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SALON K

BEST DAMN DANCER IN THE USA!

About Me

The return of ROCK AND ROLL!! A'lla 70's psychedelic pop rock with an early LA garage attitude!The songs are deeply unique, with an accessible pop flavor and the right amount of originality to taste new. The creative terrain of the band allows you to feel transported yet remain completely in the here and now. The band has honed in on a sound not falling far from the tree of bands such as, LOVE, X, POE and NO DOUBT. The music can be appreciated both recorded and live. Their "in your face" performances have been described as raw, fearless, with heartfelt emotion and humor.SALON K was founded by Kristen Raj and mid-wived by Gabriel "Frontrow" Rowland in ths summer of 2005.THE K OF SALON K has been a professional entertainer since the age of 16. Turning professional as a ballerina she danced with The Lyric Opera of Chicago with such artist as Placido Domingo and Pavarotti, and has been a featured performer in numerous dance companies.Upon moving west she started to settle back into her musical roots. She than got a taste of the rock star lifestyle when she sang backing vocals and performed with the band BOOMKAT (Dreamworks Records) touring both nationally and internationally, including television appearances on Jay Leno, Craig Kilborn and Sharon Osbourne. She eats, breaths and lives art and music and also adds the role of Art Director to her roster. FRONT ROW is an established Producer/Composer. Recently landing a song on the Hosoi Soundtrack (Tainted Love cover). The Soundtrack features platinum acts such as Gnarls Barkley and Queens of the Stone Age. He and his former band (The Peak Show) eventually signed with Atlantic Records and later found success with songs in TV/Film such as :(Malcolm in the Middle, Grind, Cinderella Story, Scary Movie 3, and Ice Age 2 movie/TV trailers CSI AND CSI MIAMI) among other radio, video game, and television spots. His newest solo instrumentals are featured on Volkswagen commercials at http://www.plumtv.com/advertise/vw. Feel free to listen to some of the bands he has produced including Fernanda Abreu, mixed by Mario C. and a compilation of his bombastic instrumentals. Go to the Top 8!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/1/2005
Band Website: under construction--
Band Members: Kristen Raj-vox & flute, Gabriel Front Row Rowland-drums & production,
Influences: everything!
Sounds Like: fun!
Record Label: Contact us @ [email protected]
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Beginnings

It has been a minute and wanted to give a quick update to those who still check in with us...Salon K is on a temporary hold as far as live performing goes but still submitting songs for licensing in t...
Posted by SALON K on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:31:00 PST

Baby K

Hi Friends...Holiday time is here and wanted to give a little update to our friends....There are about 4-6 weeks left before we meet our new little member of Salon K. Papa Frontrow and Mama K are prep...
Posted by SALON K on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:57:00 PST

new songs and salon sessions

Happy Summertime friends!Just a little update to keep you in the loop of our little Salon K family which is "growing"...literally! We are in the process of writing and recording several new songs at w...
Posted by SALON K on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:07:00 PST

salon sessions-wednesday april 11th

this is the first of what we hope to be many more! our very own little evening called "salon sessions" we have hand picked some of "the best of la" to come join the night in what will hopefully become...
Posted by SALON K on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:37:00 PST