Progressive
rock/fusion ensemble BangTower, in association with Pig Light Show
and Declassified Records, are releasing several new music video's over the next four weeks in
preparation for the forthcoming 2012 BangTower tour, currently being
scheduled by Backstreet Booking of Cincinnati, OH. In addition to
celebrated bassist Percy Jones, who is also known for his work with
Brand X a band he formed along with Genesis legend Phil Collins,
BangTower also features Grammy Award winning guitarist, engineer and
producer Neil Citron. Completing this trio of master musicians is
drum virtuoso Walter Garces, who also
performs with '60s psychedelic marvels The Electric Prunes
and is celebrating a partnership of 25 years with Premier Percussion,
Paiste Cymbals and Gongs, and Calato/Regal-Tip sticks as an endorsing
artist.
Eight
of the new BangTower music
videos were created by Marc Rubinstein of the world famous Pig Light
Show, as a preview to elements of select upcoming live shows
currently being designed. These video releases comprise all the tracks
from the band's internationally acclaimed 2010 Declassified Records
release 'Casting Shadows', produced by Neil Citron (who also
engineered, mixed and mastered) and Jon Pomplin. The holiday video
“I'll Be Home For Christmas” comes from a downloadable song Neil
produced for the holiday season which is available for free from the
BangTower website.
In addition to
these eight excellent videos from Pig Light show, a new music video of
the CD's
opening track entitled “BBA”, produced by Declassified.TV, has
been released and is available in several formats from the BangTower and
Declassified Records websites as well as on the new BangTower YouTube
channel "BangTowerTV". The video was
filmed during the recent tour rehearsals in Los Angeles with founding
members Neil Citron, Walter Garces and Percy Jones with a guest
appearance by LA session musician Gary Crite on rhythm guitar and
keyboards.
In addition to the
"BBA" video, two additional videos were released on 2/21/2012, with an
additional two videos to be released each Tuesday for the next three
weeks. They are being made available on the BangTower and Declassified
Records websites as well as the BangTower YouTube channel www.youtube.com/bangtower
The world famous Pig Light Show
is the legendary outfit owned and operated by Marc Rubinstein, who
thrilled and amazed concert goers of the Fillmore East in NY and the
Capitol Theatre in NJ, from the late '60s / early '70s behind
legendary music artists and bands like the Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa
& the Mothers, Jethro Tull, Santana, Yes, Black Sabbath,
Fleetwood Mac, the Allman Brothers and many, many others.
For more information on BangTower
and it’s members visit:
www.BangTower.com
For more information on “Pig
Light Show” visit:
www.piglightshow.com
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