Ex-MEGADETH / BADI ASSAD guitarist Jeff Young’s new project, SOULS ON 11 - also featuring 24-year old Swedish import Guernica Mancini - is gearing up to release new music. Recordings of one original song entitled 'Love Is Here' as the band's first official single, and a cover of LADY GAGA's 'So Happy I Could Die', are currently in the works.

As previously reported, Souls On 11 layed their first live gig on Wednesday, August 3rd at Genghis Cohen in West Hollywood, CA. Check out footage of the song 'Bridges Burn' below, the first song of their first ever live performance

Mancini takes over where the project’s preliminary singer Twinkle left off. Due to various "personal and family situations," Twinkle was unable to move forward with the project. Young immediately followed in the footsteps of mentor, Neal Schon (JOURNEY) and began searching the internet for the perfect voice.

Seeking a vocalist of European sensibility, led the guitarist back to his alma mater, Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, CA. Mancini is a recent graduate of MI’s Vocal Institute Of Technology. She is currently attending courses in Music Business at UCLA, and interns at a reggae music label. During her tenure at VIT, Mancini went through a self-proclaimed '80s metal phase, exploring a natural affinity and the uncanny ability to sing in the style of DIO, SKID ROW, JANIS JOPLIN and the like.

The project also features the world-class rhythm section of bass monster, James LoMenzo (ex-Megadeth / BLACK LABEL SOCIETY / WHITE LION) and drummer Jeff Bowders (PAUL GILBERT / PUDDLE OF MUDD).

Young has posted footage of himself and Mancini rehearsing their acoustic version of the W.A.S.P. classic 'Wild Child'. Check it out below: