NASHVILLE |FR: MITCH SCHNEIDER/KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON/LIBBY HENRY
BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION
SET TO RELEASE ‘HERE COME THE BRIDES’
MARCH 9 ON SANCTUARY RECORDS;
GROUP TO PERFORM ON ‘THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO’ MARCH 8
AND ‘LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG KILBORN’ MARCH 15
March belongs to BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, who are set to release their sneering, hook-filled debut HERE COME THE BRIDES March 9 on Sanctuary Records. Buzzing at radio with the first single “Shut The F**k Up,” BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION will make their U.S. television performance debut Monday, March 8 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The same night, BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION will appear on the live, nationally syndicated radio show Rockline at 8:30 PM Pacific/11:30 PM Eastern. On the day of their album’s release–Tuesday, March 9–the band have confirmed a live in-store performance at Tower Records in Los Angeles (Sunset Boulevard). They’ll follow this one week later with a Monday, March 15 performance on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn.
BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION is the new group founded by two of hard rock’s most lethal characters–NIKKI SIXX, the primary songwriter and bassist for Motley Crue, and TRACII GUNS, best known as axeman for L.A. Guns–and rounded out by lead vocalist LONDON LEGRAND and drummer SCOT COOGAN. The group is garnering early critical acclaim for HERE COME THE BRIDES. In a three star review in the new Rolling Stone (March 4, 2004), writer Matt Diehl noted: “On tracks such as ‘Shut The F**k Up,’ the Brides marry garage rock with live-wire riffage that recalls vintage Crue, circa 1982…Throughout, Brides show today’s whippersnappers how to deliver real cock-rock shock–even the de rigueur power ballad ‘Only Get So Far’ has cojones.”
Elsewhere, Metal Edge praised the album, saying: “Healthy measures of punk, metal and irresistible pop makes HERE COME THE BRIDES an early contender to beat for album of the year” (April 2004). In a Bass Guitar cover story (April 2004), writer Chris Gill enthuses: “…unapologetically balls-to-the-walls rock band with echoes of vintage L.A. glam-metal, Stooges-style street rock and British punk a la the Dead Boys and Generation X. The group’s debut, HERE COME THE BRIDES (Sanctuary), has a familiar but ferocious sound that SIXX hopes will once again kick-start rock and roll’s heart.”
Produced by Stevo Bruno and mixed by Steve Thompson (Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn), the album breaks from the gate with “Shut The F**k Up,” a musical middle finger thrust at double-talking politicos. The BRIDES take off from there, slamming out songs of seduction (“I Don’t Care”), mortality (“Brace Yourself”) and rage (“I Got A Gun”). In an interview with Guitar World magazine (April 2004) NIKKI SIXX says: “There are some tracks where it’s just a total fucking car crash. It’s like, is this Cheap Trick? Is this the Misfits? Is this the Buzzcocks? I know! It’s the fucking Brides!”
Stay tuned for touring news from BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION and log onto www.bridesofdestruction.com and www.sanctuaryrecordsgroup.com for more information.
Contacts:
MSO/818-380-0400
Libby Henry Lhenry@msopr.com ext. 224
Kristine Ashton-Magnuson Kashton@msopr.com ext. 233
Mitch Schneider Mschneider@msopr.com ext. 235
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