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** NEWS !!! **

November 2008: Jen Stevens & The Hiccups supported the US-based band "Nothing Rhymes with Orange". NRWO have supported Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kiss, and have recently toured with One Republic. AMAZING band, and a great opportunity for us! Thanks to NRWO for being such wonderful chaps, and outstanding musicians :-)

October 2008: Naked Hiccup is now working with RCI Drums International, on the promotional and website-admin side. Drop me a line about anything to do with RCI. Naked Acrylic shoot coming soon :-)

June 18th 2008: "Sunday for Sammy 2008" video has been posted on YouTube! Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHdplcsBB5M

March 29th 2008: "Naked Adam" has appeared again! Check out page 88 of this month's Modern Drummer mag, where i'm proudly representing Protection Racket! Wonder if Romano and Lord Anderson would let me model naked with some clear acrylics???? :-)

Feb 19th 2008: Check out Street Voice's review of Meg's Hill: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=28357724&blogID=359009554
BONK ON!!!

Feb 10th 2008: JS&H performed at "Sunday for Sammy" at Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. Amazing event, amazing line-up, loads of moolah raised for charity, and 4000 people were present at two separate performances to see a whole host of North East fame entertain everyone! Tim Healy, Timothy Spall, Brendan Healey, "Moxy" etc wowed the crowd, with musical interludes from ourselves and two other bands. Watch out for the DVD!!!

December 2007: "Meg's Hill", our debut album, can now be downloaded from iTunes and http://www.jenstevens.com (hard copy CD). We really value your support and would love you to listen to our wonderful, critically-acclaimed, debut album!
This month also saw me appear in Drummer Magazine, in an advert representing Protection Racket on page 30. Check out the photo on my profile, with my gorgeous girlfriend Jennifer Thompson! Bless her for putting up with me :-)

October 24, 2007: "Meg's Hill" album launch was absolutely fantastic!! We performed well, the sound and lights were awesome, and the crowd were incredibly responsive and a pleasure to play for! The whole night was filmed, and will be available very soon. Barnesy here played a bit of a drum solo!! Most of all, my RCI drums sounded FANTASTIC!! I changed the EC2 on my rack tom for a G2, and it was delightful :-)

October 2007: Jen Stevens & The Hiccups debut album, "Meg's Hill", being launched at The Sage (http://www.thesagegateshead.org/) on October 22nd! "Meg's Hill" is being distributed by Proper Distribution, and will be available at HMV, Virgin, MVC, http://play.com, amazon.co.uk, as well as loads of other major retail outlets.

July 2007: 2 weeks in the studio for Jen Stevens and her Hiccups, recording our album at Cluny Studios (Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK). Release date around Sept/Oct. It'll be geet mint liiiike :-)

June 2007: "Me Syndrome" is now on iTunes!

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Youtube (Me Syndrome and live videos):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnNKMCMs5ZA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXcM4hy98OI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENN1CI2vgms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg5shnFbqL4

My name is is Adam Barnes, and I play drums (and sing backing vox) for Jen Stevens & The Hiccups. I've been playing drums for 10 years, and i've been a member of the Hiccups since July 2006. Check out our MySpace page for songs and band/gig updates. We play a hybrid genre of Swing/Jazz/Blues/Funk/Folk.

My main influences are Roger Taylor, Chad Smith, Dave Weckl, Keith Moon, Buddy Rich, John Bonham and Billy Cobham.

I'm proudly endorsed by RCI Drums! I'm representing a fantastic brand, that's becoming more of a household name, and I can't wait to display the RCI logo on our upcoming appearance on Later with Jools Holland.

Kit Specs:

+ Colour = Emerald Green Starlite
+ 24x18 undrilled Kick
+ 12x9 Rack Tom with Gauger Pro Suspension Mount and DW Tom Bracket
+ 14x14 Floor Tom on Legs, with Gauger Floor Tom Suspension System
+ 16x16 Floor Tom on Legs with Gauger Floor Tom Suspension System
+ 14x5.5 Snare with Puresound Snare Wires and black Trick throw-off

These drums sound AMAZING and look AWESOME! The snares are beautiful at all volumes, they're responsive and have a cracking tone, and the rimshot sounds great. The Kick is deep and thunderous, and sounds amazing especially through a PA (sounds amazing without!). The Toms have a brilliant range of frequencies from low through to high, and sound punchy, warm, deep and resonant.

Gauger Mounts enable maximum resonance, and they look amazing on any drums. I would recommend purchasing this amazing upgrade, to get the most out of your RCI kit, both sound and looks-wise.

As of October 2007, i'm also endorsed by Protection Racket Drum Cases. These babies are amazing! Keep my drums, hardware, cymbals and sticks highly protected and warm. Cases that no living man or beast can destroy :-) VERY highly recommended!!! Special thanks to Dean Bowdery for welcoming me into the Protection Racket family.

I also use Istanbul Agop and Alchemy cymbals, Evans Heads, LP Percussion and Vater sticks
HUGE Thanks to THE Andy Anderson for supplying me with RCI Drums (and everything else I own). Andy and his superb staff provide continued support and fantastic service.