DROWNING POOL Partners with Fourth Annual G.I. FILM FESTIVAL

May 12, 2010

DROWNING POOL, the "all-American" anthemic rock band, has announced its partnership with the G.I. Film Festival, a non-profit organization and the only film festival in the nation to honor the successes and sacrifices of American service members through the medium of film.

DROWNING POOL will offer a free download of its Top 5 active rock smash "Feel Like I Do" to participants of the G.I. Film Festival. "Feel Like I Do" is the band's second consecutive Top 5 hit and the first single from their new self-titled album ("Drowning Pool", Eleven Seven Music),which was released on April 27 and debuted at No. 35 on The Billboard 200, No. 3 on Billboard's Hard Rock and No. 5 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums charts in its first week. The band also donated a signed guitar and other items that will be raffled off during the May 11-16 G.I. Film Festival at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC.

"We're honored to offer this track through the G.I. Film Festival and to our friends in and the supporters of the military, whose strength and perseverance inspire us," said DROWNING POOL's Mike Luce. "In releasing this record, we are extending our thanks to the troops for all that they do for us and are happy that 'Feel Like I Do' seems to resonate with our friends in the warrior community to unite them after their experiences."

Said G.I. Film Festival co-founder Brandon Millett: "We're excited to partner with DROWNING POOL. The band's music and philosophy of giving back to our troops compliment our event."

Following their first hit with "Bodies" in 2001, DROWNING POOL developed a special relationship with the military and their families, eventually visiting and performing for the soldiers in Kuwait and Iraq in 2005 and 2006, respectively. They were also instrumental in the passing of the Lane Evans Mental Health Care Reform providing better mental health care for our veterans. During a trip to Capitol Hill, they presented then-Senator Barack Obama with a petition which helped to pass the Lane Evans Mental Health Care Reform, which he sponsored in the Senate and went on to become law supporting the medical rights for our returning warriors. DROWNING POOL engaged in a tour of South Korea for MWR (The US Army's family and morale, welfare and recreation organization) and on Memorial Day 2009 they even played Guantanamo Bay.

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