Career
Adrian Barrera and Todd Galpin set their sights on Georgia after a lackluster music career in their homestate of
Florida. They soon met up with Ian Franco, Milton Chapman and Johnny Kral and formed The Hiss. In March 2003 their self produced
single "Triumph" entered the
UK Singles Chart.
[1] They have toured the
U.S. and
Europe with
Jet,
Oasis and
The White Stripes. Their sound is comparable to
The Stooges,
The Velvet Underground and
The Rolling Stones. They have released two full-length
studio albums and one of their
songs featured in
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
. Some enhanced copies of the album have two
music videos on them. They are heavily influenced by
surrealism and because of this, might be considered
art rock. They released a new LP
Chocolate Hearts
, all songs written in Atlanta after their
recording studio in
Florida's
Key West area was evacuated because of
hurricanes. The band split up in November 2008.
Members
- Adrian Barrera: Guitar and vocals
- Todd Galpin: Drums
- Milton Chapman: Keyboards and organ
- George Reese: Bass
Former members
- Ian Franco: Guitar
- Johnny Kral: Bass
- Mahjula Bah-Kamara: Bass [2]
Discography
Albums
- Panic Movement
- 2004 - Sanctuary Records
- Chocolate Hearts
- 2007
Singles
- "Triumph" - 2003 - UK #53
- "Clever Kicks" - 2003 - UK #49
- "Back On The Radio" - 2003 - UK #65
Others
- The song "Cazzy" was featured in a psychedelic rock compilation album.
- The song "Back On The Radio" was featured in two video games: Flatout
and Tony Hawk's Underground 2
.
- The song "Clever Kicks" was featured in the video game: NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup
.
References
- British Hit Singles & Albums
- ASCAP