ARMORED SAINT Guitarists Demoing KRANK Amps At NAMM (Video)
February 10, 2011Video footage of Jeff Duncan and Phil Sandoval of ARMORED SAINT demoing the new Krank Jr. combos at the Krank booth at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California during the 2011 NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention that took place January 13-16, can be viewed below. Jeff (on the left) is running through a Nineteen80 Jr. 20W combo and Phil (on the right) is using the Rev Jr. Pro 20W combo. The combos will be available by late spring 2011.
ARMORED SAINT's latest album, "La Raza", sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 18 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200. "La Raza" also entered the German Media Control chart at No. 96 and the Canadian Independent chart at No. 85.
"La Raza" was recorded at Burbank, California's Tranzformer Studios, which is owned by Dave Jerdan (ALICE IN CHAINS, JANE'S ADDICTION),who produced ARMORED SAINT's 1991 classic "Symbol of Salvation" and Bryan Carlstrom, who engineered the same album. The band's first new release since 2001's "Nod to the Old School" was produced by Joey Vera and engineered by Carlstrom and his assistant John Nuss.
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