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The Gauntlet: Slave To The System Metal News

Damon Johnson speaks about the birth of supergroup Slave To The System


Slave To The System In a recent interview, The Gauntlet asked Slave To The System lead vocalist Damon Johnson about how the band, whose line-up includes Johnson and Roman Glick of Brother Cane, Scott Rockenfield and Kelly Gray of Queensryche and Scott Heard, got together to make one of this year's most exciting rock records. Here's what Johnson had to say about the formation of the outfit'

"Well the whole thing really started when Kelly Gray produced the Brother Cane album in 1997. We really had a special chemistry and it started right away. After going through that process with him, we stayed in touch while the band was on the road. We subsequently went on tour with Queensryche. He had become friends with, I think he had went to school with Geoff Tate. So, they brought him in the fold and he and I were talking one day and he said "Listen, man I was talking to Rockenfield and maybe we could get together and make some noise and see what happens." And it literally started that, kind of organically, I guess. The two and a half, three weeks that we spent together is what's shown up on this record. We're as surprised as anyone else is, that it turned out like that. I think the songs are really special and the performances are great and most importantly, we had a great time doing it."


 

Date: Jan 31, 2006
As Reported by: Erin Fox

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