WARRIOR SOUL - Intro-Interzone-Drugs,God And The New Republic (1990)

Warrior Soul is an American heavy metal band formed by lead singer Kory Clarke, guitarist John Ricco, later replaced by Alex, a Scotsman living in New York City (aka X-Factor) (aka Gene), bassist Pete McClanahan, drummer Paul Ferguson later replaced by Mark Evans and then Scott Duboys. They were signed to Geffen Records from 1989 to 1994.
The band hit the scene in New York City right before 1990s grunge. Coming of age during the presidency of the first George Bush, many of its songs were politically based, from the prescient "In Conclusion" to the call to arms, "Children of the Winter."
The term "Acid Punk" was coined by Clarke to explain the hard driving trippy sound that was Warrior Soul, particularly the Space Age Playboys album, mixed by Ben Gross. The style once again predicted what was going to break on the American and International rock music scene with the success of Green Day and The Offspring.
The critical acclaim that accompanied the band translated to record sales in Europe but there was not enough push or touring to break in the USA. Despite recognition by peers, including Lars Ulrich from Metallica, who had been quoted as saying Space Age Playboys was his favorite album, Warrior Soul disbanded in 1995.
In 1996, Odds & Ends was released as a posthumous collection of demos and left material that were to be part of a major label record (Electra, Nancy Jeffries) that got squashed by Peter Mench at Q-Prime management. Clarke took 2 years off after disbanding "The Playboys" and moved back to New York and wrote and released on "Cargo Records" his spoken word solo album "Opium Hotel" 2004. Soon after Clarke was tapped to be the lead singer of Dirty Rig and coproduced their album for "Escapi Records" in 2006. All the Warrior Soul albums were re released in 2006 and the latest is called "Destroy The War Machine" do to be out March 2010. Mark Evans, the band's drummer for three of their albums, was murdered in London, UK in 2005.
Following the re-release of the band's first five albums on in 2006, Clarke reformed Warrior Soul for a UK tour in March 2007, using long time musician friends from England and Sweden. Work has begun on a new Warrior Soul album and a live album taken from the band's October UK tour. (This was released in mid 2007) Clarke has since been announced as the new lead singer of Trouble as of May 2, 2008, according to Trouble's website.
The band released a limited edition studio album titled Chinese Democracy in October 2008, just a month before the Guns N' Roses album of the same name was due for release. The band shortly re-named the album Destroy the War Machine and began to print more copies.
In 2008, the band played the second incarnation of Hard Rock Hell, in North Wales, with the large room over capacity when the band play, rendering the opposing Hawkwind show on the next stage virtually unattended. Kerrang! magazine reviewed the show as KKKKK (5 Ks)
In December 2008, also saw the band return to large indoor stages, with shows at the Shepherds Bush Empire, London, and the Academy Glasgow.
In 2009, the band's re-issues of the classic Warrior Soul work on vinyl, and a European tour to support the release of Destroy the War Machine. Warrior Soul toured the UK with The More I See.
2010 saw singer Kory Clarke living in Berlin, Germany, and performing his new rock cabaret "Kory On The Rocks" with local backing band Stashbox

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[JOHNTSOCH]

For the one who dislike these 3 songs i have to say only one thing!!! Being a deaf man is not a privilege !!!!

[mach66]

Everything is perfect on this album

[Wacke666]

Just beautiful. Warrior Soul, Type O Negative, Life of Agony, Danzig, Anthrax, Overkill, Cro-Mags, Circus of Power are a few of all the great bands from the NYC / New Jersey scene ... I'm from Finland and Sweden, but I listen to these great bands like I'm a local scene kid back in the late 80's / early 90's. The east coast sound is dark, beautiful and often has a meaning to it, like Warrior Soul. West coast is (or was, my mind's still in 1990) all for the hair and glamour people. East is real.

[Metalfier]

I remember the first time i heard this album by the east river in Brooklyn, gpoint NY, When i was 15 years old . smokin pot for the 1st time . It blew my mind! what a great album!!! masterpiece. Heavy Metal Rock!

[gonlaz]

I love this album

[johnnyvalen]

standing at the crossroads showered in cast stones the truth will be known

as we kick the king right off his throne

I'm the anti , anti king I'm the anti , anti king

[handofchurchill]

Still one of my favorite bands ever.

[lcreefer]

i mean these tracks lol

[lcreefer]

fvkk yeah.....this track kicks ass \m/

[inDieMelodie]

Great album - metal with both a progressive and a punk'ish edge to it... and always loved their interpretation of "Interzone".