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Michael Gapys

guitarist/composer

About Me

Michael Gapys is a guitarist/composer from Poland. During his musical journey he has worked with several artists all around the world and recorded couple of compilations including several different tribute albums to various artists and bands. He also works as an arranger and producer. His music collaborations including great artists like: Mistheria (Bruce Dickinson), Uriah Duffy (Whitesnake), Earl Slick (David Bowie), Carmine Appice, Marco Mendoza (Whitesnake, Ted Nugent), Bruce Kulick (Kiss), Blues Saraceno (Poison), James Christian (House of Lords), Tommy Denander and others. Since the end of 2005 Gapys became a part of Teenage Rampage band with co-members: Chris Catena (Vitalij Kuprij), Janne Stark (Locomotive Breath), Marco Sarzo and Damir Sinanovic. Also, He is a member of a project called Edge Of Time. Together with Chris Heaven and Lucas Santana they play with great musicians like: Michael von Knorring (Malmsteen), Gerald Kloos (Empire), Mistheria, Tracy G (Dio) and others. Michael is composer of most of the songs and arrange all of them to make them sound WILD, HEAVY and UNIQUE...
Michael Gapys has appeared on several Tribute to Malmsteen CD's in Japan, some compilations (Perris Records Christmas CD) and on movie soundtrack ("Millennium Apocalypse").
Michael's melodic and technical playing is the mixture of two basic influences. First one is classical music (composers like Bach, Mozart) and the second is heavy energetic music in the style of Queen, Yngwie Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde, Symphony X etc.

Discography:
"A millennium tribute to Kiss" - Versailles Records
"Discovery" Chris Catena - Escape Record
"Sweden Rock Festival 2007" Book + CD - Etoall Production
"Born Again" Chris Catena - Digital Release
"Booze, Brawds and rockin' hard" Chris Catena - Versailles Records
"Race Track Rock" - Versailles Records
"A millennium tribute to Motley Crue" - Versailles Records
"MelodicRock.com Compilation V3" - MelodicRock.com
“A millenium tribute to Sammy Hagar” – Versailles Records
“Sounds Of The Apocalypse” – Mad Cow Records
“A Millenium Tribute To David Lee Roth” – Versailles Records
“The Glam That Stole Christmas” - Perris Records
“Served Acoustic: Tribute to Warrant” - Sharkbite Records
“Battlefield Hero” - Japan
“Endless battle” – Japan
“Battle of Immortal Beast” - Japan

To be released:
"A millennium tribute to Guns and Roses" - Versailles Records
"A millennium tribute to Def Leppard" - Versailles Records
"A millennium tribute to Whitesnake" - Versailles Records
"Rough'n'ready" Teenage Rampage - tba


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/6/2006
Band Website: gapys.metal.pl
Band Members: Michael Gapys - guitars, bass, keys, vocals; Various Musicians.
Influences: Itzhak Perlman, Nigel Kennedy, Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde, Symphony X, Danny Elfman, Bach, Mozart and more...

BUY CHRIS CATENA'S DIGITAL EP AT CDBaby.com

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Sounds Like:
Record Label: Couple of them
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Jan. 2008 - Queen Magic vids on Youtube.com

You can watch 4 Queen Magic! videos on Youtube.com. Show features: Chris Catena, Mia Coldheart, Janne Stark, the Innuendo Band, Katiuscia Nardi, myself and the Guanajuato Symphony Orcherstra. Visit li...
Posted by Michael Gapys on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:13:00 PST

Jan. 2008 - Sweden Rock Festival 2007

Teenage Rampage appeared on special CD included to book about SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2007. We are there with first, rough mix of song I CRAWL FOR YOU from our upcoming album!THE LINK...
Posted by Michael Gapys on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:06:00 PST

Dec. 2007 - Last release this Year!!

CHRIS CATENA "BORN AGAIN" EpReleased December 2007Mixed in Rome and Poland by Michael Gapys at Giltter and Gold Studios/Perfect Dark Studio. Mastered at Trillium Studios, Montreal (Canada) by Richard ...
Posted by Michael Gapys on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:49:00 PST

Nov. 2007 - Teenage Rampage’s CD

THE FIRST ALBUM OF THE SUPERBAND TEENAGE RAMPAGE IS READY!!THE SONGS HAS BEEN MIXED BY MICHAEL GAPYS AND PRODUCED BY CHRIS CATENA. ALBUM WILL BE MASTERED IN CANADA ON DECEMBER BY RICHARD ADDISON.CH...
Posted by Michael Gapys on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:25:00 PST

Oct. 2007 - Chris Catena’s "DISCOVERY"

I am very happy to write about brand new album of Chris Catena. Finally his "DISCOVERY" has been mastered and now we will wait for the release date! I must say that the whole material is great! From t...
Posted by Michael Gapys on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:13:00 PST

Sept. 2007 - Shows in Mexico

I am going to Mexico on September 15th to play two shows there. These concerts will feature songs of one of My favourite band - Queen! WOW!BOTH SHOWS WILL TAKE PLACE IN GUANAJUATO AND LEON (MEXICO)&nb...
Posted by Michael Gapys on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:50:00 PST

June 2007 - New CD's!!

Hello!!Yesterday (June 19th) Versailles records released 3 brand new albums with me on board. 1. "Booze, Brawds and rockin' hard" Chris Catena. Special CD that includes songs from Chris' debut album F...
Posted by Michael Gapys on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:34:00 PST

INTERVIEW

If You can read polish You can check the interview with me in HEAVY METAL PAGES magazine. I talk about a lot of different things... Solo stuff, Chris Catena stuff, Edge of Time Project and a lot of di...
Posted by Michael Gapys on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 04:23:00 PST

New songs!

Hello there!!Since My last post I've recorded some cool songs for Edge Of Time CD and I've done few other interesting things. The most succesive recording in My opinion is new version of Malmsteen's c...
Posted by Michael Gapys on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:24:00 PST

First Hit!

Hello Folks!After a long and aggressive talks with some friends about MySpace I've decided to create my own place in this community... I hope that some of You will appreciate My Work and everything th...
Posted by Michael Gapys on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:17:00 PST