Product Description The idea that practice makes perfect dates back almost 500 years to the British writer John Heyward, who proclaimed 'Vse makes maistry.' For KOPEK, success is not only deserved, but mathematically inevitable. To call KOPEK a return to rock & roll brilliance would be the minimum praise deserved of a band that has definitely put in their 10,000 hours. Shane Cooney (drums), Brad Kinsella (bass guitar) and Daniel Jordan (lead vocals and guitar) formed KOPEK a decade ago. "We listened to all the old stuff, The Stones, Hendrix, The Doors, Zeppelin, amazing bands where you can hear (and feel) the energy," recalls Cooney. Early gigs in and around Dublin included many a battle of the bands contests, which the trio won with studied regularity. From 2002 to 2009 KOPEK toured relentlessly and continued to win competitions. In 2005, Kopek won the contest that would keep them in guitar strings for life-- Best Live Act at the Global Battle Of The Bands (gbob.com) The debut album, White Collar Lies, (Produced by Glenn Herlihy and KOPEK and mixed by Tom lord-Alge) is a bracing dose of heartfelt and expertly performed modern rock. It is a multi-layered album free of stylistic limitations. Jordan's voice rips through the speakers, carried aloft by the twin engines of Cooney and Kinsella. KOPEK is now ready.