Former MEGADETH Guitarist CHRIS POLAND To Appear On STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Tribute Album

March 26, 2009

Ex-MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland will team up with multi-platinum producer and recording artist Matt "Dr." Fink, formerly of PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, to record a cover version of "Crackerman" for the forthcoming CD "Wicked Garden: A Millennium Tribute to Stone Temple Pilots", due in the summer via Versailles Records. Also expected to appear on the album are current/former members of BLACK SABBATH, RACER X, BADLANDS, ALICE COOPER, FUEL, SURGICAL STEEL, CIRCLE JERKS, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, WARRANT, STEELHEART, MICHAEL SHENKER GROUP, DOKKEN, L.A. GUNS, MACHINE HEAD, RATT, W.A.S.P. and QUIET RIOT. In addition to a number of name hard rock and alt-rock/grunge-era artists, the collection will feature a handful of up-and-coming millennium rock bands. The set will also include a bonus CD sampler featuring original bands/songs influenced/inspired by STP.

Versailles Records has released "Lick It Up: A Millennium Tribute to Kiss" as well as tributes to GUNS N' ROSES and LED ZEPPELIN.

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