CLEMENS P. RAFFETT (CPR) BIRTHDAY: 23 August 1982 HOMETOWN: Vienna, Austria INSTRUMENTS: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Percussion INFLUENCES: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Rolling Stones

THE BAND: PAUL GALLISTER - Lead Guitars, Back. Vocals STEFAN MAYRHOFER - Bass, Back. Vocals PAUL SCHNEIDER - Drums

2001:
Clemens P. Raffett started performing several acoustic gigs in small venues in Vienna and Lower Austria.

2002:
Clemens P. Raffett and Andreas Ambler founded the idea of their coverband Mindquake - at first, playing several gigs just as an “Acoustic-Duo”. But as time went by, the two of them developed many contacts with both Austrian and foreign artists who have supported them both on and off the stage.

2003 - 2006:
Mindquake and their changing band-members had been playing lots of different venues and festivals, but also continued to perform as the "Acoustic-Duo" in Vienna and Lower Austria. The bands playlist included classic hits and fine songs from different genres like rock, pop, blues, country, folk, country rock and hard rock. they performed songs from well-known artists and always presented different guests on stage.

2006:
Clemens continuely started working on original material and playing some solo acoustic gigs with a good mix of coversongs and his original songs.

2007 – 2009:
Clemens was forced to take a long timeout from performing live-gigs because of serious vocal problems suffering from a chronic laryngitis. He took the chance to start writing lots of original material. After long therapy and vocal trainings he is finally ready to get back on stage again.

2009:
Together with Harry Fischer, a good friend and a brilliant musician, Clemens started working on his first solo album, which should be released in 2011!

2010:
Clemens recorded the first single "One Night Stand" and started working on a new rock-covers project called "The Cap".

2011:
In January CPR recorded his debut album with great musicians in Vienna. In July CPR signed with EMG and "Highway One" was released in October!