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09/04/2008

WELL, IT TOOK A YEAR AGAIN FOR A NEW UPDATE BUT THIS TIME THERE'S SOME AWAITED NEWS: BLOODHOUNDS AND STEEL WARRIOR ARE FINALLY OUT ON CD w/ NUMEROUS BONUS TRACKS. FINNISH DISTRIBUTION IS HANDLED BY METAL STORM AND REST OF THE WORLD BY KARTHAGO RECORDS ORDER NOW, BECAUSE IT'S VERY LIMITED EDITION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. HERE'S TRACKLISTS:

1. Bloodhounds
2. Rollercat
3. Hell's Angels
4. Blindness
5. Revenge Of The Lord
6. Cross Of Iron (Fields Of Glory)
7. Devil's Night
8. Gotta Be Cruel
9. Let's Get Down To Business
10. Harder Than Stone

Bonus tracks:

11. Dealer
12. How Could I Prove
13. Rainy Night
14. Bad Dreams On The 43rd Street
15. Why Are You Leaving
16. Immoral love
17. Eye for an eye

1. The Time
2. Steel Warrior
3. Dancing Nowhere
4. Highway
5. Heat Of The Night
6. Get Down 'n Get Away
7. Shining Fire
8. Turn Out The Lights
9. Hot Stuff
10. Not Good For Your Health

Bonus tracks:

11. Golden Lions **
12. Fight for the strangers **
13. Rebels And Outlaws **
14. Avalanche **
15. Queen Of The Night **
16. Lady Luck **

10/03/2007

FORMER IRONCROSS SKINSMAN JIMBO TOOK CARE OF ALL THE DRUM TRACKS ON THE BRITISH WILDKARD'S DEBUT ALBUM. THEY SHARE THE SAME RECORD LABEL w/ HOUSE OF MIRRORS; ESCAPE MUSIC. HERE'S THE PRESS RELEASE:

Escape Music are delighted to announce the release of the brand new album Megalomania by British band WildKard featuring Kick members Chris Jones, Mikey J and Nick Workman. Originally called The Zero Hour Project these songs newly recorded in the UK and Finland around January/February 2007, were written by Chris and Nick back in the nineties and were heard only by a privileged few, but it was only a matter of time that they would see the light of day! These songs are possibly the best kept secret in the world of melodic rock, as here you will find an album full of surprises. Indeed, Megalomania is an incredible album and boasts ten of the finest songs ever to recorded by a British rock band.

Megalomania will be released April 23 and features the following tracks: 1. Falling Down, 2. All I Have, 3. End Of The World, 4. 7days, 5. Whispers In The Dark, 6. Wake Me Up When It's Over, 7. Something Strange, 8. When Everything Has Changed, 9. Letting Go, 10. Right Here By My Side.

WildKard is: Nick Workman - Vocals, Chris Jones - Guitars, Mikey J. - Bass. Guests: Jimbo Mäkeläinen - Drums, Jaakko Niitemaa - Lead Guitar, Jonne Valtonen - Keyboards, Steve Newman - Keyboards, Olli Cunningham - Keyboards. Pre-Recording Engineered by Chris Jones and Mikey J. at Universal Sound, London. Recording & Mixing Timo Haanpää at Valtone Recording Studios, Turku, Finland.

26/11/2006

WOW, ANOTHER UPDATE, THE SAME YEAR! SO FINALLY THE BUDDY McSCHULTZ INTERVIEW WHICH WAS PROMISED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO! CHECK OUT THE INTERVIEWS AND THERE'S ALSO UPDATES IN ARTICLES SECTION.

04/02/2006

WELL, IT SEEMS TO BE 2006 AND IT'S THE TIME OF THE ANNUAL UPDATE... IF SOMEONE HAS WONDERED, WHY JIMBO STILL OCCASIONALLY PLAYS WITH BATTAGIA, IT'S THE CASE OF HELPING OUT WHILE THEY SEARCH FOR THE PERMANENT DRUMMER. BTW, LAST SATURDAY'S BATTAGIA GIG @ NEVER SURRENDER CLUB,TURKU WAS AWESOME.

ANOTHER FORMER IRONCROSS DRUMMER, EDDY MÄNTY-SORVARI, IS ALSO ACTIVE WITH HIS THIN LIZZY INFLUENCED COLD SWEAT - PROJECT, WHICH ALSO FEATURES TAAGE OF KILPI AND ALTARIA FAME. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THEIR PROMO-SINGLE SONS OF IRELAND FROM THEIR SITE.

AND HERE'S SOMETHING NEW OLD FOR THE FINNISH SPEAKING: AN IRONCROSS ARTICLE WRITTEN BY JUHO JUNTUNEN FROM THE COLD FEBRUARY 0F 1987. PART 1 AND PART 2

10/04/2005

JIMBO HAS GONE SEPARATE WAYS WITH THE HELSINKI-BASED BATTAGIA. THE SPLIT WAS, OF COURSE, AMICABLE. JIMBO WILL CONTINUE WITH HOUSE OF MIRRORS AND HIS JAZZ-RELATED PROJECTS WHILE BATTAGIA CONTINUES WITH A YET-UNNAMED NEW DRUMMER. BTW, HOM IS AT THE MOMENT RECORDING THEIR 2nd ALBUM. HERE'S A COUPLE OF NEW HOM-PROMO SHOTS OF JIMBO: 1 and 2.

SPEAK OF FORMER IRONCROSS -DRUMMERS; ESKO "EDDY" MÄNTY-SORVARI PLAYS DRUMS IN ONE TRACK IN THE NEW HANOI ROCKS ALBUM. THE TRACK IS PHIL LYNOTT -COVER DEAR MISS LONELY HEARTS.A VERY GOOD VERSION INDEED.

SOMEONE ASKED IN THE GUESTBOOK ABOUT LISTEN TO -PAGE. IT SEEMS THAT SUNPOINT HAS REMOVED IT FOR GOOD. THE MP3's WILL RETURN AT SOME POINT SO WATCH THIS PAGE!

09/29/04

HOUSE OF MIRRORS' DEBUT SHOW AT DOWNTOWN WAS A SUCCESS AND A BLAST. GO AND CHECK THEM OUT IF YOU GET A CHANCE! BTW, JIMBO'S OTHER COMMITMENT BATTAGIA IS ABOUT TO START RECORDING THEIR DEBUT ALBUM. THE PUBLISHER IS YET UNKNOWN.

05/02/04

HOUSE OF MIRRORS WILL RELEASE THEIR DEBUT ALBUM NIGHTFLIGHT TO PARADISE ON THE 14th OF JUNE. WATCH OUT FOR KILLER MELODIC HARD ROCK ALBUM! THE ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED BY UK-BASED ESCAPE. THE FIRST SCHEDULED SHOW WILL BE ON THE 25th OF SEPTEMBER AT NEVER SURRENDER CLUB @ DOWNTOWN, TURKU, FINLAND. HERE'S A COUPLE OF NEW PHOTOS; JIMBO AT BATTAGIA REHEARSALS AND OFFICIAL HOM-PROMOSHOT.

04/08/03

BATTAGIA FEATURING EX-IRONCROSS DRUMMER JIMBO HAVE A NEW MINI-CD OUT. YOU CAN ORDER HELL FREEZES OVER VIA BAND'S WEBPAGE. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! MEANWHILE JIMBO ALSO CONTINUES RECORDINGS WITH HOUSE OF MIRRORS.

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