December 4, 2009 - L.A. all-stars CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, featuring guitarist Jeff Kollman (COSMOSQUAD, GLENN HUGHES), bassistKevin Chown (UNCLE CRACKER, TED NUGENT), and keyboardist Ed Roth (GLENN HUGHES, RONNIE MONTROSE), have scheduled several appearances with both co-founder Chad Smith and Kenny Aronoff (JOHN FOGERTY, IOMMI) alternating on drums.
Upcoming dates include shows at L.A.'s famed Baked Potato, the Mark & Brian Show on KLOS morning radio, the NAMM Convention, as well as a live DVD shoot for the Drum Channel on December 19 with both Smith and Aronoff on hand. "This band has developed a rare thing." states Kollman. "Chadhas had commitments over the summer with Chickenfoot and now with the Red Hot Chili Peppers who are writing daily for a 2010 release. Therefore, we called on heavyweight drummers Kenny Aronoff and Matt Sorum for recent tours to fill Chad's shoes. Both guys killed it and at the same time made it their own. This revolving drummer thing has worked out better than we could've ever hoped."
Adds Aronoff: "Playing with the Bombastic Meatbats is amazing on so many levels. I love the Meatbats' music because it touches on many styles of music like, rock, R&B, country, Texas swing, jazz, Latin, blues, Second Line, funk, fusion and more. You have to not only know the songs and your parts, but you need to be able to groove, play in time and, most importantly, be able to listen to everyone else so you can improvise and react to everyone else at a split second. For me it's not just about drumming - it's about MUSIC at the highest level. Communication both as a listener and speaker through the vehicle of music."
The BOMBASTIC MEATBATS live schedule reads as follows:
w/ Kenny Aronoff
Dec. 12 - Safety Harbor Kids benefit, Malibu, CA www.safetyharborkids.org
Dec. 13 - Baked Potato, North Hollywood, CA
Dec. 15 - KLOS Mark & Brian Morning Show
Dec. 20 - Drum Channel www.drumchannel.com
Jan. 13 - Baked Potato, North Hollywood, CA (in Celebration of NAMM Week)
w/ Chad Smith
Dec. 20 - Drum Channel www.drumchannel.com
Dec. 20 - Baked Potato, North Hollywood, CA
Jan. 15 - NAMM Convention, Anaheim, CA (at the Fender booth at 5pm)
Jan. 15 - NAMM Convention, Anaheim, CA (Sabian party)
CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS' debut album, 'Meet The Meatbats', was released on September 15 via Warrior Records/Universal in North America and October 12 through Edel/earMUSIC in Europe.
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