NASHVILLE |FROM: KRISTINE ASHTON/MAGGIE WANG/ MITCH SCHNEIDER/MARIE REMELIUS
POWERMAN 5000 DELAY RELEASE OF ‘ANYONE FOR DOOMSDAY?’
AND POSTPONE FALL TOUR TO ACCOMMODATE NEW SONGS THAT WILL BE FEATURED ON THE ALBUM
POWERMAN 5000 have delayed the release of their forthcoming album ANYONE FOR DOOMSDAY?. Originally set to hit the streets August 28 on DreamWorks Records, this follow-up to the group’s platinum-plus TONIGHT THE STARS REVOLT! album will now be released in the near future to accommodate the new songs the band have decided were essential to include on DOOMSDAY?.
While POWERMAN 5000 realize that this decision precipitates the postponement of their fall tour, they strongly feel that fans should get to hear the best POWERMAN 5000 album possible. Lead singer/songwriter SPIDER ONE elaborates:
“I’ve learned that I’m the kind of artist who doesn’t work well on deadline. As we were nearing completion on the album in the studio, I was continuing to write songs that I felt belonged on ANYONE FOR DOOMSDAY?. At that point, we should’ve put the brakes on the project, taking the proper time to finish these new songs and record them. But because the album was scheduled for release in connection with our fall tour, we felt pressure to deliver DOOMSDAY? on deadline–all of which was causing the band and I great agony. So in the interest of releasing a work that we feel is truly representative of POWERMAN 5000, we’ve delayed the release of DOOMSDAY?.
“In the end, you have to go with your gut and I know we’re making the right decision. At the same time, I want to extend my apologies to all the bands who were set to tour with us this fall: Saliva, Machinehead, Halfcocked and Stereomud. We know we’ve wreaked havoc on their schedules and hope to tour with them at some point in the future.
“We also want to express our sincerest apologies to the fans who were counting on the August 28 release as well as everyone who bought tickets to the early shows that went on sale. We’ll see everyone soon.” Tickets already purchased for these concerts will be refunded at the point of purchase.
At the same time, POWERMAN 5000—SPIDER ONE, bassist DORIAN 27, guitarists ADAM 12 and M.33 and drummer AL 3–are climbing the rock chart with DOOMSDAY?‘s first radio track “Bombshell,” which will also be featured on the DreamWorks soundtrack album Tough Enough, due out September 18. The band have also completed an elaborate video for “Bombshell” with directors The Brothers Strause which illuminates the group’s apocalyptic visions. For more information on POWERMAN 5000, check out their website at www.powerman5000.com.
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