Kentucky-based rockers HYDROGYN - now featuring ex-MEGADETH members Jeff Young (guitars) and James Lomenzo (bass) - as part of the new line-up, have issued the following update:

"Thanks to all of our friends who we rocked out with (Wednesday) night. Great seeing all of you and that was our last live appearance before we finish the new CD Judgement. Had a great time and here is a video of us doing a cool song last night. Again thanks and we will see you guys again soon."

Check out a clip of Julie Westlake (vocals), Jeff Westlake (guitar) and Jeff Young performing an acoustic version of AC/DC's 'It's A Long Way To The Top' below.

Hydrogyn recently posted the third in a series of video reports covering the progress being made on their forthcoming album, Judgement. The clip below features vocalist Julie Westlake, guitarist Jeff Westlake, and guitarist Jeff Young. It is capped off with footage of Julie Westlake's first ever rock performance back in 2004.

An excerpt from BW&BK; scribe Carl Begai's recent interview with Jeff Westlake and Jeff Young is available below:

Dispelling any thoughts that Julie is mere eye candy with no substance, Westlake reveals she is more metal that people give her credit for.

Westlake: “With Jeff coming in I decided we had to do a Best Of from the early years of Hydrogyn (entitled Phase 1) to show people that the first chapter is over and there’s something new coming. Julie suggested we put another song on the album, so I asked her which song she had in mind and she said ‘Assault Attack’ from the Michael Schenker Group. I was like, ‘What?!’ (laughs).”

Young: “Michael Schenker is God for me. Jeff’s guitar tracks on the cover of ‘Assault Attack’, the tones are better than Schenker’s (laughs). He used a little Fender frontman reverb, which is about 15 watts, no bigger than a breadbox.”

Westlake: “The vocals on ‘Assault Attack’ are literally just a scratch vocal. Julie sat with a live hand-held mic in front of the speakers and demoed the thing right there in front of the computer. All I wanted was to get the vibe from her for when we recorded it, but it came out so well that we kept it.”

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