JOSS MENNEN

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"I DEDICATE MY LIFE TO MUSIC"



Joss Mennen started his career about 18 years ago with the band Zinatra. This band was a big hit in Europe, South America and Asia but after two albums, the band split up in the early nineties. Working as a session musician, Joss voice appeared in the backing vocals on many important rock releases for bands like Danger Danger, Craaft and Scorpions, just to name a few.



During this period Joss also worked as recording engineer and producer and for a while he ended up as studio-manager for Markant Recording Studios ( NL)



In 1994 Joss teamed up with guitarist Erik van de Kerkhof. Their way of songwriting matched and the beginning of Mennen was a fact.

Generally in his skill of songwriting Joss says during all these years , I always prefer someone around who triggers me and supports me instrumentally , but with Mennen it turned out to be the whole band !! .



His choice for microphone ; On stage Joss uses Sennheiser mics , e945 and the brand new e965 !!!! . In the studio it depends , what kind of songs you are working on. For the heavy wall of guitar kind of songs a AKG 414 works very well , but for more open songs , like ballads , Joss always is looking for a more warmer approach using different kind of big membrane condensator mics , like the tubes from Neumann . For the Freakazoid album he had a very good experience using the Audio Technica 4070 but recently during the recordings of Planet Black Joss did all the vocal tracks with a big membrane of Rode at Erwin Muspers Studio The Bamboo Room.



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DISCOGRAPY

FRESH MEAT / METAL POWER (EP-Iceman Records 1983)

ZINATRA / Zinatra ( Mercury 1988)

ZINATRA / The Great Escape ( Mercury 1990)

MENNEN / Mennen ( T & T 1994)

MENNEN / River Of Tears (EP- Red Sea 1995)

MENNEN / Back To The Real World ( Red Sea 1996)

MENNEN / Age Of Fools ( Red Sea 1998)

MENNEN / Circle Of LIVE ( Snakebite 2001)

ZINATRA / Rockumentary Pt 1 ( re-release + Bonustracks Snakebite 2004)

ZINATRA / Rockumentary Pt 2 ( re-release + Bonustracks Snakebite 2004)

MENNEN / Freakazoid ( Snakebite 2004/ Escapi 2005)

MENNEN / Freakalive ( Armageddon Music 2006)

MENNEN / Planet Black ( Wacken Records/SPV 2008)



As a session musician appearance on the following releases:

CRAAFT / No Tricks Just Kicks

DANGER DANGER / Screw It

WANTOE / Cut The Cure

BLOCKBUSTERS / Powder To The People

ANNEKE GRONLO / You're The Star

SCORPIONS / Unbreakable

MEDEA / ROOM XVII

And many more