LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Bronz Music Official Website) Following on the heels of an incredible 2010, UK-based band BRONZ kicks off 2011 with a trip to the Phil Lynott 25th Anniversary Philo Vibe Celebration in Dublin (January 4) where the band has already been booked to perform in 2012, an acoustic performance at London's famed Hope and Anchor pub (January 9) and a television appearance to be broadcast live internationally via the
Internet (January 10). In a first for the British band, BRONZ will make their international TV debut on
Internet show "Rew & Who," live from London on Monday, January 10, 2011. The quirky, raw internet show features "riZing starz & living legendz - OpRaH meets ReW YoRk CiTy...ANDY WaRHoL's 15 minutes of FaME' inTerviewz w/ LiVe performances & fun fun fun. Alwayz informative & alwayzzzz surprises!" This is the first time the program will originate from anywhere other than its New York City home base. Hostess Rew Starr - a singer/songwriter in her own right at the center of the downtown NYC music scene - will, as always, hold court, interviewing guests in her inimitable manner.
2010 has been quite the year for BRONZ. The surprise release of their album "Carried By The Storm" was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews and brought the band's remarkable story to light. In 1984 Bronz sold 200,000 copies of their debut album "Taken By The Storm," were performing at sold out 30,000 seat arenas, and recorded their sophomore release "Carried By The Storm," the first completely digitally recorded album in Europe, produced by Max Norman (Ozzy Osbourne's "Bark At The Moon"). The record was expected to catapult the band to superstardom.
As fate would have it, when the album was complete, the band's label went into receivership, thus putting an end to those plans. Founding member Shaun Kirkpatrick (lead guitar/backing vocals) eventually purchased the rights to the master recordings, but "Carried By The Storm" lay in the vaults collecting dust until, many years later, Shaun received shocking news from lead singer Ian Baker: bass player Lee Reddings had throat cancer and just six months to live. Shaun decided to "rebuild" the record as a gift for his former band mate. Lee was deeply moved and thus able to hear the only album he had ever recorded, shortly before he passed away.
Due to the unanimously positive feedback to the album, the remaining members of Bronz decided to reform and release "Carried By The Storm" in Europe in 2010, and the response has been nothing short of spectacular! The album has been reviewed as: "...a slice of AOR heaven." (Glitzine.com); "A corking album" (GTFM); "A lost classic rock album...on our A play list" Radio Caroline; "...a truly good band can't be kept back forever...leaves the listener wanting more" (Kittysneezes.com); "...perfect for fans of 1980s classic rock." (Oxfordshire Music Scene Magazine); and "You just need to listen to the album to realize how good it is." (Total Rock Radio).
With such an incredible response Bronz have already begun doing interviews, playing live acoustic radio performances (TRRadio) and dazzling audiences in concert (a CD release celebration in Oxford last month); a 2011 tour is in the works. Learn more at the Bronz website is: https://bronz-music.com and hear Shaun Kirkpatrick explain the process of making "Carried By The Storm" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi1iYZkch7o.
The "ReW & WhO" show will broadcast live on Monday, January 9th at 1:00PM London time from the Trinity Bar and can be seen at https://www.ustream.tv/channel/rew-who.
Listen to "You And Me," the lead track off BRONZ's "Carried By The Storm" CD https://islpr.com/Bronz/Bronz-HowAboutYouandMe.mp3
BRONZ are: Ian Baker (lead vocals), Shaun Kirkpatrick (guitar/backing vocals), Michael O'Donoghue (guitar/backing vocals), Andy Herbert (bass guitar) and Clive Edwards (drums/percussion).
