It's done. FOZZY has signed a worldwide deal with CENTURY MEDIA Records ! Their next album will be released around summer this year. For those following Rich Ward since the beginning, it's
certainly not a surprise to see him again with Century Media after signing his first record deal for STUCK MOJO with them back in 1995 !!! The good thing is that FOZZY will now have full support
from a solid label. So, expect the best for 2012 !!!
Unbelievable but true !!! AGENT COOPER will be touring Europe this very winter, supporting TONY MACALPINE !!!
Read the full press release here :
Tony MacAlpine - Dream Mechanism Tour - Europe 2012
Special guest support from Atlanta Southern Prog-Rock band: Agent Cooper.
Tony will be performing a headline set featuring songs from his new solo album and a selection of his past classics – including a performance of...the entire Edge Of Insanity album as part of the set.
Tony’s powerhouse band is:
Aquiles Priester – Drums (Hangar, Angra)
Bjorn Englen, Bass (Yngwie Malmsteen, Uli Jon Roth)
Nili Brosh – Guitar
More details on tickets and special VIP packages coming soon.
Though Rich is not in the band anymore, this might be the last post regarding AMOB on this blog, but make sure we'll keep watching what's up with the MOB in the future as their debut album will
be out on March 13th this year.
Hopefully a tour will follow. So keep checking out their official page http://adrenalinemob.com/ to get all the news.
Shortly after ADRENALINE MOB announced a release date for their much-anticipated debut album, Rich Ward published a statement on his facebook page explaining his decision of stepping down of
the band to fully concentrate on FOZZY, STUCK MOJO and WALKING WITH KINGS. Impossible schedule of managing all bands together seems to have been the main reason to his departure. Paul DiLeo
is following Rich in Fozzy by stepping down as well.
Here's Rich statement :
"When I was first asked about coming on board as the 2nd guitarist for the Adrenaline Mob project, it was understood that every member of the band had other band commitments, most of us having
multiple active music projects. We all acknowledged that it would be a...challenge to make it work, but we all agreed that
the lineup's potential was worth making the necessary compromises in each of our schedules. In recent months it was made clear that after the release of the band's album, scheduling around my
previous commitments wasn't going to be possible, and that it would be necessary to make Adrenaline Mob my sole priority. This basically meant that if I was to move forward with the Adrenaline
Mob guys, I would only be available to continue on recording and touring with Fozzy, Stuck Mojo, and Walking With Kings, when the AMOB wasn't working. That's a commitment I just couldn't make.
So, I contacted Mike Portnoy, and told him that I would need to step down and allow the band to find a guy who has the ability to fully commit to the project the way they need him to. His
response was gracious and completely understanding. The experience of playing in a band with Portnoy was amazing. I've never met a more passionate, committed musician all my years, and always a
complete gentlemen towards me. Playing with musicians of that calibre was an honor and a privilege, I hope they go on to the great things they deserve."
