Welcome to
Gate 21
Geneva based rock band
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.
Gate 21 repertoire covers assorted bands like Toto, The Beatles, Phil Collins, Chris Cornell and many others.
Please do not hesitate to contact us for shows and events. Check us out on the video page!
Check out our sister band Terminus 7
Meet the Band
Francesca
Vocals
Marc
Guitars
Florian
Drums
Andy
Bass, vocals & a little guitar
Matteo
Bass, vocals & a little guitar
Sabine
Vocals
Thanks to our previous members Felix (drums) and TyPy (drums & vocals) for their immense contributions.
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Un album pour Terminus
Welcome Matteo to Gate 21!
He brings his awesome rock voice and experience to the band.
Now Francesca and him will add cool harmonies to the mix !
Francesca, Matteo & Andy
Francesca
Francesca joins the band and brings her sweet vocals.
Welcome to Gate 21 !
GaTe 217 ?
We've un-merged our 2 bands Terminus 7 (Claude Pierre-André Pat Marc) and Gate 21 (Andy Felix Marc). Then again, Andy sings some of Terminus 7 songs... Check us out !
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Sabine
Sabine, who also played in The Darts iteration with Marc & Florian joined Gate 21 for the Pickwick March 25th 2023 show and put on quite a performance, thanks !
Matteo
Florian
returns after 20 years !
He brings his energy, humour and his drumsticks to Gate 21.
Florian and Marc played for years together in "The Darts" iteration back in the 90's and 2000's. it's good to play again together !
