Guitarist Jeff Kollman To Introduce New Instrumental Project THE BOMBASTIC MEATBATS With LIve Dates
February 21, 2008, 16 years ago
COSMOSQUAD guitarist Jeff Kollman (GLENN HUGHES, MOGG/WAY) will be officially unveiling his new instrumental 70's funk/rock/fusion venture THE BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, also featuring fellow Glenn Hughes alumni Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) on drums and Ed Roth on keyboards, along with bassist Kevin Chown, with two shows at the Baked Potato (showtimes are 9 PM and 11 PM) on Saturday, March 1st.
The Meatbats are scheduled to head to Japan for a tour in late April where they will be playing the following dates:
April
21 - Live House enn - Sendai, Japan22 - STB139 - Tokyo, Japan
24 - Bottom Line - Nagoya, Japan
25 - Bigcat - Osaka, Japan
26 - Crazymama Kingdom - Okayama, Japan
27 - Gate's 7 - Fukuoka, Japan
The group's upcoming 11-song debut CD is finished and mastered. Recorded analog and live in the studio in a mere two days, the disc was co-produced by Jono Brown.
Songs include 'Need Strange', 'Battle For Ventura Blvd', 'Night Sweats', 'Big Feet', 'Lola', and 'Roller Girl.' Footage of the band's inaugural live performance at this year's NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA can be viewed below...
In related news, as previously reported, Southern California metal fusioneers Cosmosquad, featuring Jeff Kollman, bassist Christopher Maloney (DWEEZIL ZAPPA, HARDLINE), and drummer Shane Gaalaas (B'Z, DIESEL MACHINE), have announced their first ever Japanese shows.
The band will be playing a pair of double headers (showtime: 7 PM and 9 PM, respectively) in Osaka and Tokyo and also appear at the Musician's Institute in Tokyo (open to students only!).
Exact dates and venues are as follows:
March
12 - Live Square 2nd Line - Osaka, Japan14 - Shibuya Duo Music Exchange - Tokyo, Japan
15 - Musician's Institute - Tokyo, Japan
For more info (in Japanese) visit this location.
