Artist description Solo Artist, singer, guitarist and Songwriter.

Music Style Rock. Classic style guitar based rock.

Musical Influences Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Van Halen, Whitecross.

Similar Artists Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd,Van Halen, Deep Purple,

Artist History Tony Koretz is a solo artist based in New Zealand.A guitarist/singer/song writer,he has a flair for writing and performing guitar-based melodic rock.Born in 1962,he began playing the guitar at age 16 years,and has performed in bands and solo since then.Heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin,Deep Purple, Pink Floyd and Phil Keaggy:His guitar playing style is somewhat a mix of all these.Other guitarists he particularly admires include Joe Satriani, Eddie Van Halen and Rex Carrol.Tony has also concentrated heavily in recent years on his vocals and has developed a good range and a powerful style. His latest offering is a self-produced CD titled 'Destiny',a collection of 12 songs that are characterized by sweet acoustic guitars and dirty sounding electric guitars,that create a sense of dynamics in the music.

Group Members Tony Koretz - Guitar, Singer, Songwriter and Keyboards.Craig Sutherland - Bass.Nathan Koretz - Drums

Instruments Electric/Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards

Albums 'Destiny', 'Shelter from the Storm'

Press Reviews REVIEW excerpts from round the world .........."A burgeoning underground rock culture is growing in New Zealand, and this super-guitarist and dynamic vocalist Tony Koretz could be at the forefront." By Gary Sinclair www.angelfire.com/music2/thegazzette .........."the musicianship and lyrical flavour of this album are absolutely amazing "Michael Allison THE GLOBAL MUSE.COM .........."A nice album of timeless rock, born in the 70's and arrived at today without contaminations ."Andrea Bertamino (AORwebsite/Flash magazine) .........."This is just pure rock with raw vocals,a big guitar sound,but still melodic songs." REVIEW WRITTEN by Gabor Kleinbloesem at THE STRUTTER .........."What I like about this album is that each song has something different to offer which kept me interested right the way through." ........( Nicky Baldrian Fireworks Magazine UK)

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Location Hamilton - New Zealand

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