HMP? (How Much Personalities?) is one of the best known Latvian new generation band. It was founded in Riga in the summer of 1994, when musicians from two well-known Latvian groups Zig- Zag and F.Art decided to join together. The average age of the musicians is 22. The style of HMP? could be defined as a mixture of grunge, punk rock, heavy rap & funk. The group has performed in clubs around Latvia, it has taken part in several music festivals in Latvia (Rock Against Drugs, Rock Against Militarism), as well as made some demo recordings in "Riga Sound Recording Studio", "Studio 55" and "GEM studio". In the summer of 96 HMP? played more than 20 concerts around Latvia, they have also taken part in festivals - "Rock Summer 96", "Liepajas Dzintars" (most famous rock festival in Latvia since 1976),"Youth Against the Nazis" (Wroclaw, Poland.). In May of 1997, the debut album called "Blue" was released by Microphone Records, EMI licensee company in Baltic States. In October, 1997 HMP? performed in festival "Operation B", Tallinn, Estonia. Headline artists of this festival were a well-known Swedish group "Clawfinger". Appearance in this festival was followed by an invitation to perform in festival "Rock Non Stop", which took place at the end of November of 1997 in Polva, Estonia. In October, 1997 a single of remix version of track "The Glove" was released, the author of which is DJ SUN. The single was highly valued in EMI branches in England, Germany, USA, Japan and Republic of South Africa.

HMP? is :

galdc - vocals
m. maris - bass
jensen - guitars
ivo kairis - drums