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DIRTY RIG Announces New Singer

September 20, 2007

New York City/Long Island rock act DIRTY RIG has parted ways with singer Kory Clarke (WARRIOR SOUL) "as they couldn't see eye to eye on several important band issues," according to a press release. DIRTY RIG just returned home after their second UK tour supporting their Escapi Music release titled "Rock Did It".

"We wish Kory all the best in the world with his various projects," the band said in a statement. "Kory is a champ and a lifer in the music scene. He has spent nearly his first 50 years rocking out and we are sure he will be rocking for another 50 years."

Since returning from its UK tour, DIRTY RIG has auditioned over 60 singers and they now feel they are back to their fighting weight with the addition of Tom Morrissey as their frontman. "We are so fucking excited to have Tom leading this band now," says founding member and bassist Buckshot. "Tom can really sing his balls off and he writes some killer melodies. It's a true blessing."

DIRTY RIG will be in the September 22 issue of Classic Rock magazine that will feature the band's new singer on the magazine's upcoming CD sampler. The magazine wanted the band to cover a song that was in a movie so the members of the band decided to run a promotion/contest with MySpace and let the fans determine the outcome of the cover song.

"There are so many great songs out there and everyone in the band had a different idea of what song to cover," says guitarist Chris. "I wanted to do something by WAYLON JENNINGS or AC/DC, Dave wanted to cover a RUSH track, Tom wanted to do a CHEAP TRICK tune and Buckshot wanted to cover 'Cockroaches' from 'Killing Technology' by VOIVOD even though that song was never in a movie. So we just said let the fans on MySpace decide. We dont know how this particular song got picked but what ever. We said we would do what ever song was chosen and we did. We always keep our word If you don't keep your word, then you ain't worth squat."

Check out DIRTY RIG's MySpace page for the new demo version of "Kickin' & Screamin'" and the most voted MySpace cover song, SIMPLE MINDS' "Dont You".

The band has written and nearly completed recording all of the material for the follow-up to "Rock Did It". Look for DIRTY RIG's new release to hit record stores in April 2008.

Upcoming DIRTY RIG shows:

Oct. 12 - Dingbatz - Clifton NJ
Oct. 13 - Rex's Bar - West Chester PA
Oct. 14 - The Crazy Donkey - Farmingdale NY
Oct. 26 - Crash Manshion - New York NY

DIRTY RIG's video for the song "Rock Did It":

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