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Album Details
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· Produced By: Newman
· Running Time: 58.58
· Release Date: Out Now
· Released: 
· Genre: Melodic Rock
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· ArtistLink: Newman
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Artist Bio
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Steve Newman was born in Bedford on July 3rd 1966 and 14 years later was to pick up his first acoustic guitar. It wasn't long before he acquired an electric guitar and formed his first band with school buddy Kim Beadle.
After playing in numerous bands such as Jaded Heart (UK) Shere Khan, and the pop rock outfit Cloud 10 Steve started to write songs which would form the basis of the first Newman album. The recording of this album took place at Universal Sound in Surrey over two very intensive weeks. During this time Steve and Chris formed a great friendship and when the album was completed the funding was put in place to distribute to the UK and Europe. The songs were met with rave reviews from such publications as Hard Roxx Magazine and also gained interest and airplay in the US. The album was taken on by AOR Heaven in Germany and sold reasonably well in the early months of release.
After being signed to Escape Music in 1998 "One Step Closer" was released, The album quickly established Newman as one of the UK's premier melodic rock bands. The title track "One Step Closer" was played heavily on radio in Europe and Japan and attracted a whole new fan base for the group. After a very successful appearance at the Gods Festival in Wigan Steve returned to the studio and began writing songs for the next album.
In 2000 "Dance In The Fire" was released and once again scored high marks with music critics and achieved great reviews on such websites as melodicrock.com. A much darker album than it's predecessor DITF was a more guitar driven release and attracted new fans while retaining the distinctive Newman sound. The album also achieved another Japanese release and went on to gain reasonable sales in Europe.
Steve then took some time out to relocate again to a different part of the South Coast and build a new state of the art studio. The Blue Room was completed in 2002 and Steve started once again to write songs for a follow up to DITF. After 6 months the guitars, keyboards, and vocals were complete and the masters were taken up to Mastertone Studios in Runcorn where Pete Jupp (FM) and Mike Brooks added Drums and Bass respectively overseen by Pete Coleman at the engineering helm. Chris Jones was once again drafted in to produce the artwork and design.
In 2003 after 3 years absence "Sign Of The Modern Times" was released and revealed a more cohesive recording. The album achieved a 92% mark in melodicrock.com and was followed by similar reviews on rockreport.be and lionspridemusic.
May 2006 saw the release of "Heaven Knows" and once again was received with rave reviews from press and fans alike. This spawned various interest in getting a live band back on the road, and subsequently culminated in two shows, the latter of which being the Firefest Pre-Show party with Alibi,Bad Habit, and Bombay Black. Steve went back in to the studio shortly after and began to write more songs.
The new and 6th studio album "Primitive Soul" will be released on the 31st May available from www.newmansound.com website and various mail order companies through the Chrome Dome label. The album has already received good press and heavy airplay on radio stations such as ARFM. While keeping the Newman sound the new release also boasts some more progressive elements. Songs such as "15 Minute Revolution" and "Last Flight" explore a more modern direction whilst retaining the huge lush Choruses that Newman are renowned for.
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