Left to right: Jack Frost/guitar, Rob Pallotta/drums, Charlie Calv/keyboards and DD Verni/vocals & bass
(New York, NY) — eOne Music has signed a world wide deal with NY rock band THE BRONX CASKET CO. “I am totally psyched to be working with eOne for the new Bronx Casket release! They did an amazing job with the Overkill record and I know they will do the same for this. Having a label home where people “get” it and are psyched to work a record is a great feeling”, says front man DD Verni.
The band originally formed in 1998 by Overkill co-founder and bassist DD Verni. Having played in one of the most respected thrash bands ever for over 2 decades, why have another band? Two reasons, states DD, “the challenge of writing interesting new material and for fun of course!”
The bands second release caught the ear of playwright Andrea Lepcio. Soon after, Verni and Lepcio were collaborating with 3-time Tony Winner Hinton Battle to direct and choreograph. Soon the seeds of “The Bronx Casket Co., A New Musical” were planted. Verni quickly recruited several members from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra to perform. The cast consisted of performers from the Broadway shows Hairspray, Rent and Dance of the Vampire. There have been several performances off-Broadway for producers/backers and the show is still in the writing stages. It has a gothic/Broadway score with a twisted love story woven throughout. Songs from the first two Bronx Casket Co. releases are included in the show, as well as 13 new songs D.D. Verni penned just for the musical.
It’s been five years since THE BRONX CASKET CO. last released an album and has been well worth the wait. Verni concludes, “This Bronx Casket record is the best we have done, and we are looking forward to getting out on the road and doing some shows.” As with every Bronx Casket Co. release, Verni has charted new territory, and stretched his writing boundaries.
* The forthcoming 2011 album, from The Bronx Casket Co. is titled: Antihero
* Antihero has been produced and engineered by DD Verni, at his New Jersey based – Gear Recording Studio.
* For more info on THE BRONX CASKET CO., click on the link below:
THE BRONX CASKET CO. – myspace music
THE BRONX CASKET CO.
DD Verni – Vocals & Bass
Jack Frost – guitars
Charlie Calv – keyboards
Rob Pallotta – drums
Michael Romeo – shredding guitar solos on new album – Antihero
PARTIAL TRACK LISTING FOR ANTIHERO:
Antihero
Bonesaw
Holy Mother
NYC (Devil’s Playground)
You Look Like Hell
I Never Loved You Anyway
Death On Two Legs (Queen cover song)
My Way (Frank Sinatra cover song)
(Source: eOne Music press release, November 22, 2010)
LONG LIVE THE BRONX CASKET CO.
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