Southern California metal fusioneers COSMOSQUAD, featuring guitarist Jeff Kollman (GLENN HUGHES, MOGG/WAY), Canadian drummer Shane Gaalaas (B'Z, DIESEL MACHINE), and bassist Christopher Maloney (DWEEZIL ZAPPA, HARDLINE) have been confirmed for the fourth annual Fender Bass Bash, a special 'invitation only' event hosted online by www.rehearsals.com, on November 15th at Center Staging in Burbank, CA.

Cosmosquad will also make another appearance at the Baked Potato, 3787 W. Cahuenga Blvd., Universal City, CA on Friday, November 16th for what will be their final L.A. show of the year.

The band are currently editing live HD multi-cam footage from their recent Musician's Institute gig for the first ever Cosmosquad DVD, tentatively scheduled for release sometime after the new year.

In related news, guitarist Jeff Kollman has formed a new, as-of-yet unnamed instrumental group featuring drummer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, Glenn Hughes), bassist Kevin Chown (EDWIN DARE, UNCLE CRACKER), and keyboardist Ed Roth (Glenn Hughes, IMPELLITTERI).

"The chemistry between us is just really awesome!" enthuses Kollman. "Everyone comes from a bit of a different place musically. It's really geling together as a cool sound. Ed's got the funk and 70's R&B; thing going on; Chown's a mix of Detroit Rock and Motown, and Chad brings that sick rock/funk groove that's helped sustain the Chili Peppers for all these years. As for myself, I protect and defend the rock guitar!"

The band's debut album, which is due out in early 2008, has already been recorded and is currently in the mixing stages.

On the clinic front, Jeff Kollman will be embarking on a one-week/four-country tour of South East Asia for Fender Guitars, with whom the guitarist linked up in 2006, before closing out the year with a solo performance at the Baked Potato on December 21st with Christopher Maloney on bass and Glen Sobel (SIXX: AM, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES) on drums.

The itinerary is as follows:

November

27 - Cebu, Phillipines

28. - Manila, Phillipines

29 - Taipei, Taiwan
30 - Kaohsiung , Taiwan

December

1 - Bangkok, Thailand
2 - Chiang Mai, Thailand
3 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4 - Johor Bahru, Malaysia