With a “balance of fanged rock riffs and catchy pop hooks – and, of course, the harmonized guitars - there’s burly American musculature in many of BLACK STAR RIDERS’ songs. Named after a gang of ruthless outlaws in the 1993 western Tombstone, they’re good guys who are hell-bent on breathing new life into melodic hard rock,” writes Guitar World magazine about the band’s second studio album, The Killer Instinct, due out in North America on February 24th.
To read the print feature on BLACK STAR RIDER guitarists Scott Gorham (THIN LIZZY, ex-21 GUNS) & Damon Johnson (THIN LIZZY, ex-ALICE COOPER/BROTHER CANE), order the March 2015 issue of Guitar World (Tony Iommi/Geezer Butler cover) here.
Following their appearance on the Monsters Of Rock cruise, BLACK STAR RIDERS will play three shows in the U.S. this April as special guests to EUROPE. Upcoming dates are:
04/24/15 Potawatomi Casino – Milwaukee, WI
04/28/15 House of Blues – Chicago, IL [BUY TICKETS: http://concerts.livenation.com/event/04004E2FF60C46B7]
04/30/15 Irving Plaza – New York, NY [BUY TICKETS: http://concerts.livenation.com/event/00004E33D2F03FA2]
Additional U.S. tour dates will be announced soon.
Pre-sale ticket links are available on the official BLACK STAR RIDERS Facebook page.
Produced by Nick Raskulinecz (RUSH, FOO FIGHTERS, ALICE IN CHAINS, MASTODON), the all-star line-up for the band’s sophomore release features guitarist Scott Gorham (THIN LIZZY, 21 GUNS), vocalist Ricky Warwick (THIN LIZZY, THE ALMIGHTY), guitarist Damon Johnson (THIN LIZZY, ALICE COOPER, BROTHER CANE), drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (Y&T, MEGADETH), and bassist Robbie Crane (RATT, LYNCH MOB), who are collectively hailed as “the most re-energized and vital classic rock act on the circuit” by Classic Rock magazine.
The album can be pre-ordered in multiple formats (domestic, import, and exclusive vinyl) from The Killer Instinct Landing Page: http://smarturl.it/BSR-Killer-Instinct.
The track listing for the 2-CD digi-pak version of The Killer Instinct is:
01. The Killer Instinct (purchase the single on iTunes: http://geni.us/BSRInstinctiTunes)
02. Bullet Blues
03. Finest Hour
04. Soldierstown
05. Charlie I Gotta Go
06. Blindsided
07. Through The Motions
08. Sex, Guns & Gasoline
09. Turn In Your Arms
10. You Little Liar
BONUS CD
01 – Gabrielle
02 – The Reckoning Day
03 – The Killer Instinct (acoustic)
04 – Blindsided (acoustic)
05 – Charlie I Gotta Go (acoustic)
06 – Finest Hour (acoustic)
Hear the backstories on five new BLACK STAR RIDERS album tracks as narrated by veteran rock vocalist & lyricist Ricky Warwick on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbNgxDuFXaQ&list=PLB4brr7vf-P7rdX5OYLLJov84TnTea0Aq&index=1.
BLACK STAR RIDERS will play the U.K.’s Giants Of Rock Festival this month, co-headline a 16-date tour throughout the U.K. & Ireland with EUROPE beginning in early March, return to the U.S. to play multiple shows in April, and perform at England’s Download Festival this June.
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