Joakim "JJ" Marsh, born in 1966 is a Swedish guitarist and composer, and is probably best known for his long collaboration with Glenn Hughes. As a teenager Marsh recorded two albums with Spellbound, ''Breaking the Spell'' and ''Rockin 'Reckless''. The band also recorded material for a third album, for which Marsh wrote the songs together with the singer

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, but they didn't manage to get a record deal and the album wasn't released until some ten years later. Spellbound disbanded in 1988, but they have done a few reunion concerts since that, as late as 2014. In the early 1990s he formed the band Studfarm with singer Janne Hellman. In 1995, Marsh met Glenn Hughes and began a partnership in which Marsh during the period 1996-2008 co-wrote most of the songs on ten studio albums, apart from Hughes' solo albums also two albums with

Joe Lynn Turner Joe Lynn Turner (born Joseph Arthur Mark Linquito, August 2, 1951) is an American singer known for his work in the hard rock bands Rainbow, Yngwie J. Malmsteen and Deep Purple. During his career, Turner fronted and played guitar with pop ro ...

in the

Hughes Turner Project Hughes Turner Project (HTP) was a musical project formed in the 2001 by bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (formerly of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, etc.) and vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (formerly of Rainbow, Deep Purple, and Yngwie Malmsteen's Ri ...

, abbreviated HTP. Marsh released his first solo album ''Music from Planet Marsh'' in 2005, with fellow musicians

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, Thomas Broman and Kjell Haraldsson, the latter two had both played with Glenn Hughes and HTP. Marsh and Broman is currently in the band Bridge to Mars, who released the single ''In A White Light'' in 2013, and their first album in 2016. Marsh has also appeared as a guitarist on albums with

Phenomena A phenomenon ( : phenomena) is an observable event. The term came into its modern philosophical usage through Immanuel Kant, who contrasted it with the noumenon, which ''cannot'' be directly observed. Kant was heavily influenced by Gottfried W ...

, Tomas Bodin, Mats/Morgan Band and art musician Simon Steensland.JJ Marsh at Discogs
/ref> After signing to the label DIVISION and releasing his 2005 album - “Music from Planet Marsh” digitally, in September 2019 JJ Marsh planned to perform his first solo tour of the UK playing around 10 shows. However due to undisclosed personal issues the entire tour was unfortunately cancelled- with a promise for it to take place sometime in 2020.

Discography

Solo

*''Music From Planet Marsh'' (2005)

Bridge to Mars

*''Bridge to Mars'' (2016)

Spellbound

*''Breaking the Spell'' (1984) *''Rockin' Reckless'' (1985) *''Spellbound'' (1997)

Simon Steensland

*''The Simon Lonesome Combat Ensemble'' (1994) *''The Zombie Hunter'' (1995) *''Led Circus'' (1999) *''Live Gang-Gang'' (2004)

Mats & Morgan Band

*'' Trends and Other Diseases'' (1996)

Glenn Hughes

*''

Addiction Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to engage in certain behaviors, one of which is the usage of a drug, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences. Repetitive drug use o ...

'' (1996) *''

The Way It Is The Way It Is may refer to: Music * ''The Way It Is'' (Bruce Hornsby album), by Bruce Hornsby and the Range ** "The Way It Is" (Bruce Hornsby song), the title song * ''The Way It Is'' (Glenn Hughes album), or the title song * ''The Way It Is' ...

'' (1999) * '' From the Archives Volume I - Incense & Peaches'' (2000) *'' Return of Crystal Karma'' (2000) *''

Building the Machine ''Building the Machine'' is a studio album by former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze vocalist/ bassist Glenn Hughes. It was his eighth solo studio album and was released in 2001 on SPV, DNA and Nippon Crown records. History ''Building ...

'' (2001) *'' Songs in the Key of Rock'' (2003) * '' Freak Flag Flyin''' (2003) (live) * ''

Soulfully Live in the City of Angels ''Soulfully Live In The City Of Angels'' is a live album and DVD by former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze vocalist/ bassist Glenn Hughes. It was recorded at Sound Image Studio, Hollywood on January 11, 2004 in front of select group of ...

'' (2004) (live) *''

Soul Mover ''Soul Mover'' is a studio album by former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze (band), Trapeze vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (English musician), Glenn Hughes. It was his tenth solo studio album and was released in 2005 on Frontiers Records, F ...

'' (2005) *''

Music for the Divine ''Music for the Divine'' is a studio album by former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze vocalist/ bassist Glenn Hughes. It was his eleventh solo studio album and was released in 2006 on Frontier, Demolition, Sony BMG and Yamaha records. ...

'' (2006) * ''Live in Australia'' (2007) (live) *''

First Underground Nuclear Kitchen ''First Underground Nuclear Kitchen'' is a studio album by former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes. It is his twelfth solo studio album and was released in 2008 on Frontiers Records. History ''First Undergr ...

'' (2008)

Hughes-Turner Project

*'' HTP'' (2002) *'' HTP 2'' (2003)

Tomas Bodin

*''Sonic Boulevard'' (2003) *''I A M'' (2005) *''You Are'' (2009)

Phenomena

*''Psycho Fantasy'' (2006)

References

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