Ex-ANNIHILATOR Bassist RUSSELL BERGQUIST: Solo Track Available For Download

August 12, 2004

Former ANNIHILATOR bassist Russell "The Woodsman" Bergquist has posted the following message on his web site:

"First off I would like to say sorry for being away for a while but there has been a lot going. The Vivien Lalu sessions were to start a few weeks back but there were some computer / hard drive problem that would not let us work. So, as I have been informed, Jay VP (engineer) has the files ready to go and we will start recording this Thursday August 12 and finish on Friday August 13. Uh oh, Friday the 13th!!

"I look forward to this recording as there is some very involved music and all the other musicians have done a fantastic job. It will be a great CD! I will post some of these files when they are available.

"My solo project is still slowly coming together. I am continuing to write and get material together for what will probably be a 5-song EP. I have one song that is currently an instrumental that I had my close friend Scott Webb record a couple of solos on. Scott played guitar for my old band FREAKS BY NATURE. I played all the other guitar parts including the harmony leads and programmed the drums (yeah, drum machine, just for now) Please bear in mind it is just a demo. This new song [titled 'Cassini' is now available for download here]. Hope you like it."

"I have also been doing jamming with other people as I feel that it is important to play all styles of music and play with all types of musicians. Most notably, I jammed recently with Devin Townsend and his band. Just for fun. Nothing else. We had talked about doing this before and finally got together, loosened up and made some noise. I was a great jam. Ryan [Van Poederooyen] is a great drummer and I look forward to working with him on my project.

"Ryan is also putting together people to record his solo effort. I will be participating with that and am looking forward to it. You can check more on this at RVPDrums.com.

"And now for the big news... biggest of my life actually. [Wife] Monique and I are expecting our first child in February. A little woodsman to take over for me!!! It is an incredible feeling and we are extremely excited. We are also moving to a new house this month so everything is going in a strong positive direction. Cool, very cool."

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