Biography

The Small Jackets came to life in 2000, when drummer Danny Savanas joined forces with vocalist and rhythm guitarist Lu Silver. In 2004, Play at High Level, the band’s debut album, became the first instalment of the Small Jackets saga, featuring David Piatto on lead guitar. Having replaced David Piatto with his own young disciple Eddy Current and with Rob Nobody Tini on bass. The foursome shared the stage with internationals rock’n’roll artists like: The Lords of Altamont, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Quierboys, Hardcore Superstars, Danko Jones, Thunder Express, Imperial State Electric, The Hellacopters and more. In 2006 the band release Walking the Boogie, featured Nick Royale Anderson and Robert Strings Dahlqvist (The Hellacopters), who played solos on Forever Night. In 2009 Cheap Tequila, saw the light of day, marked by the first appearance of Mark Oak on bass and co-lead vocals. Walt Lafty of Silvertide sung on We Got a Problem. In 2013, the band split up with Lu Silver, due to musical differences. Mark Oak took over as main lead vocalist. In 2013, a revamped line-up featuring scene veteran Matt West as second lead guitarist released IV, an album full of energy and pure Hard Rock. The strenuous relationship with Matt West came to an abrupt, but the band pull up the new young guitarist Phil Baychans. In 2017 the band release Get Out of My Way and a charity Bandcamp release Kiss classic I Stole Your Love in 2019. The new album Just Like This! will be out on December 17!