Stone Giant

Stone Giant is a hard rock band, formed in the city of Boston, Massachusetts in United States, during 2013. The band consist of Argentinian singer and guitarist Sebastian Fernandez, Brazilian keyboardist Joao Nogueira, Brazilian bassist Apoena Frota and Chilean drummer Pepe Hidalgo.

Stone Giant
OriginBoston, Massachusetts United States
GenresHard rock
Years active2013–present
Websitewww.stonegiantmusic.com
Members
  • Sebastian Fernandez
  • Joao Nogueira
  • Apoena Frota
  • Pepe Hidalgo

The band released their self-titled debut album "Stone Giant" in 2015 and are currently on tour.

Biography

Early career (2012–2014)

Sebastian Fernandez and Joao Nogueira met during their first day at Berklee College of Music in 2012 and since then they had the idea of forming a rock band. After many tries of singers, bassists, and drummers, the band found its magical potion. The group is formed by Sebastian Fernandez (guitar and vocals), Joao Nogueira (keys), Pepe Hidalgo (Drums), Pedro Zappa (Bass) They started to rehearse everyday to find their sound and write songs. Since then, they started to play live at Boston and New York in big venues and festivals, including the Fenway Park. Stone Giants won reputation as one of the best live bands at Boston and New York. On May 9, 2014, Stone Giant were chosen to play at a concert in Boston University in Agganis Arena where Berklee College of Music granted a doctoral to the legendary Led Zeppelin's guitarist, Jimmy Page. The band covered the song "The Ocean" in complete honor to Jimmy Page, who was sitting with the public enjoying the show.

Stone Giant (2015–present)

Once the band found their complete sound and style, on November 2014 they decided to enter the studio "Water Music" at Hoboken, New Jersey, where they stayed for two weeks to record their debut album "Stone Giant". The album was self-produced by the band, with the collaboration of the Grammy Award Winner engineer, Fernando Lodeiro, as the co-producer and engineer. The full recording of the album was filmed as a documental by the director Nicolas Fernandez and is meant to be released in the future.

On early 2015, their manager Nicolas Boskis, took Stone Giant to London, UK, where they mastered their album at the famous "Abbey Road Studios" with the mastering engineer Alex Wharton. Stone Giant started to present the album on the "Get In The Groove tour" since September 2015, in USA where they will be playing at Washington, Nashville, Savannah, Pennsylvania, Boston, New York City, and many others.

In March 2016, the band played at Lollapalooza Festival in Argentina and Chile.

In an interview with Rocknvivo, they said they want to continue playing live promoting their album and are planning another tour in the US, where Lollapalooza Chicago could be a destination.[1]

On June 6, 2017, the band announced through their official Facebook page that they were working on a new album.[2]

On December 15, 2017, Stone Giant will be present at the Festival BUE in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3]

Band members

Discography

Studio albums and EPs
  • Nasty Creatures EP (2018)
  • Stone Giant (2015)

References
  1. "Stone Giant, rock con sangre latina que se abre paso en Estados Unidos". RockNvivo.com (in Spanish). 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  2. https://www.facebook.com/StoneGiantBand/posts/1375635769197043
  3. http://festivalbue.com/bue17/
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