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VIDEO OF THE WEEK! Drowning Pool: Shame

That was: DROWNING POOL

with their 4th single: Shame

Off their latest album: Full Circle

For more on Drowning Pool be sure to check out:

Drowning Pool Official Myspace

www.myspace.com/drowningpool

Drowning Pool Revamps Fan Experience!

Texas Rockers Offer Tour VIP Packages, New Website, Merchandise and Fan Club Management by PAID, INC.



Multi-platinum Texas hard rock band DROWNING POOL will, for the first time, offer interactive VIP packages that elevate the fan’s concert going experiences!

VIP packages include meet & greets and photo opportunities with band members, early entry passes, special merchandise, autographed collectibles and more! This is your chance to get up close and personal with Drowning Pool. VIP packages are available at www.DrowningPool.com. PAID, Inc. makes this announcement as the band readies for its new co-headlining tour with Saliva beginning on October 17.  This wide variety of new opportunities and online content is designed to strengthen ties directly with the fans and comes as DROWNING POOL’s latest single “37 Stitches” is advancing up the active rock charts. Drowning Pool’s CD, Full Circle is attracting new listeners and has ignited longtime followers through its extensive radio play and the live touring experience.

Paid, Inc. celebrity services, excels at building unique brands and associated collateral materials that resonate with each band’s fan base and providing special content to the devoted supporters.  Allen Kovac, founder of 10th Street Entertainment and Eleven Seven Music, the band’s management company and label says, “Our approach at Eleven Seven Music and Tenth Street Entertainment is to identify each band’s fans and find every way to reach out to them personally with unique experiences and value proposition.  By associating with Paid, Inc., we will deliver a whole new level of interaction, products and services to enhance the DROWNING POOL experience.”

DROWNING POOL has unveiled a new online look and feel with the launch of its redesigned website and interactive fan club which offers an array of activities, information and down loadable content, providing the opportunity for fans to interface directly with the band.  A new line of merchandise will also be available on the DROWNING POOL tour, through retailers and on the website. Additionally, Drowning Pool and Paid, Inc. are collaborating to develop mobile promotions such as exclusive contests, online sponsorships and mobile advertising.

Keith Garde, Paid, Inc.’s Celebrity Services President comments, “DROWNING POOL has created their own brand of completely modern rock, which is especially evident with Full Circle. As another of their songs climbs the charts, the timing is outstanding for this boost in their merchandising, fan club and online marketing.  We love this band and are really excited to have the opportunity to help them build their brand and their relationships with their fans.”

With that being said, if you ever wanted to get up close and personal with the band, here's your chance! With VIP package prices set at only $60.00 it's an opportunity that would be crazy to pass up; Get your VIP package now on Www.DrowninPool.com!

To visit DROWNING POOL's New Site, please go to:

Drowning Pool Official Site:
http://www.DROWNINGPOOL.com

Saliva and Drowning Pool Hit the Road Together; October 17, 2008!

SALIVA AND DROWNING POOL HIT THE ROAD TOGETHER

TANTRIC & JET BLACK STARE ROUND OUT THE HARDEST ROCKING TOUR THIS FALL

MULTI-PLATINUM ROCKERS HIT THE ROAD ON OCTOBER 17^TH IN

ST. PETERSBURG, FL

Saliva and Drowning Pool kick off a new tour on October 17th in St. Petersburg, FL performing with Tantric, and Jet Black Stare. The tour continues through December building on the bands’ distinction as a true touring band. Drowning Pool marked their 250th live show in support of their current Eleven Seven Music release Full Circle at OZZFEST 2008 in their hometown of Dallas, TX in August. The band has performed headline and festival dates with a wide range of artists including: Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Judas Priest, Puddle of Mudd, Shinedown, Sevendust, Nonpoint, Staind, and Another Black Day.
“We are excited to get back on the road with our friends in Saliva to bring the Full Circle show to friends and fans across the country one last time before we head into the studio to make a new album,” says Drowning Pool front man Ryan McCombs.

The new tour dates come as the new video for Drowning Pool’s latest single “37 Stitches”, recently named Blender’s breakout video, pervades internet music sites. “37 Stitches” follows the success of Drowning Pool’s first two radio singles off of Full Circle, “Soldiers” and “Enemy,” which each lived on the charts for more than six months.

Drowning Pool is: Ryan McCombs – lead vocals * C.J. Pierce – guitar/vocals * Stevie Benton – bass/vocals * Mike Luce – drums/vocals.

For more on Drowning Pool be sure to check out,
Drowning Pool Official Site: www.DrowningPool.com

SALIVA/DROWNING POOL – ON TOUR FALL 2008

10/17-11/22 with Tantric, and Jet Black Stare

OCTOBER TOUR DATES:

OCT. 17  Saint Petersburg, FL. @Jannus Landing
Oct. 18  Dayton Beach, FL      @Destination Daytona
Oct. 20  Columbia, SC          @Headliners
Oct. 21  Goose Creek, SC       @The Dive
Oct. 22  Jacksonville, NC      @Hooligans
Oct. 24  Providence, RI        @Dunkin’ Donuts Center
Oct. 26  Lorrain, OH           @Black River Landing
Oct. 28  Columbus, OH          @Newport Music Hall
Oct. 29  Flint, MI             @The Machine Shop
Oct. 30  Springfield, IL       @Illinois State Fairgrounds

NOVEMBER TOUR DATES:

Nov. 1  Detroit, MI             @The Fillmore
Nov. 2  Traverse City, MI   @Streeters
Nov. 5  San Antonio, TX     @Scout Bar
Nov. 6  Pharr, TX           @Graham Central Station
Nov. 7  Beaumont, TX        @Scout Bar
Nov. 8  Houston, TX         @Scout Bar
Nov. 9  Corpus Christi, TX  @The Pavilion at Concrete Street
Nov. 11 Lubbock, TX         @Wild West
Nov. 22 Galamis Beach, CA   @Galamis Beach

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CJ PIERCE FROM DROWNING POOL!

Drowning Pool is a killer rock band that knows how to rock out! From radio to satellite, these guys are kickin’ ass and they know how to put on one hell of a show! The energy is bad ass and their songs are amazing. Today I got to interview CJ Pierce (guitar+back up vocals) and here’s what he had to say.. 

JuicyBands: How long has Drowning Pool been together and how do you guys all know each other?

CJ: We’ve been together as Drowning Pool since 1996. We were all friends in high school, I met Mike when I was a freshman or a sophomore. The last 2 years of high school Mike moved to Dallas. His last 2 years of high school he became friends with Stevie and right after high school he moved back to New Orleans. Him and I just started rockin’ out. He always stayed in touch with Stevie and back in the early 90’s the rock and roll era was really poppin’ with Pantara and a few other bands that were just kickin’ ass at the time; so him and I decided in 96’ to move to Dallas because the rock scene was way better there. We moved their on a mission to start a rock band together and it actually happened.

JuicyBands: I think you guys are all so phenomenal for everything you guys have been through and the tunes are outstanding.

CJ: Thank you, we’ve been through a lot of stuff. It’s been quite the roller coaster ride, quite the ride.
 
JuicyBands: After loosing your lead singer 2 years ago, how did you guys go about finding Jason “Gong” Jones to join Drowning Pool and take the place of the new lead singer?

CJ: That was a tough time, it was probably one of the toughest times in my life so far. We were all pretty down and it was like loosing your best friend, your brother, you know, anyone loosing any family member, it’s hard. But we’ve all been friends since high school, we all love music and we all love playing together, so we wanted to continue on playing. The name Drowning Pool is kind of like our last name, so we didn’t want to change our name just because one of our brothers past away. That’s another question people have asked, why we kept the same name, but you know..we started this together and we’re going to keep it going. With Jason as far as getting Jason in, he had a really good voice that went with our music; of course we didn’t know him personally, until after we got on a tour bus together. And you got to be friends and famiy first, before you can play music together and write songs together. With Jason, we never really had that brotherly family vibe; so we didn’t want to lie to ourselves and lie to our fans. I think Ties was a great record that we did with Jason, I think he has a great voice; he just wasn’t the right guy for us. With Ryan Mc.Combs we have that family vibe, we’ve known Ryan for almost 10 years now. We did some touring with him, he was friends with Dave back when we all got started. We act like brothers, fight like brothers…but in a good way. [laughs]

JuicyBands: You guys have been on tour like crazy, out of all the venues you guys played at this summer; which was your favorite and why?

CJ: That’s a tough one, I like them all for different reasons. Whether it’s 2 people,  20 people or 20,000 people, we love playing music and that’s one thing that’s pretty consistent about this band. Some bands hate if it’s a small show, they get pissed off or they cut songs and I don’t understand that mentality; we’re here to play music for anybody and everyone……or nobody it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter where we’re at, we just have such a good time everywhere, we love performing and playing great music. I can’t really think of a particular venue, we like them all. We have a lot of cool fans, so  we know people pretty much everywhere we go; it’s always good to see friends again. We did a show with Stained not to long ago which was really cool and we did a show with Seether which was awesome! We’re real good friends with Seether, we hardly ever get to see those guys; unless we do a radio show together. It’s always cool when you get to hang out with your buddies from other bands that you don’t get to see that often.  Erin Lewis imperticular, he’s a super nice guy. He kinda helped me out there, I was in dire need of something I didn’t have and he helped me out and I appreciated that, and that’s all I can say about that. Just really good people you know- gosh what venues, they’re all so good, I love them all; even the small shitty ones, I love them all. [laughs]

JuicyBands: [laughs] 

CJ: Infact, I think I like those better, because everybody’s scrambling. Like you do the big show and everything works perfect, but then you play these little club shows where shit doesn’t work right and everybody’s scrambling. I was telling my drummer last night, he was getting mad; because he’s the first one to freak out when things don’t turn out right. The fans don’t know, they’re just rockin’ out. We just go with it.

JuicyBands: So you guys are pretty well known for being a bad ass group of rock stars who know how to party like no tomorrow, what’s the craziest thing you guys have done together as a band and where did it take place?

CJ: Yeah, we still know how to party like no tomorrow, I’m doing pretty good; I know how to pace myself now. But it still doesn’t matter you know, every night’s Saturday night by the end of the night. Then you want to hang out, with these people that come to your show, they work all week, goin’ to school, so you definitely want to hang out, be a good host. I want to drink with everybody as much as the next person. The craziest thing we’ve ever done together as a band, every night crazy crazy stuff happens…every night. We haven’t been doing this lately, but we usto travel with a bunch of fireworks and that’s kinda fun to shoot it out the bus window at your crew members.

JuicyBands: [laughs] That’s a new one.

CJ: You know what I did once, I was in the back of the bus, I opened up the back window and I had a rolling candle and I shot it forward towards the front of the bus. My driver’s up there driving and he’s just seeing sparks go by, he thought he went off the road and was hitting power lines; but we were  just shooting fireworks from the back of the bus to the front of the bus.

JuicyBands: Did you guys do anything special for the  4th of July?

CJ: Actually we had a day off and we stayed at this Holiday Inn in the middle of no-where. The cool thing for me was, I wrote a new song there. A lot of times we’re playing somewhere for the holidays, but it was kinda cool to chill. That was a good day for me.

JuicyBands: You guys have performed at so many venues this summer, you guys were actually at Summer Fest with Motley Crue, that’s so awesome, how’d that go; did you guys have a blast?

CJ: Yeah I’m forever a fan of music, I still geek out on bands sometimes. I’m in the music business and I get to hang out with people. A perfect example is, Corey Taylor. I’ve known Corey for years, we toured with Slipknot back in 2001. And I see him every now and then, and I hang out with him, but at the same time, In the back of my head it’s like, “I’m hanging out with Corey Taylor!” I’m still friends with the guy so it’s cool, but I’m still like a fan at the same time, so I get all excited! There’s other bands that are like that as well, we have bands come up to us; and they’re like, “dude I’ve been fans of you guys forever.” Like today it’s going to be awesome, we’re in Kansas City and we’ll be doing a show with Judas Priest! They’ve been around forever and they still put on really kick ass shows and here we are opening up for them, so that’s exciting!

JuicyBands: That’s definitely exciting! Do you think everything you guys have been through as a band has brought you guys closer together?

CJ: Yeah it definitely brings you closer together, but I think it does a little bit of both. Brings you closer together but then you also cherish the times when you don't have to see anybody because you're always up each others ass on this bus.
 
JuicyBands: What’s your must have snack you always pack when getting ready to hit the road and go on tour?

CJ: I am a snack-a-souras! I make snacks out of anything. I’ll take anything we have and make some kind of gourmet meal out of it. I like Triscuits, I could eat those all day long, i’ll dress it up. [laughs] I’ll put like a smily face with the mustard, I like to play with my food.  

JuicyBands: If you could perform with any musician dead or alive who would it be and why?

CJ: One musician that passed away that would be fun to rock out with would be Jimmy Hendrix because he does some crazy stuff. He was just so great at ad-libbing, if you watch some of his old videos of him live, he didn’t sound anything like the record. Every time he played a song he played it completely different, but it was always awesome! So that would be fun, that would be a challenge. Of course I’ve had many moments jamming out with Dimebag, I wish there was more. It was weird with him because at his house he had a studio and he always wanted to be on the drums and give me his guitar and I’m like, “You’re Dimebag you’re amazing on the guitar, why did you give me your guitar and you’re on the drums?!” so that was fun, I’d of liked to have done more of that. I just enjoy playing with other bands like Judas Priest. We did a festival show where we opened up for Iron Maiden. It’s always fun to open up for these classic rock bands that have been around forever. It builds your hardcore fan base.

JuicyBands: You guys just wrapped up the video and are came out with a new single, 37 Stitches, do you want to tell us a little bit about it?

CJ: Yeah, we just finished up the video for it last week in Dallas. We actually had a day off, we stopped off in Dallas; filmed the video and left. So I went home for a couple hours, just to get some clothes for the video. I really like the video, it’s very personal. There’s a couple clips of Stevie at his house and a couple clips of me at my house and there’s a couple clips of Joe and Charlie; his parents are in the video which is really cool. And some buddies of ours Bob, who plays base for Damage Plan and 2nd base for Hellyeah, he’s in the video doing the tattoo on Mikes arm. It was kinda cool, we did it in our home town; so we got to run around and shoot in different locations. The last scene was actually at the Pladium, which is a real cool rock club with the Dallas skyline in the background. I’m really happy with that. We haven’t done anything like that before and I think it came out really good. I’m in shock. I just got the edit yesterday and I’m really happy with it. I’m not sure what else they have to do to it, but I’m really happy with what I’ve seen. I think the official ad date is the 2nd week in August, so I’m sure after August or September that 37 Stitches will start hitting the radio and you’ll be hearing more of it. It’s a good song, I really like it. It’s kind of a departure from our regular style, a little more mellow. I pulled out the acoustic for the first time and that’s where that song came from and I really hope it takes up because Ryan does really good at that stuff.  We did a couple songs that aren’t out at all yet, I’m sure they will come out. We did a couple of acoustic songs from the record just for fun at a buddies studio and they just sound really really good. We’ve never done anything like that before. I hopefully want to pursue a few more songs like that on the next record, but of course we’re going to stick with the heavy stuff. I think our new material is going to be heavier then boddies, so I’m looking forward to those songs as well. Just trying to expand our music on the next record.

JuicyBands: That’s great that you guys are keeping it fresh and switching it up. When you guys are on tour how do you decide what songs you’re going to start off with and end with each night?

CJ: That’s a constant battle every single day. Everybody wants to do something different, everybody has their favorite songs. We usually make 2 or 3 different set lists. It changes here and there, we have a couple songs that flow nice together and stay together live, but then at different show’s we’ll switch it up. 37 is a new song we just put on the set list recently, so every night, we’ll try it here, we’ll try it there, whatever feels better.

JuicyBands: While on tour, what do you do on the tour bus to keep yourself entertained?

CJ: I just play the guitar and write music. I’m pretty boring. I’ll get up, get a little work out in, do some sit-ups and push-ups and I’m more motivated to write music and pick up my guitar; that’s what I do. Some dudes like Ryan, he’s a video game guy. He’ll sit in his bunk and just play video games forever. I can’t do that, I can’t play video games for more then 5 minutes, I get dizzy. I’m just writing music and believe me, time flys when I’m writing music. The whole day will go by, I’ll get really into it and next thing I know the day’s over.

JuicyBands: Jager or Vodka?

CJ: We were sponsored by jager for many many years when we did the jagermeister tour. I would have to say Vodka over Jager because I’ve drank so much jager In the last 5-10 years of my life. We need some clear liquids here.

JuicyBands: Do you guys have any special plans for the future?

CJ: We have a little time off in September. I think we’re going to get a lot of songs solid, for the next record in that time period. Hopefully we’ll be in the position to record by next year and put a new record out there for the fans and continue touring through all next year.

JuicyBands: Is there anything you’d like to say to your fans?

CJ: Yeah, I’d like to let our fans know, we say this all the time. Usually after the show, we’ll go change and shower off and then we’ll come hang out and everybody’s gone. We’re the kind of band, we like to hang out and thank everyone personally for coming out. I’ll go back stage and change my shirt and come out to hang out with everyone and everybody’s gone. It’ll just be us 4 at the bar hanging out, wondering where everyone went.

For more on DROWNING POOL be sure to check out:

Drowning Pool Official Site:
http://www.DROWNINGPOOL.com

DROWNING POOL Official Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/drowningpool

Official DROWNING POOL store
http://www.drowningpool.com/shop.cfm/pk/category/ac/list/cid/400454

CATCH THEM LIVE AND BE SURE TO HANG OUT AND PARTY WITH THEM AFTER THE SHOW! TOUR DATES:

AUG. 13, 2008
Venue: Club Chrome
Location: Springfield, IL.

AUG. 15, 2008
Venue: Oktoberfest Grounds Pavillion
Location: La Crosse, WI

AUG. 16, 2008
Venue: Brown County Arena
Location: Green Bay, WI

AUG. 17, 2008
Venue: Orpheum Theatre
Location: Madison, WI

AUG. 19, 2008
Venue: The Hub Parking Lot
Location: Fargo, ND

AUG. 20, 2008
Venue: Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena
Location: Rapid City, SD

AUG. 23, 2008
Venue: White River Amphitheatre
Location: Auburn, WA

AUG. 26, 2008
Venue: Great Falls Civic Center
Location: Great Falls, MT

Drowning Pool Exclusive Photos (Video Shoot)

Drowning Pool recently shot a new video for their new single, "37 Stitches" and we thought we'd share some of the photos from the shoot.  

Drowning Pool: 37 Stitches (LIVE)

Incase you want to sing it....here's the words

DROWNING POOL’S “37 STITCHES” NAMED BLENDER’S BREAKOUT VIDEO!

   
   

Multi-Platinum Texas Rockers Offer Inspiration By Saluting Their Families With Their Latest single which Follows Hits “Soldiers” and “Enemy”

 Los Angeles, CA – Multi-Platinum Texas based rockers DROWNING POOL have recently been named a BLENDER BREAKOUT VIDEO on BLENDER.COM with their viral video for their new single “37 STITCHES.” The video features an acoustic performance of the song and highlights the band’s recent visit to Capitol Hill and meeting Democratic Presidential Nominee, Barack Obama

Due to an overwhelming fan response on tour, online and a via a fan made YouTube video that reached over a quarter million views, the band has decided to release this song as their next single and shoot a brand new music video of “37 Stitches” to commercial radio on August 18th.

Commenting on “37 Stitches,” singer Ryan McCombs says, “This song means a lot to us as a band, and I’m really happy we’re getting the chance to put it out as a single. It’s a heartfelt song inspired by our loved ones… the unsung heroes who support us day after day, yet we’re the ones who get all the glory and spotlight. We hope that it resonates with our fans – old and new- who want to pay homage to their own support systems.”

“37 Stitches” follows the success of Drowning Pool’s first two radio singles “Soldiers” and “Enemy,” which each stayed on the radio charts for more than six months each and also marks the band’s first ever release of a ballad, the song shows a mature and melodic side from a band that is most famous for their intense and hard rocking live shows.

Drowning Pool has been on the tour for well over a year now playing to varied crowds across the US, Europe and Canada. On August, 9, 2008, DROWNING POOL will mark their 250th live show in support of Full Circle at OZZFEST 2008 in their home town of Dallas, TX. The band will be on the road throughout the summer performing headline and festival dates with a wide range of artists including: Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Judas Priest, Puddle of Mudd, Shinedown, Sevendust, Nonpoint, Saliva, Staind, and Another Black Day.

Drowning Pool is:  Ryan McCombs, Lead vocals, C.J. Pierce, Guitars/vocals, Stevie Benton, Bass/vocals and Mike Luce: Drums/vocals.

For more on Drowning Pool be sure to check out:

Drowning Pool Official Site:
http://www.onlythroughthepain.com

Drowning Pool Official Myspace
http://profile.myspace.com/drowningpool

BLENDER BREAKOUT VIDEO