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Hackensack
12+ albums
hard rockblues rockclassic rockUKSouthern Rock
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Hackensack was a heavy blues/rock group founded in 1969 by vocalist Nicky Moore. Notable for over 400 live performances in little more than two years, including opening the Weeley Festival(Clacton, Essex) and the last night at The Cavern Club, (Liverpool), they were signed initially to Island Records, and released one single, "Moving On" in 1972. After moving to Polydor, one album "Up the Hardway" was released in 1974, after which the group disbanded. A brief re-union in 2017 brought a further album "The Final Shunt" on Audio Archives label. Career Hackensack took their name from a Theloneous Monk album track, only later realising Monk had named his track after the Hackensack Recording Studios, New Jersey, USA. Hackensack formed in September 1969 from the remaining members of Gas Avenue, professional musicians playing a residency in London's Leicester Square where singer-songwriter Nicky Moore and bassist Stu Mills brought in guitarist Mick Sweeney and drummer Billy Rankin. Moore, an ex-chorister, was heavily into blues but also took inspiration from Jeff Beck, The Doors and Led Zeppelin. Almost immediately, Rankin left to take up a place with Brinsley Schwarz and was replaced by John Turner on drums but it wasn't until June 1970 that the group began to get paid work. Mills was replaced by bassist John Restall for a few months but re-joined in March 1971 and, then, signed with Inferno Agency, the band began regular gigging. Sweeney was replaced by Ray Smith in May 1971 a
