High Spirits

Booking Agent

Bart Gabriel
bart@dragon-productions.com

All regions

Biography

Although described by Spin magazine as “one of America’s greatest unsung metal bands”, Chicago’s HIGH SPIRITS has always identified as high-energy rock. Similarly, the founder and leader of HIGH SPIRITS has always referred to himself only as Chris, although it is no secret that he is Chris “Professor” Black, and it was clear from the start that HIGH SPIRITS’ majority audience comes clad in denim & leather. HIGH SPIRITS on record remains as it began in 2009, with Chris writing, playing, and producing everything on his own. But already at the demo stage, the five-piece HIGH SPIRITS live band was in high demand and gained much DIY tour experience during 2010 and 2011. Meanwhile Chris was writing and recording more songs, which always emphasized melody, atmosphere, and a lifelike blend of emotions.

The debut album “Another Night” (High Roller Records 2011) was a big hit. In particular the tracks “Another Night In The City” and “Full Power” hooked listeners immediately and have helped sustain the album’s popularity to the present day. In 2012 and 2013, strong label and media support and the band’s “just say yes” attitude carried HIGH SPIRITS to its first European gigs including the Rock Hard Festival and Keep It True in Germany.

The second album “You Are Here” (2014) kicked off another more extensive series of tours spanning the United States, Canada, England, and mainland Europe. The band continued touring heavily throughout 2015, powered by strong label support and phenomenal audience response. The band’s experiences on the road (and in the air) were chronicled on the semi-autobiographical album “Motivator” (2016), supported throughout 2017 by the four-part “MotivaTour”.

HIGH SPIRITS began 2020 with a new album and a full program of gigs booked to support its release. “Hard To Stop” received high marks from the fans and media, but touring was of course postponed. Fast-forward to 2022 and 2023, and HIGH SPIRITS was back on the road at home and abroad, playing in clubs and also at such festivals as Party-San Open Air in Germany, Heavy Metal Thunder in the Czech Republic, Pyrenean Warriors Open Air in France, and Hell’s Heroes in Texas.

In the midst of this, Chris wrote and recorded the next HIGH SPIRITS album, released in November of 2023. Entitled “Safe On The Other Side”, the album is an essential addition to the HIGH SPIRITS discography, featuring new live favorites such as the leadoff smash single “In The Moonlight” and heavy-hearted “One Day Closer”. The band supported the album throughout 2025 with a typically wide-ranging schedule of gigs at home and abroad, hitting a new peak excellence and intensity as a live act whether in a festival setting or sweaty dive bar.

Now in 2026, the HIGH SPIRITS audience is more diverse but also as united and dedicated as ever – to themselves, to each other, and to the awesome power of the music we love. The band’s live program for the coming year is as always a balance of familiar places and unexplored territory, a metaphor for the music itself, which gently expands while always maintaining its original core and identity:
100% HIGH ENERGY ROCK MUSIC!!!

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Tour Dates

No shows booked at the moment.