Graham Elks
The Uk's Premier Rock Guitarist/Composer
Graham Honed is Skills as a musician during the late 1980's early 1990's playing in various bands; However he found his true niche when he decided to record a Guitar Instrumental album in 1997: at the time it was a ambitious project considering he was going to write all the music,record the album on a basic 4 track and play all the instruments,design the sleeve. 11 years on Graham performs all these tasks with total mastery,on a level of his more famous and respected peers.
Graham Plays All Guitars - Bass Guitar - Keyboards - Digital Programming
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Solo Albums:
Kingdom of Rock - 1997
TimeTraveller - 2000
7th Generation - 2003
Meltdown - 2007
Magnified Existance - 2008
Decade of Rock [4cd Box set of Grahams First 4 cds] - 2008
Upcoming Releases
Burning Sky - OUT NOW!
Shadow of the King - 2010
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Graham Elks & Phil Crewe Collaboration Albums;
Atmospheric Images - 1998
Enchanted Horizons - 2000
Visions - 2003
Truth - 2004
Empires - 2005
Expanse - 2006
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As You Can See Graham is very prolific! this is down to his drive and determination as a Guitar Player,Composer & all round Musician
for more info - visit
www.myspace.com/grahamelks
www.cdbaby/all/grahamelks
Here are some recent press statements describing Grahams Music
Outstanding Guitar work! Which at times is quite breathtaking:
Classic Rock.
Artist of the Month: - Guitar Nine
Stunning Guitar work, Quite magnificent: One of the best kept secrets in Rock!
Paul Baker arfm radio.
Your guitar sings perfectly. Beautiful sound and great recording and producion.
Very cool stuff You fill up the sonic atmosphere very nicely!!! great tone and imagination!
awesome riffs and rhythms dude... YOU ROCK. love the leads.
Smooth! Killer tone! Very well done man! Keep it up! Great Work: Top shelf.!
Mick - www.showcaseyourmusic.com
Graham.!.man you sound like Black Sabbath prog style! Robert Silverstein TCG mwe3.com
I strongly believe that you are one of the most talented guitar players around! each song puts me into a different world!. author: omar traboulsi
'Can this guy do anything wrong? Everything he puts out is a sure bet. Expertise playing with technical wonders. Projects that are never tiring and always captivating. Meltdown follows suit. Hard and heavy tracks interlaced with melodic, fluid progressions. 'To the Castle We Ride' is a choice fave of mine but, it must be said, it's hard to pick a 'fave'. They're all that good. Graham is focused in his playing and delivers what is expected of a premier guitarist. This guy really needs to be exposed on a much grander scale. Just buy anything of his and you can't go wrong. Especially for the price. In this day and age of musical mediocracy, he is most definitely a breath of fresh air. Trust me. author: don spiller
'When it comes to shredding/ bleeding instrumental blues/hard rock, Graham Elks once again has proved he his the master.Without a doubt, this cd has transcended me beyond this world author: omar traboulsi
Superb!! extremely extraordinary this cd is total perfection for it's guitar shredding audacity comprising soaring/blues/ neoclassical guitar solos combining with very good keyboards performance. each song is an like drug addicted taste . author: omar traboulsi
Stunning!! again Grahan Elks the shredding guitarist from UK delivers another outstanding stunning guitar work.the songs are long enough to give spave for rather a core balance between melodies , blues , and shredding guitar all in perfect harmony combination.
author: omar traboulsi
Unforgettable!!! definitely a must i mean a must must have for anyone who appreciates the magic and the beauty of guitar instrumental music comprising shredding and far-fetched solos with good keyboards and shining atmosphere. this cd will get you addicted and makes you forget the world you are living and put you to a new dimension of highly unforgettable rock/metal music so buy it now!! author: omar traboulsi
Grahams Collaborations With Fellow Guitarist Phil Crewe;
Hi Graham Elks;
I am a big fan of your music. I love the guitar ballads. I have, just about, all your CD's. I collect all the electric instrumental
guitar music CD's that I can find, but they have to jam and be really good before I buy it. I have over 1000 of them in my collection. My favorite ballad is from the CD EMPIRES: Seven Wishes. When the guitar solo comes in exactly at 3:47 min and builds up, I really enjoy it. Great tune. Thanks for the good music and keep on rockin!
'Empires
Just wanted to say politely that I was BLOWN AWAY!. Theres' not a bad cut on the entire cd. The lead work was phenomenal, emotional, soulful, and technically perfect.
Like I said before, am an axeman myself and your head and my head are one and the same. That release was on the money. You should be proud of accomplishing such a work.
I would be ecstatic. You and Phil are definitely in the top category of my musical faves. Now, could you get the other 4 releases over to me? I can hardly wait to listen to them.
If they're as good as Empires I'm going to feel like I won the lottery or something? Please get them to me asap. I will definitely be the first to 'gobble' them up. The only reason The release are that good!
Never been so excited about music like this for many moonsFirst of all, would like to point out that I am an axeman myself. Have been for 30 years. This I feel gives me credibility in reviewing the cd titled EMPIRES.
Graham Elks and Phil Crewe are the wizards behind this masterpiece. Upon first listen, I was blown away....immediately!This cd transcends the boundaries of normal run-of-the-mill gtr. playing.
Each trk. spills with emotion,structure,technical perfection,and most importantly,musicianship worthy of the title extraordinary. I cannot emphasize this enough. I have over 3600cds and this rates right up there with the best.
Check out the samples. Am sure you will be overwhelmed and driven to buy the cd as I was. The real bonus, is the fact that the samples don't even come close to reflecting just how impressive the music is.
Once you receive the cd, you'll know what I mean. It's eargasmic glory!: - Don Spiller USA
'Visions'
After listening to E&C's-Empires release, I was totally blown away. Now, with the release of Visions,lightning has struck twice. Visions is a fantastic display of jazz-rock fusion dominated by lead gtr.
workouts that have to be heard to believe.
Nothing repetitive here. Every track is like a breath of fresh air. The structure,production, and technical aspect of the cd is just mind-blowing.
I can't think of a better word than WOW to express just how great this cd is: - Don Spiller USA
'Truth '
Another gem, its all I need to say' - Don Spiller USA
Sophisticated,executed to perfection; fabulous two pretty special guitar players: - Paul Baker Arfm Radio
Phil Crewe & Graham Elks got proceedings off a stunning set of their unique twin guitar instrumental rock.,
some really fine playing and that touch of, well I suppose it is 'raw emotion',
Paul Baker - Arfm Benefit Gig - 17th March 2006
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