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CROSSBREED Signs With Ex-KORN Guitarist's DRIVEN MUSIC GROUP

July 18, 2008

Florida metal act CROSSBREED has inked a multi-album deal with Driven Music Group, Inc. — the Phoenix, Arizona-based music label and entertainment company created by Brian "Head" Welch, a founding member, songwriter and guitarist from the multi-platinum rock band KORN. The band is currently in the studio in Clearwater finishing up the mix of its new album. An October release date is expected, to be followed by a U.S. tour.

CROSSBREED frontman James Rietz comments: "Driven Music Group is a great fit for CROSSBREED. [Driven's] Mark [music industry veteran Mark Nawara], Greg [entertainment law attorney Greg Shanaberger] and Brian are straight-forward guys, which is a rare find these days. You don't feel the point of a blade on your back when you're talking to them."

Nawara states: "I've been in touch with the band for the past two years and was blown away when I checked them out live in Flint, Michigan at The Machine Shop. We are very excited to finally get started."

It was a radio show hosted by Tampa's WXTB in early 2000 that landed a CROSSBREED demo in the hands of the Canadian metal band KITTIE, who brought the tape to the attention of its then-label Artemis Records. CROSSBREED signed a deal soon after, spending the latter part of the year holed up in a New York City studio where they wrote and recorded the songs that would become 2001's "Synthetic Division". The album went on to sell over 50,000 copies in the United States, while the band continued to tour across the country.

CROSSBREED's "Underlined" video (from 2001's "Synthetic Division"):

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