(PR) KOCH Records' first signing for its new metal division is the Los Angeles based hard rock outfit, Circus Diablo. The band features members past and present from The Cult, Fuel, The Almighty and Camp Freddy. The self-titled debut album will be released on July 3rd, 2007 and features the single, "Loaded."Circus Diablo is Billy Morrison (vocals), Billy Duffy (lead guitar), Ricky Warwick (guitar), and Brett Scallions (bass), with Charles Ruggiero of Slunt beating the skins live, while Velvet Revolver's Matt Sorum performed all the drum tracks on the album, courtesy of RCA Records.
"KOCH got this because they got this," remarked front man Morrison, "and we couldn't be at a better place." Morrison, the founder of the legendary, mega-star studded, Hollywood-based cover band Camp Freddy continues, "I will not be pining for some lost love while I hover over a piano, not even close. Rock exists below the belt and we intend to deliver rock the way it was meant to be: hard, fast, and dirty."
The band hits the road this summer in support of their debut album, with touring plans continuing through 2008. You can catch Circus Diablo at Ozzfest,and at press time the band has confirmed a co-headlining tour with Nick (Queens Of The Stone Age) Oliveri's Mondo Generator.
TOUR DATES (Headlining and Ozzfest - Headlining dates marked with *)
Thu 7/12 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
* Fri 7/13 Tacoma WA South Sound Garage
Sat 7/14 George, WA The Gorge
* Sun 7/15 Portland, OR Outlaws Bar & Grill
Tue 7/17 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheater
* Wed 7/18 San Francisco, CA Café Du Nord
Thu 7/19 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheater
* Fri 7/20 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy
Sat 7/21 Devore, CA Hyundai Pavilion
Tue 7/24 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
Thu 7/26 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
* Fri 7/27 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
Sat 7/28 Denver, CO Coors Amphitheater
* Sun 7/29 Salina, KS The Blue Goat
Mon 7/30 Kansas City, MO Verizon Amphitheater
* Wed 8/1 Houston, TX Meridian
Thu 8/2 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Center
Sat 8/4 San Antonio, TX Verizon Amphitheater
Mon 8/6 St. Louis, MO Verizon Amphitheater
* Tue 8/7 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
Wed 8/8 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheater
Fri 8/10 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest
Sun 8/12 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley
* Mon 8/13 Reedsburg, WI Badger Music Theatre
Tue 8/14 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Amphitheater
Thu 8/16 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sat 8/18 Hartford, CT Dodge Music Theater
Mon 8/20 Boston, MA Tweeter Center
Wed 8/22 Philadelphia, PA Tweeter Center
Fri 8/24 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
* Sat 8/25 Warren, MI The Ritz
Sun 8/26 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theater
Tue 8/28 Charlotte, NC Verizon Amphitheater
Thu 8/30 West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheater
