FR:      LIBBY HENRY/KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON 

FIREBALL MINISTRY

TO MAKE LATE NIGHT TELEVISION DEBUT

PERFORMING ‘SUNDOWN’–THE FIRST SINGLE OFF THEIR NEW ALBUM

‘THEIR ROCK IS NOT OUR ROCK’–

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 ON

LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY

The critically acclaimed Los Angeles rock band FIREBALL MINISTRY will make their late night television debut Friday, December 16 on NBC’s Last Call With Carson Daly. The group will perform their first single “Sundown”–a thunderous rocker–off the new album THEIR ROCK IS NOT OUR ROCK, out now on Liquor and Poker Music. This marks the first-ever late night TV performance for an artist under the Century Family group of labels.

In other news, FIREBALL MINISTRY will make an appearance Wednesday, December 7 on the “CHAOS” metal show airing live on Indie 103.1 FM (10:00PM-12:00AM Pacific) in Los Angeles. To listen in live, click the following link:http://www.indie1031.fm/listenlive.php.

Currently touring the U.S. with CKY, FIREBALL MINISTRY is about to join HIM, Finch and Skindred on the “Viva La Bands” tour, commencing November 19 in Atlantic City.

For THEIR ROCK IS NOT OUR ROCK, FIREBALL MINISTRY–JAMES A. ROTA II (vocalist/guitarist), EMILY J. BURTON (guitarist), JOHN ORESHNICK (drums) and new bassist JOHNY CHOW (ex-Systematic)–reteamed with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver). THEIR ROCK IS NOT OUR ROCK showcases the definitive FIREBALL MINISTRY sound which the LA Weekly described as “timeless hard rock excellence…magnificently heavy.”

Check out some of the early critical praise for THEIR ROCK IS NOT OUR ROCK:

“Like a cross between AC/DC, Queens of the Stone Age and Mountain, L.A.’s Fireball Ministry are pointedly classic rock, bluesy and psychedelic, but the band is engagingly subdued while bringing the noise. Guitarists Rev. James A. Rota II and Emily J. Burton down-tune and play simply and slowly, with tracks like “Hellspeak” and “Sundown” revealing their earthy, Malcolm Young-inspired riffs. The turgid stoner-rock production of Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, QOSTA) adds to the authentic old-school soupiness, while Rota’s smooth vocal tenor acts as a foil to the band’s plodding heft.”

–Martin Popoff, GUITAR WORLD, (Holiday-Nov.-Dec., 2005)

“an unapologetically down and dirty rock band.”

-Paul Semel, STUFFmagazine.com (10/11/05)

“From Los Angeles by way of Cincinnati, Fireball Ministry’s third album is more of the same for them–and thank God for that. The quartet’s melodic, bluesy hard rock fits like a broken-in denim jacket.”

-Bram Teitelman, BILLBOARD (October 29, 2005)

“Like Motorhead high-fiving Black Sabbath at a biker orgy.”

-Sam Barclay, FHM (October 2005)

“The climate is right for the intense Fireball Ministry. The band, which has been touring with CKY, is previewing tracks from its forthcoming disc, ‘Their Rock Is Not Our Rock,’ which will drop in mid-October. Visceral guitar-driven rock is in vogue, and so the time might be right for Fireball Ministry to cash in on its memorable power chords and hook-laden songs.”

-Ed Condran, ASBURY PARK PRESS (September 14, 2005)

“[On Their Rock Is Not Out Rock] Fireball Ministry offer another helping of part stoner, part biker metal… In this day and age, any group that sticks to their guns and doesn’t give in to the mainstream should be commended, and Fireball Ministry refuse to buckle. The group made a conscious ‘epic’ effort in the songwriting department, as several tracks stretch past five minutes in length—case in point, one of the album’s strongest tracks, the moody ‘Hellspeak.’”

-Greg Prato, ALL MUSIC GUIDE (September 13, 2005)

“Their Rock is Not Our Rock showcases Fireball Ministry as the definitive rock sound of the millennium, incredibly heavy and impressively timeless, reveling in hard rock roots and influence.”

-Jonathan Freeman-Anderson, VALLEY SCENE (Los Angeles),

(September 30-October 13, 2005)

Check out www.fireballministry.com and www.liquorandpokermusic.com for more information and catch FIREBALL MINISTRY on the road in the following cities:

DATE                         CITY                            VENUE

Rock Audio Tour with CKY

Fri       11/4                Atlanta, GA                 Masquerade     

Sat      11/5                Jacksonville, FL         Freebird Live

Sun     11/6                Orlando, FL               House of Blues

Mon     11/7                Ft. Lauderdale, FL    Culture Room           

Wed    11/9                Tallahassee, FL         Beta Bar

Thu      11/10              Little Rock, AR          Juanita’s

Fri       11/11              Houston, TX               Engine Room

Sat      11/12              Austin, TX                  La Zona Rosa

Sun     11/13              Fort Worth, TX            Ridglea Theatre

Tue      11/15              Oklahoma City, OK   Diamond Ballroom

Wed    11/16               Albuquerque, NM      Sunshine Theater

Viva La Bands Tour with HIM, Finch, Skindred

Sat      11/19              Atlantic City, NJ          House of Blues

Mon     11/21              Norfolk, VA               Norva

Tue      11/22              Washington, DC       9:30 Club

Wed    11/23              Philadelphia, PA       Electric Factory

Thu      11/24              Philadelphia, PA      Electric Factory

For FIREBALL MINISTRY publicity, contact MSO:

Libby Henry                                        lhenry@msopr.com             818.380.0400 x224

Kristine Ashton-Magnuson              kashton@msopr.com         818.380.0400 x233

Shazila Mohammed   (tour press)  shazila@msopr.com            818.380.0400 x241

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