Jetliner
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Jetliner are an alternative rock band from the USA. They focus on melodic piano based rock and have been compared to Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

 and early Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

, being heavily influenced by early 70s rock. Composed of Adam Paskowitz of The Flys, son of Doc Paskowitz
Doc Paskowitz
Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz is an American surfer and physician who gave up practicing medicine for a living and decided to become a professional surfer. In 1972, he founded a surf camp run by his family, where campers could live alongside and surf with members of the Paskowitz family...

, on piano
Piano
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 and lead vocals, Jeff Kluesner on Guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

, 'The Duke' on the organ
Organ (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

 and Rob Jones playing drums
Drum kit
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. All members sing backing vocals. Much of their guitar work is reminiscent of Brian May
Brian May
Brian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen...



To quote Steve Jones
Steve Jones (musician)
Stephen Philip "Steve" Jones is an English rock guitarist, singer and actor, best known as guitarist and founding member of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols.-Childhood:...

 from the Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...

, "I like bands that have a concept, a bit of drama. Queen is that sort
of band; they had complex songs wit a lot of parts to them. Jetliner is that kind of band too."

Jetliner have released two albums, 'Jetliner' and 'Space Station'.

External links

The band's official website. http://www.jetlinermusic.com/

Samples of their album 'Space Station' can be found here http://cdbaby.com/cd/jetliner2 and samples of 'Jetliner' are available here http://cdbaby.com/cd/jetliner
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