Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats and Guitarist Jeff Kollman Updates

Press release
Source: A.R.M.

Los Angeles all-stars Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats, featuring drummer Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chickenfoot), guitarist Jeff Kollman (Glenn Hughes, Cosmosquad), bassist Kevin Chown (Uncle Kracker, Ted Nugent), and keybaordist Ed Roth (Glenn Hughes, Ronnie Montrose), have finished tracking their second studio album with engineer/producer Ryan Hewitt at a Venice, CA facility. "We played the songs a bit live before going into the studio," states Kollman. "We cut all 12 tracks live over a three day period in March. All without a click track . Old school. Just how the Bats like it."

The band's long awaited debut album, Meet the Meatbats, recorded in early 2008, will be issued this summer in the U.S. and Canada on Warrior Records/Universal Music. A Japanese release is scheduled for August on an as-of-yet undisclosed label. The Meatbats will play their final West Coast show at the Baked Potato, 3787 W. Cahuenga Blvd., Studio City on Tuesday, April 28, before drummer Chad Smith goes out on a summer tour with his new supergroup Chickenfoot featuring Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, and Michael Anthony. Advance tickets can be ordered after 7:00 p.m. by phone at (818) 980-1615.

Also on the live front, Jeff Kollman will be joining 'TheVoice of Rock', Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze), for a string of European shows in May and June. Exact dates are as follows:

May 06 - Dobrotitsa Square - Kavarna, Bulgaria
May 10 - Central Square Velbajd- Kyustendil, Bulgaria
May 13 - Dom Omladine Beograd - Belgrade, Serbia
May 30 - Ermstal Open Air Festival - Bad Urach, Germany
Jun. 01 - IndigO2 -
Jun. 06 - The Robin 2 - Bilston (Wolverhampton), UK
Jun. 07 - The Robin 2 - Bilston (Wolverhampton), UK

Footage of Jeff performing the Deep Purple classic 'Mistreated' with Glenn's band on March 27, 2009, at Showcase Live! in Foxboro, MA, can be viewed here www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDhBwtTISw.

In other news, Kollman's long running progressive instrumental trio, Cosmosquad, will be making a member change as bassist Christopher Maloney is relocating to Florida where he wil be opening a music school called Absolute Music Studios in Jupiter. The band's farewell show with Maloney is set to take place on Friday, May 29 at the Baked Potato. States Kollman: "I'm very excited for him but it will be very sad to see him go. Our musical ventures together will continue in some form. Away but not forgotten as they say."

For more information, visit:
www.jeffkollman.com
www.myspace.com/jeffkollman

Related Links
Chickenfoot Announce First North American Live Shows
Guitarist Jeff Kollman Talks about Cosmosquad's Acid Test

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