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Welcome to
Gate 21

Geneva based rock band

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Booking agency

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About Gate 21

We're a Geneva based cover band. 

 

Gate 21 is an evolution since its founding in early 90's by Marc Fettarappa and Alex Smouha (originally called "The Darts").

 

Across the years, many friends and renowned local musicians have been part of the band like Alvin Williams, Florian Sonnemann, Dennis Watson, Sabine Piantella, Carlos Sprenger, Laurence Quiquerez, Bruno Chatelain, Alain Gaberell, Jean-Pierre Dorner, Darko Milojkovic, Jaco Dwek, ("RockAddiXion" area), Rafael Ruiz to name a few... A special mention goes to Sabine Piantella ("The Darts & RockAddiXion" area) who has saved Gate 21 with panache on extremely short notice for a gig during the pandemic!

 

During the Darts and RockAddixion periods, the band performed at the famous CERN Hardronic festival but also at Gena Festival and supported the UK British Blues Award winner and 4 time European Blues Awards nominee Bex Marshall on her debut album "Bootleg" swiss tour.

 

The band was renamed "Gate 21" after our bass player Andy Simha who spends a lot of time at airport gates ! Felix Weber and Thierry Paley respectively took on the drumming and the singing. To no small measure of Andy's making, Francesca Molteni filled in after Thierry took on other activities.

 

Florian reintegrated the band in 2023 after a 20 years break taking on the throne left vacant by Felix.

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Sabine rejoined Gate 21 in march 2023 as Francesca went on to family duties.

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Gate 21 repertoire covers assorted bands like Toto, The Beatles, Phil Collins, Chris Cornell and many others.

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Please do not hesitate to contact us for shows and events. Check us out on the video page!

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Check out our sister band Terminus 7

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Meet the Band

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Sabine

Vocals

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Marc

Guitars

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Florian

Drums

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Andy

Bass, vocals & a little guitar

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Matteo

Bass, vocals & a little guitar

Thanks to our previous members Francesca (vocals) Felix (drums) and TyPy (drums & vocals) for their immense contributions.

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Concert

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