Hank Hazel

Henrique Luís Seabra (born October 6, 1971), better known as Hank Hazel, is a Portuguese rock guitarist. He currently plays with the American rock band Starshine.

Early life
Henrique was born October 6, 1971 in, and raised in. His father was a singer who sang Christian praise and worship music in and around the area. He was also a fan of rock music. He was introduced to bands such as, , and  and  through his father's album collection. Henrique was inspired to start playing guitar after listening to his father's copy of 's Fool for the City.

Career
His stage name "Hank Hazel" has two sources of origin. "Hank" was his attempt at translating his birth name "Henrique", and "Hazel" came from the Watership Down character Hazel, who Henrique thought resembled him.

At the age of 20, he moved to the United States to enroll in the, but left after a few weeks and began busking in , where he met Martin Rosander.