teen.''〔〔 Naro as of 2014 travels in Canada playing covers with his acoustic act The Phil and John Show with John Rogers (of Brighton Rock).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Druckfarben」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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