Soul Sirkus

coley8605 · Jul 4, 2004

Just wondering if you had heard of these guys yet or not. I'm not really that impressed, but supposedly they're this "super" band...

THE BUZZ HAS STARTED.
100,000 EARLY BELIEVERS CAN'T BE WRONG;

SOUL SIRKUS' ANTICIPATED DEBUT ALBUM IS COMING SOON
TO A CD PLAYER NEAR YOU

June 29, 2004 -- What is Soul SirkUS and why has their website
(www.soulsirkus.com) received over 100,000 hits in only two days from fans all over the world?

Soul SirkUS is a group of melodic hard rockers born out of the ashes of
Planet US, a band originally featuring guitarist Neal Schon and drummer
Deen Castronovo of Journey along with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony of Van Halen.

When Hagar and Anthony left the band to return to their
roles in Van Halen, Schon and Castronovo joined forces with singer Jeff
Scott Soto (Yngwie Malmsteen, Talisman; also provided lead vocals for
the feature character in the movie "Rock Star") and bassist Marco
Mendoza (Ted Nugent, Whitesnake) to create Soul SirkUS and pick up where Planet US left off.

Thanks to the Internet, word about the band is spreading
like wildfire and those 100,000 people from around the world are already eagerly awaiting the band's forthcoming debut album, which should be released by early 2005.

The album was recorded at Journey keyboardist Jonathan
Cain's home studio (Wild Horse Studios) in San Francisco, CA in only two
days. Cain engineered the project and Schon and Soto sat at the
producer's helm.

"Stunning.excellent.fantastic.awesome.brilliant.incredible..."

".a supergroup, formed by super musicians!!!"

"Thank God for the return of some real ROCK & ROLL!!!"

"First I want to say that I honestly am too young to know anything about Van Halen or Journey. My cup of tea lies with bands like Korn, Linkin Park, P.O.D. and Sevendust. I found this site by accident. I thought what the f**k why not. HOLY F**KIN' ####! I need more of this stuff. I showed this to my friends and they were like, 'this is bad ass! What the f**k is this?'"

This is just a sample of the rave reviews emanating straight from the
fans who've discovered and experienced six 60-90 second sound clips that can be heard now on the band's website.

Soul SirkUS came together last year when Schon and Soto met
and jammed together at the Winter NAMM Convention in Los Angeles. Schon had also caught Mendoza performing at a showcase that weekend, which in turn sparked an idea to create "one of the coolest bands anyone's heard of in a long time," according to Schon. Once Castronovo and Mendoza were on board, Schon and Soto quickly got to work, collaborating on a number of songs, the results of which will be heard on their debut album.

Neal Schon recently commented on the vibe of the band: "The
new stuff is cool, melodic and has plenty of edge. We are very much
looking forward to getting it out soon and playing live. I definitely
feel we have the goods. It is sounding very cool to say the least. It's
raw, in-your-face rock.the way rock should be."
Stay tuned for more exciting news.
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Scarlet · Jul 4, 2004

Ah :wth: I don't like them at all. I heard clips of two of their songs and I just really didn't enjoy them. They sound kind of old. Like they're from the 80's or 90's - or maybe I'm just into younger sounding people. :whistle:

coley8605 · Jul 5, 2004

Yeah, they're trying to bring back the oldness, with members of Van Halen and all...

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