ElectraJet is a rock n roll duo comprised of myself Jeff Ward(vocals-electro/acoustic guitar/keys) and Tom Gradante(drums). I hail from Englands 'Black Country' near Birmingham, where I previously played guitar in a band called Gunfire Dance. After our breakup in New York City, I remained there, embarking upon a writing career. One of my novels is in print ( its called 'Mac & Beth', available thru Amazon.com).
'ElectraJet' (a word taken from a Ken Kesey novel) began as a solo project, home recordings on a old 8-track (actually 7-track) analogue reel to reel, relief from the typewriter! The resulting cd's were described by one reviewer as 'lo-fi hurdy gurdy music'.
During 2004 and 05, when Tom joined, we played regularly in New York and neighboring states, and recorded a cd with The Everyothers lead singer Owen McCarthy engineering and producing - you can listen to some tracks here....Enjoy. Of late I've been back at the typwriter, with 2 manuscripts going out to publishers. I'm also working on a spoken word cd, and whilst in England recently I recorded 14 new songs.
