RIKETS To Release All American Death Cult On April 20th

March 17, 2010, 14 years ago

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Industrial/Metal outfit RIKETS will release their sophomore effort, All American Death Cult, on Burnhill Union Records on April 20th.

The band is comprised of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Scott Rose, drummer Timmy Braun, Michael Reams on bass, guitarist/producer Provo and Nick Quijano (formerly of AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE) on second guitar.

Rose and company uprooted the original All American Death Cult recording session from where they began in Dallas, TX and relocated them to Ben Schigel's (SWITCHED) Strongsville, OH studio.

"Ben has been there since day ONE. He's a motivator, a mentor, a vocal trainer and a great creative mind. I've been friends with Ben for years and Switched was one of my favorite bands,” Rose explains. “Working with him over the years on Rikets has been cool for both of us because we get to jam together.”

All American Death Cult features tracks such as 'Program The Dead', 'Sold Me Out' and a familiar track, 'Cry Little Sister', a cover of a song made famous in The Lost Boys (a popular 1987 film).

“I had called up Gerard McMann (original vocalist) who was an email buddy of mine and asked him if we could record his song for our new record,” Scott recounts. “I wanted him to sing the song. I didn't want to fuck up the most perfect song ever, trying to re interpret what this guy felt when he laid it down.”

McMann came out and recorded with Rikets, creating a powerful new version of the acclaimed track.

McMann had this to say, "It was great to redo the song with Rikets because I was able to try new approaches to singing it and experiment with the track.” He goes on to add, “What Rikets have done with this track is massive. I’ve heard a lot of people cover the song and their version is just huge!”

On March 27th, the band will be shooting the video for the album’s first single 'Program The Dead', with director David Brodsky in Oklahoma city. The video will feature leading lady Staci Flood, who has worked with marquee names such as BUSTA RHYMES and WILL SMITH, in addition to co-founding the Bombshell Babies and The Pussycat Dolls burlesque cabaret revues featuring Carmen Electra.

All American Death Cult tracklisting:

'It’s Only Gonna Get Worse' (intro)

'Program The Dead'

'Designer Drug Hell'

'Vicious'

'The Murder'

'Allison'

'House Of Lies'

'End Of My Suffering'

'Cry Little Sister'

'Sold Me Out'

'Sew Your Eyes'

Pre-order All American Death Cult via Amazon, below. For more information visit myspace.com/rikets.



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