MICHIGAN
(www.dirtyamericans.com) - After receiving extensive international
acclaim, Strange Generation, the debut album from the Michigan-based
quartet Dirty Americans, will receive a long-overdue domestic release
by Liquor and Poker
Music on March 22.
The 13-track recording,
produced by Paul Ebersold (3
Doors Down, Saliva), was initially
released by Roadrunner Records last March in
Europe and Japan, where it
earned rave reviews. In naming Strange Generation one of its top
releases of the year, the prestigious U.K.-based music magazine Classic
Rock termed the album "shit-kicking classic rock," dubbing the band "a
welcome modern take on Zep,
Cream and Sabbath." Kerrang!, meanwhile,
named Strange Generation "one of 2004's essential purchases." In its 4K
review, the magazine called the record "rock music at its uplifting,
unpretentious best�with psychedelic harmonies, feel-good choruses and
lashings of ass-shaking soul."
Last summer, Dirty Americans
performed at such high-profile overseas events as England's Download
Festival, Germany's Rock Im Park and Japan's Summer Sonic Festival.
There, they shared stages with a who's who of rock, from
Motorhead and
Metallica to Jet and The Darkness. Back in America, the group has
developed a burgeoning fanbase throughout the Midwest, where they've
sold thousands of copies of their Kiss 'Em All Goodbye EP and performed
with the likes of Alice Cooper,
Clutch and Silvertide. Most recently,
the band supported Ted Nugent for three holiday shows, including a
sold-out gig at The Palace of Auburn Hills (home of the NBA's Detroit
Pistons).
Without record label support, the band � vocalist
Myron, guitarist Jeff Piper, bassist Pete Bever and drummer Jeremiah
Pilbeam � has even garnered airplay and encouragement from such
prominent radio outlets as the
Detroit powerhouse WRIF. Doug Podell,
WRIF's operations manager and a midday DJ at the influential station,
offered these comments on the group: "Brace yourself for the next
generation of rockers from out of the Motor City. Straight-ahead rock �
add gasoline and light!"
The song that has received the most
attention to date is the title track, "Strange Generation." Liquor and
Poker's deluxe Digipak pressing of the album will include a music video
for the song, filmed by acclaimed director Dale Resteghini (Hatebreed,
Mudvayne, Fall Out Boy). Shot at Morley-Stanwood High School in Central
Michigan, the video tells the story behind the track, according to
Myron:
"After the breakup of my previous band, I needed to do
something productive to pass the time until Dirty Americans was up and
running, so I took a long-term substitute teaching job at a school
three hours north of
Detroit in the middle of nowhere," he explains.
"The song covers what a bizarre turn it was to go from the hurricane of
touring to teaching Human Anatomy and Biology. I went from starting
riots with 16-year-old fans to teaching them about the reproductive
system�so strange!"
And the long, strange trip is only just
beginning, for the band will tour extensively throughout 2005. In the
meantime, to preview the entire Strange Generation album, visit
www.dirtyamericans.com/ecard. Upon listening, one thing is crystal
clear: the next generation of classic rock has arrived.
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