SKINLAB Introduce New Guitarist In Oakland
August 30, 2009, 15 years ago
Bay Area metallers SKINLAB have issued the following update:
"Last night's show (at The UpTown in Oakland with DEATH ANGEL) was killer!! Thanks to everyone that came out to make it such an awesome night!! Huge props to Andy Green for sitting in for Paul (Hopkins) while he was away with family obligations. Andy came in with less than two weeks to learn our shit and absolutely crushed it.....not only crushed it but seemed to be a crowd favourite as we left the stage a few people stating chanting Andy, Andy...fuckin' way cool junior! Killer job brother!! If that wasn't enough to keep the crowd going, last night also served as the first show of our new guitarist Buzzard. Buzz who is also the current bassist for our homies 36 CRAZYFISTS has been a long-time friend and was actually in Skinlab during the first albums touring cycle and has always been a metal brother who we all knew would be jammin' with Skinlab again.While originally set to replace Glenny for the Brazilian tour that got snuffed! After trying out a couple of guitarists we decided to fly Buzzard back down to do this show and start rehearsing for our up coming tours...to say the least Buzz cranked out the whole set as if he's been in the band for years, representing Skinlab fully.......all in all great fun with some good buds......we've proved once again to ourselves that we work best under pressure, we're ready for anything that comes our way........bring it!!!
Now, with the release of our new album The Scars Between Us just 17 days away (on September 15th) and we are putting the final dates together for our first tour of the US in nearly three years. It's been a long time since we've been on the road, we're all definitely excited to get back out there and seeing all our friends again. We'll be heading out on a five-week run with our bro's MOWER and label-mates FLATLINE on the Sons Of A Sikworld tour September/October be sure to check out the dates (here) and help spread the word. Skinlab is back!!"
