KAASIN - Melodic hardrock in the tradition of the great bands from the seventies and early eighties. 

 Brand new hardrock band founded by guitarist, JO HENNING KAASIN, collaborator with JOE LYNN TURNER (Deep Purple/Rainbow), GLENN HUGHES (Deep Purple/Black Sabbath), DOOGIE WHITE (Rainbow/Michael Schenker), BERNIE MARSDEN (Whitesnake), founding member, guitarist and songwriter with COME TASTE THE BAND. 

 After 23 years and great success with the album «REIGNITION», feat. JOE LYNN TURNER & DOOGIE WHITE, COME TASTE THE BAND was put on ice in January 2020. Guitarist and main songwriter, JO HENNING KAASIN, then went on to form his own band, simply called KAASIN. 

He recruited his cousin, STAALE KAASIN from SPIDER and 2020VISION, to handle bass. The band also features the norwegian singer, JAN THORE GREFSTAD, known for his incredible vocal duties with SAINT DEAMON, HIGHLAND GLORY and TNT. 

KAASIN also includes additional musicans, BENJAMIN DEHLI on hammond organ/analog synth and RICK HAGEN from HEX AD on drums.  KAASIN will release their debut single «RUNAWAY TRAIN» on Stream Peak Music/GerMusica on Friday AUGUST 14th - 2020.  Written by Jo Henning Kaasin, co-written by Vidar Heldal Recorded and engineered in JUKE JOINT STUDIO, Notodden - Norway. Produced by Halvor Halvorsen & Jo Henning Kaasin.  Mixed and mastered by Leif Johansen (Phenomena, 21 Guns, A-ha) The single will be accompanied by a official music video.   Line up 

Jo Henning Kaasin - guitar 

Jan Thore Grefstad - vocals 

Staale Kaasin - bass 

Additional musicans: 

Benjamin Dehli - organ & keyboards 

Rick Hagan - drums