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"VINTAGE STYLE PSYCHEDELIC BLUES ROCK WITH JUST A SHOT OF PUNK ROCK ATTITUDE. THE SWAGGER OF THE STONES MEETS THE SOPHISTICATION OF THE BEATLES, COMBINED WITH THE POWER OF LED ZEPPELIN AND THE ECLECTIC WEIRDNESS OF EARLY BOWIE. COME SEE WHATS GROWING IN THE GARDEN"

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I PRESENT TO YOU GARDEN OF HEDON, BOSTON'S VINTAGE-STYLE ROCK 'N' ROLLERS WHO HAVE BEEN OFFERING UP ONE OF THE MOST AUTHENTIC ROCK N ROLL EXPERIENCES AROUND SINCE JUNE 2021. THE BAND, BORN FROM SINGER-SONGWRITER MATT ZAJAC'S 2020 SOLO RECORD TITLED “GARDEN OF HEDON”, HAS RAPIDLY GARNERED A PASSIONATE FOLLOWING BY CONSISTENTLY DELIVERING HIGH-ENERGY SETS OF DIVERSE, IRREVERENT AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY 70’S INFLUENCED ROCK N ROLL MUSIC ACROSS THE GREATER NORTHEAST. REGARDED BY MANY AS A "MUST-SEE" LIVE ACT, THEY HAVE DRAWN STYLISTIC COMPARISONS TO EARLY AEROSMITH , THE BEATLES, AND 70’S ERA ALICE COOPER. GARDEN OF HEDON RECENTLY CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE NEW ENGLAND MUSIC AWARDS FINISHING AS RUNNER’S UP IN NEMA’S “LAST BAND STANDING” & EARNING A NOMINATION IN THE “RISING STAR” CATEGORY AT THIS YEARS AWARD SHOW WHICH WILL BE HELD ON 11/16. THE BAND HAS SOLD OUT LOCAL THEATERS AND PERFORMED AT ICONIC VENUES LIKE THE HARD ROCK CAFE AND THE MIDDLE EAST CAFE IN BOSTON, AS WELL AS ARLENE’S GROCERY AND THE SIDEWALK CAFE IN NYC. THEY HAVE SUPPORTED NATIONAL ACTS SUCH AS THE STEEPWATER BAND, E'NUFF Z'NUFF AND MARC FORD OF THE BLACK CROWES, WITH MARC JOINING THEM ONSTAGE FOR THE LAST SONG OF THEIR SET, "LOVE AND LIGHT," WHICH HE IS ALSO FEATURED ON IN THE STUDIO RECORDING OF THE NEWEST GARDEN OF HEDON ALBUM, "FORBIDDEN FRUIT." ALSO GUESTING ON THE NEW RECORD IS FELLOW BLACK CROWES ALUMNUS ISAIAH MITCHELL (OF EARTHLESS).  "FORBIDDEN FRUIT" HAS BEEN RELEASED ON VINYL AND ON ALL MAJOR STREAMING PLATFORMS, RECEIVING HIGH PRAISE FROM OUTLETS LIKE CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE AND LOUDERSOUND WHO SAID “GARDEN OF HEDON EVOKES THE WEIRDER END OF THE BEATLES…”. 
THE FIRST 2 SINGLES, "A SHADOW OF TIME" AND "(WITH MY LOVER) ON A SUMMER DAY" SHOWCASE THE YIN AND YANG OF THIS OUTFIT'S ECLECTIC BLEND OF ROCK 'N' ROLL INFLUENCES. "ON A SUMMER DAY" HAS BEEN FEATURED ON MANY INTERNATIONAL RADIO PROGRAMS, INCLUDING SIRIUS XM'S "LITTLE STEVEN'S UNDERGROUND GARAGE." CURRENTLY, THE BAND IS RELEASING SONGS FOR THEIR NEW LIVE EP “LIVE AT ARLENE’S GROCERY NYC” VIA STREAMING & THEY ARE BOOKING AND PERFORMING LIVE SHOWS WHILE THEY CONTINUE TO WRITE SONGS FOR THE FOLLOW UP RECORD TO “FORBIDDEN FRUIT”.

 FOR BOOKING OR MORE INFORMATION ON GARDEN OF HEDON, PLEASE CONTACT THEM THROUGH THE LINKS BELOW. 

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"(GARDEN OF HEDON) EVOKES THE WEIRDER END OF THE BEATLES IN THIS HOOKY, BOOT-STOMPING SHOT OF MACABRE RIFFAGE, PSYCHEDELIA, AND 70'S LEAD LINES. THE TWISTED ROCK CABARET YOU NEVER REALIZED YOU NEEDED (BUT, ACTUALLY, YOU DO.)"

~ CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE/ LOUDERSOUND.COM ("TRACKS OF THE WEEK" REVIEW OF "DAISY CHAIN") 

"ZAJAC EVIDENTLY KNOWS HOW TO WRITE A PROPER POP SONG- LACED WITH SWEET 70'S VIBES , THE GUITAR WORK IS PRETTY SLICK THROUGHOUT, TUNE IN AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK..." ~ CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE/ LOUDERSOUND.COM  ("TRACKS OF THE WEEK" REVIEW OF LADY IN WHITE") 

 

"BLENDING SWATHES OF PSYCHEDELIC GUITAR, EARLY 70'S ROCK VIBES AND PRETTY POP VOCAL HARMONIES - WITH JUST THE SLIGHTESET BITTERSWEET EDGE..." ~ CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE/ LOUDERSOUND.COM ("TRACKS OF THE WEEK" REVIEW OF "OPEN ROAD")

 

"ZAJAC HAS COMPOSED AND RECORDED SOME OF THE COOLEST CLASSIC ROCK INFLUENCED SONGS AROUND ON THIS "GARDEN OF HEDON" ALBUM... IT IS A WINNER BY ANY SET OF STANDARDS"

~ BILLY COPELAND MUSIC NEWS