COSMOSQUAD Announces Live DVD Release, Japanese Tour Dates

July 16, 2008

Acclaimed Southern California progressive instrumentalists COSMOSQUAD, featuring guitarist Jeff Kollman (GLENN HUGHES, UFO),bassist Christopher Maloney (DWEEZIL ZAPPA, HARDLINE),and drummer Shane Gaalaas (B'Z, GLENN HUGHES, MSG),will release their first-ever live DVD, "Lights... Camera... SQUAD!", on July 22. A joint venture between Marmaduke Records and Sunset Records, "Lights... Camera... Squad!" was recorded during the band's October 18, 2007 performance at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA and features songs from the band's three studio albums, "Cosmosquad" (1997),"Squadrophenia" (2001) and "Acid Test" (2007),as well as Jeff Kollman's 1999 solo album "Shedding Skin".

"Lights... Camera... SQUAD!" track listing:

01. Numena
02. Fat, Mean & Nasty
03. The Spy Who Ate Her
04. Lubitorium
05. Road To Tanzania / Tribal Trance
06. Sheer Drama
07. While My Guitar Gently Screams
08. Epapo Funk
09. Grossalicious
10. Swink
11. I.N.S. Conspiracy

DVD extras include a visit with longtime executive producer Buddy Jo Kollman, footage of Jeff Kollman's extensive guitar arsenal, as well as a photo gallery. In addition, the DVD packaging will contain a password to unlock exclusive web site-only online content, an interview conducted with the full band earlier in the year as well as behind-the-scenes footage of COSMOSQUAD's inaugural 2008 tour of Japan.

A three-minute DVD teaser can be viewed at this location.

On the live front, COSMOSQUAD will embark on its Japan Tour 2008 Round II in September after playing half a dozen shows in Tokyo and Osaka in March 2008. Exact dates and venues are as follows:

Sept. 23 - ESP Musical Academy, Bldg 12 Club 1ne 2wo, Tokyo (doors: 19:00)
Sept. 24 - Bottom Line, Nagoya (doors: 18:30)
Sept. 25 - Live House enn, Sendai (doors: 19:00)

"Lights... Camera... SQUAD!" was released in Japan on July 12 via Zain Records.

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