RUFFIANS: Live Shows Announced

April 28, 2008

RUFFIANS, the reunited power metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area, has confirmed the following shows:

May 03 - The Kennel Club - Sacramento, CA
May 04 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA (w/ UFO)

The band has plans to release a limited-edition live album with two new studio tracks later this year before its next studio CD.

RUFFIANS' latest 11-track studio album, "Desert of Tears", is available in the U.S. on OSM Records and in Europe on Metal Heaven Records. A bonus video track, "Do or Die", is available on the OSM release. Also available exclusively through OSM Records is the double-disc "There & Back", which includes the band's critically acclaimed first EP titled "Ruffians" along with six live tracks from The Stone in San Francisco. These tracks feature the band's first singer Carl Albert before he went on to front VICIOUS RUMORS. The double disc also features '87 demo material, a video track from the band's Bang Your Head!!! festival 2004 appearance and photo gallery.

"Do or Die" video:

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