Shotgun Rebellion / Blog
Dallas, Texas show review
Shotgun Rebellion is a Double Barrel full magnum load of SouthernRock / Heavy Metal Musicians that call Oklahoma City, Oklahoma home…. Guitarist and lead vocalist Rick Davis formally of (3 Hours Of Darkness and Kill the Silence) teamed up with Bassist Jon Parr formally of (Echofist), and drummer Eric Queen and started jammin together, and after a few practice sessions they started putting together a unique and powerful Southern Rock /Heavy Metal sound. All they needed now was a unique band name, but not just any name - it had to be a good Ole Southern name for a good Southern Metal Band so "Shotgun Rebellion" was born….. I had known Rick the bands lead Guitar/vocalist personally for almost 5 yrs, and had seen him perform in a couple of his other bands. I didn’t know what to expect, but I knew that not only could Rick play a mean lead Guitar, he also had a rough Zakk Wylde sounding kind of vocals. I really wanted to see what Shotgun Rebellion had to offer, so I invited them down to Dallas Texas to perform a heading slot at a showcase I was putting on in Sept 2010. As soon as Shotgun Rebellion took the stage and I heard their first song I knew right away that Rick and his new band mates had managed to hang on to Ricks "WE'RE FIXIN TO ROCK THE HELL OUT OF U” old school ways. But “Shotgun Rebellion” is not just another Southern Rock Band, oh It’s still sort of a Southern Rock/Southern Metal genre, but with its own new unique Southern Rock Heavy Metal sound all its own, and it can’t be more evident than in a few of their new songs like “No More", “Train of Pain”, “Devil's Home Brew”, and "Roll on". Take my word for it because I’ve checked out hundreds of live local band performances and this is one band you’ll need to check out for yourself, but as for me I’m giving Shotgun Rebellion a BIG DALLAS TEXAS “HORNS UP ! and I’ll see ya at the top.” BIG DADDYWOOD, Blackthorn Productions ,Dallas Texas
aw'right Gunners
Aw’right Gunners, how the hell are ya! Well, it’s been just over two months since Rick and I decided to put this project together and after numerous auditions, Eric Queen finally entered the studio and won the job of filling in the final piece of the puzzle on drums. Since then, we have been busting our asses writing and going over new material. We are resurrecting some of the old “3 Hours of Darkness” stuff, so some of the songs may sound familiar to you that been loyal to Rick over the years. I am constantly sending Rick lyrics and ideas, and if you check the page often enough, you may just catch a glimpse of a new song he’s posted up for me listen to. Sometimes these are only up for a few days, so log onto the myspace everyday…who knows what you might hear? We recorded a 4 song ep, and will soon be adding to that and be making that available to you all very quickly. Also we are talking with a designer about getting some shirts printed for the upcoming shows….speaking of How many band do you know of that could be pull of a show in Dallas freakin’ Texas after only being together for four weeks? Well, we did it, and totally kicked some ass. The bar owner love it, the other bands enjoyed it, the audience bought all the cd’s we had (which was important for gas money back home!) and the promoter Big Daddy at Blackthorn Entertainment loved it enough to ask us back in November. He also posted up the Shotgun songs on his profile page as well. Did we stop to have a beer and pat ourselves on the back? Well. Just maybe long enough have a beer and then it’s right back to work. On October 30th we will be appearing at Big Papa’s Hellaweekend IV at the Coca-Cola Events Center in Bricktown, Okc opening for national acts “Warbeast” who is on former Pantera frontman Phillip Anselmo’s new record label. Thank you to all who have supported Rick and I over the years in “3 Hours of Darkness”, “Kill the Silence”, and”Echofist”. I humbly ask that you give Eric a warm welcome and throw your support behind “Shotgun Rebellion” I promise you will not be disappointed !! Your bassist, Jon Parr
