SKINLAB Is Back!

September 8, 2006

After a three-year hiatus, acclaimed San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB rehearsed for the first time on Saturday, September 2.

"Practice was amazing!" bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. "We're basically gonna writing a shitload of material and see what happens. There's like five song ideas so far that are pretty badass — just super-heavy stuff.

"There will be another SKINLAB record," he added. "Snake [guitar] and I will be busy with RE:IGNITION for the cycle of our debut album, which means SKINLAB will trailing shortly behind in late 2007 sometime."

SKINLAB 2006 lineup:

Paul Hopkins - Drums
Glen Telford - Guitars
Steev Esquivel - Bass/Vocals
Snake - Guitars

SKINLAB's last studio album, "ReVolting Room", came out in 2002. A double-disc set, entitled "Nerve Damage", featuring alternate versions of studio tracks, several live tracks recorded on the band's "ReVolting Room" tour, plus two new songs, came out in 2004.

RE:IGNITION — the band featuring Esquivel on guitar, Snake on bass, Dave Moore (ex-MINDBENDER) on vocals, Tim Howell (ex-FUELED, SACRILEGE B.C.) on guitar and Mark Hernandez (ex-TECHNOCRACY, TORQUE) on drums — will be posting its new single, "Head On", on its MySpace page today. The track comes off the group's debut album, "Empty Heart Loaded Gun", due later in the year via Corporate Punishment Records.

"Empty Heart Loaded Gun" features guest appearances by guitarist Phil Demmel (MACHINE HEAD, ex-VIO-LENCE) and vocalist Brock Lindow (36 CRAZYFISTS).

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