Veteran U.K. hard rockers SHY have issued the following press release:
After several months of careful consideration, we are delighted to name our new lead singer as Lee Small. Lee has sung with his own band SURVEILLANCE as well as featuring on the new PHENOMENA album. He has a very soulful voice reminiscent of Glenn Hughes which we hope to exploit on the new material we are currently working on. The band believes that our best way forward is to spend the year concentrating on writing and recording a new album for release early 2008. However, this does not mean we our turning our back on the gigging front as we hope to try out some of the new stuff live later this year as well as introducing some of our older material that you've not heard in a while.
"Whilst not straying too far from what we did on 'Unfinished Business' and 'Sunset and Vine', we hope the new material will come across as a natural evolution to its predecessors.
"We would like to take this opportunity to thank Tony O'Hora for his time and we wish him all the best for the future. Likewise, we'd all like to wish Tony Mills every success with TNT and all his other ventures.
"So, a lot of hard work ahead and hopefully some exciting times to come. We'll keep you updated with our progress."
Fifth Angel posted the following message on their official website:
" Credible rumors have begun to circulate that Fifth Angel may reunite for some shows later this year. No word yet on a firm lineup, but vocalist Ted Pilot and bassist John Macko are apparently in the mix! Don't expect a quick update to this, but as soon as confirmation and further details are available, they will be posted here.
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Launch Radio Networks reports: VELVET REVOLVER initially began working on its second album last year with Rick Rubin, the superstar producer who's currently overseeing METALLICA and LINKIN PARK, and who has produced AUDIOSLAVE, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, JOHNNY CASH, the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS and many others. But the band parted with Rubin after a brief time and hired Brendan O'Brien instead. VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland told Launch why his band and Rick Rubin were not a good match. "If you're gonna work with a producer, unless you're gonna produce something yourselves, if you're gonna pay a producer, get in the trenches with us and work with us," he said. "The Rick thing didn't work out, and, you know, he was working on a couple of other things, METALLICA and U2, and so we kind of became very uninspired."
