On signing
with MelodicRock Records!
In this
day and age where you can’t seem to swing a dead cat without hitting a record
lable it’s real easy to jump in and make the wrong decision, and maybe get
screwd over by someone out to make a quick buck!
We first
came into contact with Andrew (McNeice) when our friends in On The Rise got signed to Frontiers Records in 2003, and have been talking
with him, off and on for the past ten years.
Like so
many, many others we appreciate and enjoy his great website on a daily basis and
it’s easy to see that this guy loves what he
does, and is a true fan of melodic/classic rock, and music: period!
You need to have a passion for what you do to be doing
something like this for free all these years!
Therefore
it felt totally natural when we first heard he was setting up a lable a few
years back, and when we finally had finished
our album and sorted out our personel issues contacting him first to see if he
would be interested in getting behind the new FAITH
CIRCUS release was a no-brainer.
Luckily he
“got it” right away and invited us to join the MRR family!
We feel
truly blessed and excited to have a guy in our corner we know always puts the
artist first!
This gives
us new “hope” and currage to keep on making music in a business that only seems
to get harder and harder for any new up and coming, as well as the established
bands!
It's been 5 long years since the release of
their debut album on American label Kivel Records, and a lot has happened since
then!
On the new
guitarist!
Life in a rock `n roll band might
be many different things, but one things for sure it’s never boring!!
In a lot of ways we feel it
reflects life itself…
Since the inception of FAITH CIRCUS back in 2007, which seems a lifetime
ago, the band has been through alot, breakups, personel changes, long periods in
limbo, some really sweet highs and some psychological draining lows, etc,
etc...
It’s never easy replacing a
founding member of a band, but regardless of who’s leaving, with every new guy
that comes in the dynamics are bound to shift one way, or the other. The trick
is to stay positive, roll with the punches, and look at it as an opportunety to,
maybe, grow and expand in a slightly different direction!
Marius Mörch is a very, very talented guy and a
great, diverse guitarist, and he will, without a doubt, be successfull in
whatever he chooses to do in the future.
We thank him for his commitment
and all the great work he’s done for FAITH
CIRCUS these past 6 years and wish him nothing but the best!
So, with that being said the
remaining three of us are very honoured, excitied and proud now to welcome H.K. Rein into the band!
This cat is on
fire!!
We came across him on Youtube
playing in a local Guns `n
Roses coverband.
It turned out he had more to show
for his talent than just playing covers, as he is a singer and songwriter as
well!
Actually his first gig, before
officially joining FAITH CIRCUS, were a KISS Expo in Stavanger (Norway) attended by Eric Singer & Tommy Thayer!
Talk about being thrown in at the
deep end…
H.K.
Rein: ”I've been soaking up so much rock'n'roll
over the years and can no longer hold back! It’s very exciting to be able to
express myself in an already established band at this level. I'm ready (and
willing) to offer my body & soul to the Faith
Circus.”
The album, "Turn Up The Band", to be released September 23, via
Australian MelodicRock
Records (and Cargo Records (UK), ble som sin forgjenger
innspillt og mikset i Tomtom Studio, in Bergen, by Thomas "Tomtom" Haugland.
On the new
album!
Wow! What
can we say?!
It’s been
5 long years since our first release (not counting the 2010 digital remixed
debut album and the 2012 live digital EP “5.l.i.v.e.”) and a lot has happened!
Our first
album was labeled AOR/melodic rock, and although this might have been a true
description at the time FAITH CIRCUS has always
been just an old fashion rock `n roll band!
This time
around we have the opportunety to show a bit more of who we are as the album
contains co-writes from almost every member in the band.
The
decision was made to cut back on the mid tempo/slow songs as there are enough,
great ones, to choose from on our debut.
We also
managed to include some cool, special guests (read the booklet!), mostly for our
own pleasure!
The album
were, like last time, recorded at Tomtom Studio in our hometown of Bergen, by Thomas “Tomtom” Haugland.
The mixing
process was a co-effort between Tomtom and the band, and finally mastering was
left in the more than capable hands of Dennis
Ward (Pink Cream 69, House Of Lords, Tesla, etc...)
Although
the album has been ready to go for some time it still feels fresh everytime we put in on….and that
has to be a good sign, right?!
We like to view the album as a hardhitting, loud,
massive testament (inviting you to sing along!) to that rock `n roll is very
much alive & kickin in 2013!
No gimmics
here, no retro act…it’s like the fuckin 90’s never happened!
And if YOU
want a piece of the action all you gotta do is…Turn
Up The Band!!
Follow the "circus"
on Facebook www.facebook.com/faithcircus &
www.faithcircus.com
The story continues with FAITH CIRCUS Mk III...NEW
album out September 23!!
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