Ex-HELLYEAH Bassist Joins Forces With W.A.S.P. Drummer, PROGRAM THE DEAD Vocalist

January 26, 2010

California-based bassist Jerry Montano (HELLYEAH, DANZIG, NOTHINGFACE) has joined forces with Mark Zavon on guitar, Mike Dupke from W.A.S.P. on drums, and Matt James from PROGRAM THE DEAD on vocals to launch an as-yet-unnamed new project. "It's my main focus," Montano tells AOL's Noisecreep. "We are just finishing vocals now and should have something up in a month or so."

He adds, "I'm really enjoying writing and working with these guys. It's a miracle what can happen once you let go of ego, grudges and pride.

"I'm looking forward to a new beginning and a new start at an old game."

According to unconfirmed reports, it was during HELLYEAH's CD-release party in April 2007 that the group's then-bassist Montano got drunk and violent, allegedly threatening his bandmates. One week later he was dismissed from the band and was subsequently replaced by Bob "Zilla" Kakaha, who played with the Abbott brothers in their post-PANTERA group, DAMAGEPLAN, until Dimebag's death.

"I'm never going to be an angel, but I am more aware," Montano tells Noisecreep. "It basically got to a point where I had a choice: die or take my head out of the bottle and face the wreckage of my past and dust off. I took a few years away from music, went to college and majored in biology and nursing, if you can believe it, and realized that though I loved school, it just wasn't me."

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