THIN LIZZY Offshoot Band BLACK STAR RIDERS to Release Debut Album “All Hell Breaks Loose” May 28

BLACK STAR RIDERS – the new band formed by THIN LIZZY alumni Ricky Warwick (vocals),Scott Gorham (guitar), Damon Johnson (guitar) and Marco Mendoza (bass) with new additionJimmy DeGrasso on drums – will release its debut album, All Hell Breaks Loose on May 28 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. While THIN LIZZY will continue on an occasional basis, BLACK STAR RIDERS is a full-time band described as “the next step in the evolution of the Thin Lizzy story”. All Hell Breaks Loose was recorded and mixed by producer Kevin Shirley (LED ZEPPELIN, IRON MAIDEN, AEROSMITH, RUSH) at The Cave studios in Malibu, California. Mastering duties were handled by Bob Ludwig (JIMI HENDRIX, RUSH, KISS, LED ZEPPELIN) at Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, Maine. One listen to All Hell Breaks Loose and it’s almost as if the boys never left town.

BLACK STAR RIDERS formed in December 2012, when members of the most recent line-up ofTHIN LIZZY decided to record new material, but chose not to release it under the THIN LIZZY name both “out of respect to Phil Lynott and the legacy he created” and “because this band has to stand on its own” (while Gorham insists that the new band could not sound like THIN LIZZY withoutLynott, both Johnson and Warwick believe that the new material has a “classic Lizzy vibe”). For such seasoned professionals – Gorham (Thin Lizzy, 21 Guns), Warwick (The Almighty, Circus Diablo), Johnson (Alice Cooper, Brother Cane), Mendoza (Whitesnake, Ted Nugent) andDeGrasso (Alice Cooper, Megadeth), creativity and craft have always been key. What’s most engaging – and even courageous – about BLACK STAR RIDERS is that no one in the band shied away from evoking THIN LIZZY‘s best qualities, be that in Warwick‘s Northern Ireland enunciation and lyrical sensibilities or in the fluid twin leads that Gorham and Johnson effortlessly weave. TheTHIN LIZZY vibe can be heard joyously and with a robust, rich pride on the album’s lead single “Bound for Glory.”

“The BLACK STAR RIDERS record is wholly and completely influenced by THIN LIZZY, by, specifically, the classic line-up of the band between 1974 and 1980,” says Johnson, a southerner, once a member of Alice Cooper’s band along with DeGrasso and leader of the effusively regarded Brother Cane. “That’s the line-up fans gravitated towards the most. It’s that period of time creatively that had the biggest impact, the most staying power. It’s certainly the stuff that changed my life, long before I ever dreamt of meeting Scott Gorham and Brian Downey. So once I joined THIN LIZZY and the discussion of writing came up, obviously I was elated, because it was an open palette.”

Track listing:

1. All Hell Breaks Loose
2. Bound For Glory
3. Kingdom Of The Lost
4. Bloodshot
5. Kissin’ The Ground
6. Hey Judas
7. Hoodoo Voodoo
8. Valley Of The Stones
9. Someday Salvation
10. Before The War
11. Blues Ain’t So Bad

BLACK STAR RIDERS – Bound For Glory (LYRIC VIDEO)

A 24-minute compilation of behind-the-scenes video reports from the band’s studio time in Los Angeles can be viewed below.

BLACK STAR RIDERS (Ex-Thin Lizzy) – All Hell Breaks Loose – Studio Update

The members of BLACK STAR RIDERS are available to speak with interested media now.  To chat with the band / request a review copy of All Hell Breaks Loose , simply contact Carl Schultz @ ACTION! PR via any of the means listed below. Updated news and tour information will be made available via ACTION! PR online (website / facebook / twitter).

BLACK STAR RIDERS online:

Facebook.com/BLACKSTARRIDERSOFFICIAL

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Twitter.com/BLACKSTARRIDERS

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