Guitar legend Jake E. Lee (ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Badlands) is featured in a new interview with Sea Of Tranquillity discussing his new band Red Dragon Cartel. An excerpt is available below:

SoT: I was amazed at how vicious some of the criticism was towards the band's debut live performance; especially towards Darren (Smith/vocals). How hard was that for the band to take?

Lee: "No, that's true, that's true. The Whiskey performance, it was... that was probably my fault for not putting my foot down, I wanted to... We had never really rehearsed, or played together as a band before that gig and we had only, I believe, three rehearsals to learn the songs together, to get the set together and play the show, whereas I had hoped for a good three weeks to get the band tight. However it was sort of thrust upon us unknowingly and rather than cancel it we decided to go gung-ho and see what happened. What happened wasn't that good (laughs) and I'm not saying that the acidic reviews of the show were not deserved, but yeah, it's a little easier these days with the internet to say stuff and not really be held accountable. It doesn't bother me, I don't care, I really don't give a shit. Like I stated previously, I don't do this for the people, I don't do it for the fans, I do it for purely selfish reasons, that's for me. I play music for me and if I'm good enough and enough people care, then that's wonderful, I appreciate that. If they don't like it, fuck 'em, I don't care, I'm not doing it for them. So the Whiskey show, yes that was sort of a disaster but in a weird way I'm kinda proud of it because it did become such a big deal. I think we were ground breaking (laughs)...it was a ground breaking gig. The fact the so many people hated it and made such a big deal about it. If we'd have done a good gig, if we'd done real well, we'd not have gotten half the press and someone once said any press is good press. I don't necessarily think that's true, but hey, we got noticed, you know. Maybe, maybe, I am a genius and I know how to get press and maybe I made the band play very badly. Maybe I poured a bottle of vodka down Darren's throat so that we would get noticed. I'm not saying I am that genius, but is it possible? I leave it to you..."

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Red Dragon Cartel have extended their UK tour in June.

The tour follows Red Dragon Cartel’s eponymous debut album, released by Frontiers Records earlier this year. Special guests on all UK dates are SYRON VANES and JUPITER FALLS. Red Dragon Cartel will also play Download Festival on Sunday, June 15th.

Tour dates:

June

6 - London, England - O2 Academy Islington
7 - Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
8 - Wolverhampton, England - Slade Rooms
10 - Glasgow, Scotland - Classic Grand
11 - Newcastle, England - O2 Academy 2
13 - Buckley, England - The Tivoli
15 - Donington Park, England - Download Festival

Red Dragon Cartel's new single, 'Shout It Out', is out now. Check out a video for the track below:

Red Dragon Cartel rocked Largo, Florida on March 28th. Check out a video collection of moments from the concert below:

During the show, Red Dragon Cartel vocalist Darren James Smith and drummer Jonas Fairley switched places for a cover of OZZY OSBOURNE's 'Rock N' Roll Rebel':