STORMZONE Confirmed For UK's Z ROCK 08 Festival
November 5, 2007Irish band STORMZONE has been confirmed for the Z Rock 08 festival, set to take place April 20, 2008 at Maximes, Wigan, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows:
BONFIRE
VON GROOVE
STORMZONE
BURN
Z Rock 08 tickets are currently on sale at a special early bird discounted rate of £40 (plus recorded delivery) until November 11. Tickets will go on general sale at various outlets on November 12 priced at £45 each (booking fee may apply).
For more information, visit www.myspace.com/zrockfest.
STORMZONE recently amicably parted ways with drummer Glenn Gray. Glenn's permanent replacement is David Bates, the original drummer for NWOBHM legends SWEET SAVAGE. One of David's many admirers is METALLICA's Lars Ulrich who was blown away by the new STORMZONE drummer when he saw him onstage with SWEET SAVAGE supporting THIN LIZZY. METALLICA went on to record a SWEET SAVAGE song "Killing Time" (which David Bates co-wrote with current DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell, then also a member of SWEET SAVAGE) and this was included as the B-side to METALLICA's "The Unforgiven" single.
STORMZONE vocalist Harv and Davy Bates have previously worked together in EMERALD which was formed out of the ashes of SWEET SAVAGE with all members except Vivian Campbell, who at that time had went on to join DIO. STORMZONE rehearsals with the new sticks-man have been going brilliantly and the band are doing several Irish dates over the next few weeks as warm ups for their appearance at this year's Firefest on October 26. Attention will then turn to the studio and the band will be recording the follow-up to their debut album "Caught In The Act" in November for release in February/March 2008.
For more information, visit www.harv-harbinson.com.
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