OLD MAN KANE is a melodic, bass-heavy rock band with emotionally powerfull lyrics. We believe that our songs relate to everyone out there.

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Old Man Kane is in the process of recording a full album, which should be ready by or shortly after Christmas, 2005. We hope you enjoy these 2 old demo ruff tracks.

It all started back in April of 2002, when Dan Cleveland, former drummer for “Bridge” contacted his old childhood friend Eric Cruz, former singer for “ILLMINDED” & “VS2K”, wanting to resurrect some old songs of Eric’s. Dan had believed that Eric’s emotional lyrics had substance. They immediately began discussing what they both wanted and possibly what their goals should be. Eric had a vision of something better, more appealing, and could relate to almost everyone that listened to the music. After a few more phone calls between the two of them, Eric and Dan began the tedious job of searching for the perfect ensemble..

The first one to be called into action was a close friend, talented bassist and music producer named Joe Sykes. Joe had been in the process of producing hip/hop, house and storyline instrumentals from his private studio.

They spoke about the concept and both agreed that it was worth the shot.

Next they called up former guitarist and long time friend, Mike Gruen. The three of them disscused the music and ideas behind. Mike joined in. Soon they began

shopping around for the perfect lead guitarist. After only one sitting with a talented guitar player, Ken Ackerman, did they agree that his style of playing brought something new and unexpected to the music.

OLD MAN KANE

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They began the prep work of recording a few demo tracks to see if they had what it took. So, in the winter of 2003, they took a ride to Off Stage Recording Studios in West Paterson, NJ, and began the recording process. After 18 hours, in the studio they had accomplished something worth showing.
Granted they had only recorded a few fast demo tracks, but the outlook for the future was good.

Personal issues began to arise and caused Danny to step down and Rich Gruen, formerly of "Cryptic Wolfves", "Alter", "Scared for Life", to join in. Rich brought to the table a certain flare that was missing. With Rich we were able to complete almost all 7 songs and prepare to record a full album.

But as time went by, Rich’s teaching career had started taking off and Rich had to step down. Replacing Rich was no easy task. So we had to set our marker pretty high. Dave, Long time friend and kick ass drummer offered up his skill to the mix.

Demo ruff tracks recorded at

Off Stage Recording studio,
West Paterson, NJ.

We are in the process of record a full album, which should be ready by or shortly after Christmas.

We would like to show
our thanks to Dave of
System Black Dog Studios
in East Rutherford, NJ.

Thanks for putting up with all our shit!