When Vinnie Vincent premiered his long-awaited new album Judgment Day (Guitarmageddon Pt. 1) in Nashville on Might 19 and 20, it appeared just like the mercurial ex-Kiss guitarist was lastly able to hit the bottom operating after many years away from the highlight.
After which, in basic Vincent vogue, his plans modified in a flash.
The album listening celebration at Nashville’s Starstruck studio featured a full-band efficiency, with vocal duties cut up between unique Vinnie Vincent Invasion singer Robert Fleischman, who sang on the band’s 1986 self-titled debut and Judgment Day, and newcomer Scott Board, who fronts the hard-rock cowl band Unhealthy Romeo and the unique band No Love Misplaced. Vincent reportedly launched Board as his new lead singer on the occasion and informed the followers in attendance that the 2 had numerous thrilling plans within the works. However inside roughly every week, Vincent backtracked on his lead singer reveal and mentioned he was nonetheless looking for the correct particular person for the job.
The confusion was documented in a sequence of posts on the Vinnie Vincent Legion Fb group. “My second of happiness was jammin’ it out with my new singer Scott Board in our first studio shred efficiency on a few of my favourite songs,” Vincent wrote on Might 23. “For me, one of the best time taking part in with a singer I’ve had since Rob and I reduce the [first Vinnie Vincent Invasion] file.” He additionally saluted Board, writing, “You da man! My buddy, here is to us! I increase my glass to you. And it is solely the start, my buddy.”
Shortly afterward, it was additionally the tip.
On Might 29 — six days after his preliminary announcement — Vincent (or his staff) issued one other assertion claiming he was not shifting ahead with Board. “Vinnie has not formally chosen a singer at this level and has determined to maintain trying,” the assertion mentioned. “Any affirmative wording concerning a vocalist is misconstrued. Anybody claiming that prized place is wrong and may instantly stop from selling that perception and narrative to others.”
Vincent adopted up with the information that he was “auditioning singers for a brand new tour and file” and inspired hopeful vocalists to submit auditions.
Board addressed the flip-flop in a prolonged Fb submit on Monday. “As a lifetime Kiss fan, I used to be very humbled and honored to be requested to hitch forces with Vinnie Vincent,” he started. “Not solely to sing with him at his album listening celebration final weekend in Nashville however I used to be additionally requested by Vinnie to turn out to be his new lead singer a number of weeks in the past after listening to my vocals on numerous his songs together with samples of a few of my different performances.”
The singer and guitarist reportedly bonded over their “love of the outdated blues artists” and “‘old-school’ sort angle,” and Board mentioned Vincent wished to re-record the Invasion’s 1988 sophomore album All Methods Go with him and collaborate on new materials. The guitarist shared these plans on the Nashville listening celebration, the place he touted Board as his new singer.
Board mentioned he “actually wished to assist Vinnie as a fan and as a buddy to assist get him again out into the music scene in a ‘optimistic’ approach and felt I may very well be a very good affect.”
Issues gave the impression to be trying up for Vincent and Board, as they “had been in touch with one another about plans for me to return out and begin re-recording ASG as lately as final week, a day after he launched to the press about me being his new singer.” However from that time on, Board mentioned he acquired radio silence from the guitarist and his camp.
“The following factor I do know, I acquired a message from a buddy stating Vinnie had launched a brand new assertion that he had not named a brand new singer and that the prior message about me being his new vocalist was misconstrued,” Board wrote. “I used to be by no means contacted by Vinnie or anybody in his camp advising that something was fallacious nor was I ever knowledgeable I used to be not the singer for Vinnie. This got here completely out of the blue and I am nonetheless scratching my head as to what precisely occurred. I did not go into any of this blindly or with out data of the historical past surrounding this artist, however I actually did not suppose this may have occurred at this juncture of the journey.”
Regardless of apparently shedding his lead singer gig inside every week, Board mentioned he “will proceed to want Vinnie all one of the best going ahead and proceed praying for him simply as I’ve from the very starting and all through this entire course of. I hope my followers and his will do the identical. I want nothing however one of the best for him. Ultimately, I take a look at it as a unprecedented alternative that I am very grateful to have skilled.”
Within the meantime, Board will proceed to play reveals with Unhealthy Romeo and is readying the discharge of No Love Misplaced’s new album, Final Name, in August. Vincent, in the meantime, mentioned he’ll be sending Judgment Day to the urgent plant imminently. The album options vocals from Fleischman and can mark Vincent’s first correct launch since 1996’s Euphoria EP.
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