Jet Circus

Formed in Gothenburg in 1988 at the height of melodic metal popularity, Jet Circus were initially strong contenders. Featuring former Leviticus bassist Ez Gomér and vocalist/guitarist Terry Haw, but sounded nothing like their former band. Jet Circus are heavy metal but they experimented with other styles of music as well. Ez wanted to create something fresh and different and bold, "The whole idea was to dig inside instead of looking at others". Experimenting and having fun was high priority. As a result, the two came up with the creative "hybrid-form" of funky groove-laden hard rock - found on the Sony Epic 1991, U.S debut release "Jet Circus - Step On It".
Jet Circus landed a rare endorsement deal from Harley-Davidson in time for the American release and created an immediate buzz in the hard rock/metal community as well as amongst critics. When served a sound so different and fresh, they did not even have a name for what they heard. The suggestions were as many as there were critics. Some reported "Elvis meets Cheap Trick" others wrote "Led Zeppelin meets Beastie Boys meets Run DMC". "Jet Circus is what it would sound like if you could plug your guitar into a Harley". Perhaps Derek Oliver of British "Kerrang!" said it best: "Jet Circus.. is the best band I've heard to come out of Scandinavia - this band is brilliant". Jet Circus is groovy music from the heart - all of its own brand.
With the '91, U.S radio hit song "Victory Dance", Jet Circus were amongst the very first to experiment with metal and rap, which later on led them to be mentioned in the media as grandfathers for bands like "Limp Bizkit" and "Linkin Park". Ez Gomér replied: "That's fine with me as long as I don't have to retire". In time for their first US tour, Jet Circus went No.1 on the CCM radio chart with Break This Jail" and were airplayed somewhere in the States every twenty minutes for almost a year with songs like Victoy Dance, Rockin Horse, Jet Blue, Step On It and Break This Jail - which also went on to be "Metal song of the year" on CCM.
Following a tour of the U.S that same year, Ez and Terry Haw began writing and recording the material that would make up Jet Circus' sophomore effort - No Mercy For The Living Dead, but with never ending hassle with the record company, this album project is still unfinished. No Mercy For The Living Dead was recorded 1992-93 and 2004.
Terry Haw who since 1993 showed less interest in the band, left in 2003 leaving Ez Gomér to be the sole member of Jet Circus.
After the American Sony Epic debut, Jet Circus have since then released albums in Japan (Virgin/All Fired Up) South America - Brazil, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Peru, Europe - Scandinavia, England, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Spain and sold approximately half a million albums.
Jet Circus, for all practical purposes, was placed on hold until 2002 when Ez began thinking of recording a solo album in addition to finishing No Mercy... The good news is that Ez's solo project turned into a new Jet Circus album entitled Look At Death Now.