Jeff Kollman: JKB new CD announced

Jeff Kollman (COSMOSQUAD, CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, GLENN HUGHES) will debut his new band PERVADELIC on Tuesday, October 5 at the Baked Potato in Studio City, CA. The group which features Kollman on vocals and guitar along with co-guitarist Michael 'Fish' Herring, bassist Jesse Stern, and drummer Jono Brown will be playing "all original would be hits" from their upcoming release, 'Songs For Pervs.' Showtime is 9:30PM.

Kollman and Brown have also put the finishing touches on the 10-song JKB sophomore album, 'Empower Devour', due out this fall. The follow-up to 2006's 'Bleeding The Soul' also features appearances by JKB alumni Kevin Chown (CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, TARJA TURUNEN) on bass and Charlie Waymire (SPEAK NO EVIL) on drums. Special guests include drummers Shane Gaalaas (B'z, COSMOSQUAD) and Joel Taylor (ALLAN HOLDSWORTH, OHM) on one track each.

The 'Empower Devour' track listing reads as follows:

01. Tight Like A Fist
02. Shinedown
03. Midnight Sun (Tribute to Jimi)
04. Swim In The Madness
05. Captivity
06. Time To Die
07. Circle Of Doom
08. I Wonder
09. Devastate
10. The Day Of Reckoning

JKB's promotional video for the song 'By Myself' off 'Bleeding The Soul' can be viewed here:

JKB: By Myself (Video)

In other news, the BOMBASTIC MEATBATS feat. Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, GLENN HUGHES), Kevin Chown, Ed Roth (MONTROSE, GLENN HUGHES), and Jeff Kollman will issue their sophomore disc, 'More Meat', October 19 via Warrior Records/Universal http://www.warriorrecords.com/bombasticmeatbats/ The band will make a live appearance on the Mark & Brian Show on KLOS 95.5 in Los Angeles on October 26 and play the Baked Potato that same night. Another L.A. area MEATBATS show is scheduled for October 29 at Harper's in Tarzana, CA. The group is also set to play their first ever East Coast dates in November.

Finally, Kollman will return to Japan from November 29 to December 2 for a string of concerts teaming up with rising young guitar star Yuya Komobuchi; Japanese session great Koji Hasegawa will feature on drums.

Confirmed JEFF KOLLMAN dates are:

Oct. 05 - Baked Potato, Universal City, CA (w/ Pervadelic)
Oct. 26 - Mark & Brian Show, Los Angeles, CA (w/ Bombastic Meatbats)
Oct. 26 - Baked Potato, Universal City, CA (w/ Bombastic Meatbats)
Oct. 29 - Harper's, Tarzana, CA (w/ Bombastic Meatbats)
Nov. 05 - Baked Potato, Universal City, CA (w/ Cosmosquad)
Nov. 17 - Ottobar - Baltimore, MD (w/ Bombastic Meatbats)
Nov. 18 - Havana Club - New Hope, PA (w/ Bombastic Meatbats)
Nov. 19 - Iridium - New York, NY (w/ Bombastic Meatbats)
Nov. 20 - Iridium - New York, NY (w/ Bombastic Meatbats)
Nov. 30 - Goodman - Tokyo, Japan
Dec. 01 - Janus - Osaka, Japan
Dec. 03 - Enn - Sendai, Japan
Dec. 04 - Alva's - San Pedro, CA (w/ Cosmosquad)


For more info visit: www.jeffkollman.com