FOZZY Ink Deal With Australia's Riot! Entertainment
March 3, 2009, 15 years ago
Riot! Entertainment in Australia have announced the signing of FOZZY to a worldwide deal for their upcoming album Chasing The Grail.
Fozzy features WWE Superstar Chris Jericho on vocals and his long term bandmate Rich 'The Duke' Ward (STUCK MOJO) on guitar. Also along for the ride are bassist Sean Delson (Stuck Mojo), guitar virtuoso and Stuck Mojo guest player Mike Martin whilst Frank Fontsere returns on drums. Chasing The Grail will be Fozzy's fourth album.
"This is without a doubt one of the highlights of my life and my business career for Fozzy to be Riot's first fully international signing," Riot CEO/owner John Howarth said. "I have no doubt that this album will do well and truly break Fozzy as a major international artist. The early interest has been incredible and we are looking at going with the best partners the world over, be it partnerships with other labels or distributors, we are keen to talk to companies who see the potential. I am really looking forward to this album and for this to be the start of a long working relationship.""I'm very excited to know that the new Fozzy record is going to be released by John Howarth and Riot," Chris Jericho said. "Riot was by far the biggest supporter of Fozzy's last album All That Remains and did everything they could to spread the Fozzpel not only across Australia , but around the world as well. As a result ATR was by far our most successful album to date. To make this partnership even more exciting is the fact that we have written the absolute best album that we have ever done. This album will see Fozzy reaching new heights and breaking down more barriers to show all fans of heavy rock and heavy metal exactly who we are as a band. 2009 is the year of the Fozz!"
Chasing The Grail is due for release early summer release in North America.
(Thanks Pyromusic.net)
