TORA TORA's Lineup At ROCKLAHOMA Will Include All Four Original Members

February 22, 2008

Late '80s/early '90s Memphis, Tennesse-based rockers TORA TORA will reunite for an appearance at this year's Rocklahoma festival, which will be held July 10-13, 2008 at the Catch The Fever Festival Grounds, four miles north of Pryor, Oklahoma. Also expected to perform at the event are POISON singer Bret Michaels, KROKUS, VIXEN, L.A. GUNS (featuring Tracii Guns),HOUSE OF LORDS, WARRANT (featuring lead singer Jani Lane) and VAIN.

TORA TORA has issued the following update regarding its appearance at the festival:

"Let me clear this up NOW!! TORA TORA at Rocklahoma IS all ORIGINAL members!!!

"Before the rumor mill gets stirring, I wanted to go ahead and clear this up. On some other message boards, it has been speculated that the TORA TORA reunion is only Anthony [Corder, vocals] and Patrick [Francis, bass]. That is NOT true.

"The TORA TORA reunion for Rocklahoma 2008 is ALL FOUR ORIGINAL MEMBERS!!!

Anthony Corder - Vocals
Patrick Francis - Bass
Keith Douglas - Guitar
John Patterson - Drums

"Apparently, a radio station mistakenly was referring to Anthony/Patrick's former local band, HOMEMADE FLAVOR, and some people took it the wrong way and started posting misinformation. So I just wanted to set the record straight.

"Again, it IS all four ORIGINAL members playing Rocklahoma 2008!!"

TORA TORA started out as a local garage band then eventually got studio time when they won a local Battle of the Bands contest. Following this, the band recorded "To Rock To Roll" as an independent EP. After its release, the songs "Phantom Rider" and "Love's A Bitch" received extensive airplay on local radio station Rock 98. A deal with A&M Records followed, and the band recorded its debut album, "Surprise! Attack", in 1989. This LP peaked on Billboard's Top 200 at #47. The single "Dancing With A Gypsy" was on the soundtrack for the film "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" later that year. In 1992, TORA TORA's second album, "Wild America", was released. It only achieved #134 on the Billboard chart and it did not sell as well, but it was a more mature step at songwriting. A third album, "Revolution Day", was recorded in 1994, but it was never released due to label restructuring.

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