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Artist
Trapper
12+ albums
hard rockrockUS rock
about
https://www.facebook.com/trapperrocks A true celebration of the grandiose, anthemic and breathtakingly fun hard rock music of the 1980s, Trapper brings together two of Canada’s brightest creative lights in a project that neither parrots nor parodies the genre that left an indelible stamp on millions of fans and pop culture. Already aware of one another’s impressive careers and credentials as artists, all it took was a few social media exchanges to lead to what is now a blossoming musical partnership between guitar hero Sean Kelly and critically-acclaimed songstress Emm Gryner. Kelly boasts an impressive, genre-defying pedigree as a player and songwriter that includes a host of classical guitar albums, a popular retro-glam band called Crash Kelly, as well as recording, writing and/or live work with the likes of Helix, Honeymoon Suite, Lee Aaron, Carl Dixon (Coney Hatch), Gilby Clarke (Guns ‘N Roses) and Rudy Sarzo (Whitesnake, Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne). Gryner is a powerfully evocative singer/songwriter with 18 solo albums to her credit and admirers around the world, including the likes U2s Bono, Def Leppard singer Joe Elliot, David Bowie (for whom she performed as part of his backing band for a number of years) and Nelly Furtado. Coincidentally, Kelly has also been Furtado’s guitarist since 2009, so it seemed as though serendipity played a huge role in the meeting of these two musical minds. Both Kelly and Gryner have happily embraced a variety of styles throughou
