SINGER/SONGWRITER JIM CREAN HAS BEEN A PROMENENT FIGURE IN THE MUSIC SCENE FOR OVER 27 YEAR'S.BORN AND RAISED IN BUFFALO,NY.AT AGE 13 JIM STARTED SINGING AND PLAYING GUITAR!SOON AFTER THAT THE TASTE OF PLAYING IN A BAND PUT HIM IN THE CLUB CURCUIT.THROUGHOUT THE EARLY AND MID 80'S,CREAN PLAYED COUNTLESS LIVE PERFORMANCES IN HIS HOMETOWN IN BANDS CALLED STRUTTER & STRYCHNINE.THEN IN 1986, HE WAS ASKED TO FRONT THE WELL ESTABLISHED NIAGARA FALLS BASED BAND BLACKSTAR.BLACKSTAR HAD A HUGE FOLLOWING & GREAT REPUTATION,SO JIM ACCEPTED THE OFFER!AT THE YOUNG AGE OF ONLY 17 YEARS OLD,JIM WENT ON THE ROAD WITH BLACKSTAR TO TOUR ACROSS CANADA & THE UNITED STATES FOR 2 YEARS.THE BAND RECORDED AN UNRELEASED ALBUM.
JIM DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO COME BACK TO HIS HOMETOWN OF BUFFALO,NY AND SOON AFTER FORMED A SUPERGROUP CALLED CHINA SYNDROME.THE BAND GAINED HUGE SUCCESS WITH A CD OF ORIGINAL'S.THE SONG'S MADE RADIO AIRPLAY.
AFTER A FEW YEAR'S OF BEING IN CHINA SYNDROME,CREAN FRONTED MANY LOCAL FAVORITE BAND'S SUCH AS SHOTGUN WEDDING,CRACK ALICE,CRYTUFF & CONCRETE JUNGLE.WHILE IN CRYTUFF,HE PERFORMED LIVE ALMOST EVERYNIGHT FOR ABOUT 4 YEAR'S STRAIGHT,TAKING HIM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON MANY TOUR'S.
IN THE EARLY 90'S JIM DECIDED TO GO OUT ON HIS OWN WITH A SOLO BAND.THE JIM CREAN BAND PLAYED MANY MARQUEE SHOW'S SUCH AS SHOWCASING IN NYC AND BEING BROADCASTED LIVE ON THE NATIONALLY TELEVISED CABLE PROGRAM VIEW AT NIGHT.CREAN RECORDED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM/CD WITH LONG TIME FRIEND AND MAJOR INFLUENCE PHIL NARO{TALAS/PETER CRISS}HANDLING THE PRODUCTION.MEMBERS OF CONEY HATCH APPEARED ON THE CD.THE BAND FILMED A VIDEO FOR THE SONG"RUNNING ON THRU THE NIGHT" AND WAS AIRED ON MTV TWO TIMES!THE CD RECIEVED RAVE REVIEWS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.JAPAN'S BURNN MAGAZINE GAVE IT 4 1/2 STARS OUT OF 5.MANY OFFERS STARTED COMMING IN FOR A MAJOR RELEASE,BUT THEN THE MUSIC SCENE TOOK AN UNFORSEEN TURN,BRINGING GRUNGE MUSIC INTO THE FOREFRONT.
JIM CONTINUED TO RECORD AND WRITE SONG'S THROUGHOUT THE 90'S.IN 2000,JIM CALLED UPON OLD FRIEND PHIL NARO TO RECORD/PRODUCE HIS 2ND RECORD/CD TITLED ELEGANCE,EXCESS & DECEDANCE.THEY ENLISTED THE TALENTS OF STEVE MAJOR TO PRODUCE.ONCE AGAIN THE CD RECIEVED RAVE REVIEWS AND JIM WAS ASKED TO APPEAR ON MANY NATIONAL TRIBUTE CD'S.JIM & PHIL STARTED DOING SHOWCASE SHOWS IN SUPPORT OF THE CD.THE DUO APPEARD LIVE ON CANADIAN TV AND WAS AIRED AROUND THE WORLD.JIM HAS OPENED UP/TOURED WITH MANY NATIONAL BANDS.
JIM'S LONG AWAITED 3RD RECORD/CD IS IN THE PRODUCTION STAGES AND IS SLATED FOR A SUMMER OF 2009 RELEASE.THE ALBUM IS TITLED"VELVET CRUSH"AND IS PRODUCED BY PHIL NARO & STEVE MAJOR.
BE SURE TO SEE JIM PERFORM WITH HIS ORIGINAL BAND THE JIM CREAN BAND & HIS 80'S HAIR MUSIC TRIBUTE BAND HAIR NATION.
