San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have recruited vocalist Brian Allen (LAST EMPIRE, MALICE, WILD DOGS) as the replacement for the recently departed Ronnie Stixx.

Allen (pictured below) was suggested to VICIOUS RUMORS founder Geoff Thorpe by WILD DOGS/DR. MASTERMIND mainman Matthew T. McCourt, who tells BLABBERMOUTH.NET, "Brian has tremendous range — from growling to window-breaking screams — and [he is] low maintenance. Plus he's a great showman. The only guy I know who has more chains and spikes than I do. And a lot of fun on stage and off.

"VICIOUS RUMORS has a lot more going for them than I do," Matt continues.

"I had this idea to have Brian join WILD DOGS so we could do justice to a set of the 'Reign Of Terror' songs on which Brian outdid the original, but guitarist Robert Robinson and drummer Bryce Van Patten killed that idea. And while talking to Geoff Thorpe, [I] mentioned this great singer and my situation and he mentioned VR may be in the market for a new frontman and [I] offered to hook the two up.

"Brian did a couple gigs with the band in November and will be joining them for a show with DEATH ANGEL in a few weeks. I'll be helping out with the long-distance pre-production when it gets to that stage, offering up my studio for demoing vocal tracks. It's much the same as when I helped Deen Castronovo get into Tony Macalpine's band during the DR. MASTERMIND sessions. In fact, moving Deen to the Bay Area was a part of that deal.

"I really hate to see great talent go to waste, and if I can help out — WHY NOT? Gimme 22 reasons why not! I can't think of one! So now it's up to Brian to prove himself with VR and I wish them all the best."

Stixx recently announced his departure VICIOUS RUMORS, stating, "I have quit VICIOUS RUMORS due to unfair conditions and very shady acts from certain members [of the] band.

"With [no new] material being written or recorded in over two years and just milking the tours on old songs for one person's gain, this was not what I thought it was going to be."

Photo below courtesy of Brian Allen's MySpace page.

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Man, what a super fun time last nite id like to thank al of you who came down to the rosland friday in portland to help us rock out with our sock out!......you were a superb audience and passed the audition.......
hehe... thanx a zillion..... hope to see ya soon again in a venue near you... hey if yer havin a party we'll do that too a good ol house party is always fun stuff and nothin is beyond the wild dogs realm of do's... to say... hey if it sounds fun lets do it!...
anyone that fotos i really need them for dean guitars website please post or send em contact me the sooner the better..
thanks a trillion,(or whats after that a trillion doesnt seem to be that nuch anymore...
matt

San francisco california 1982 teh stone on broadway.. with culprit and mike varney's band cinema with teh famous harry carry on vocals and pete marino on bass..
we took off  in deens van and jef's van at midnight after several reloads and tire changes and shoutig at the trailer rental man who actually saved us money by NOT having a trailer to rent...
arriving in SF at noon we unolaoaded and then kip and deen and a few other fun bus guys went on a lil ourney(no pun ) ok pun intended,, in the city by the bayeeayyy-oh!....
funny how this turned out for deen- kip already had lived tehre so we went all to the cool spots (id seen motorhead on the ace of spades tour with kip doran and mick zane of malice(before malice) a summer before on a roadtrip to kips....
the gig went crazy man bill hale took lots of fotos and its kiskce doff a run of 4 years of playing live up and down the west coast( we never turned left going down I-5
haha... to celebrate ill go lose the king of the blues contest at guotar center tonite and right now ill drink a beer or 3 and offer anyone reaidng this free tickets to our show next friday here in the lovely city of roses*remember kids roses has thorn- or every rose has its thorn as the man who got bumped at the country awards once said....
so if you wanna come see us and tin circus and garden of eden and seven.. email me here and ill send you tickets or you pick em up at the door..
lotsa love and memeories to all who served... and kip...our bay area tour guide....
and also to the nice hookers who robbed our roadies goin thru their pockets it taught them a good lesson in love.... haha

dan crenshaw of garden of eden was nice enough to give us some free tickets whih i wil pass to whoever replies first.....we have 10  to start with
so if you live near portland oregon let me know if you want a free show with wild dogs
garden of eden and
steve unger of metal church's prodigy kidsTIN CIRCUS they are amazing 12 years old and already a superstar lead singer this kid is like sebastian bach in miniature leathe rvest pants hair the whoe deal AND THE VOICE ....  you gotta see this man.... and steve pays bass and mentors his troupe....
friday aug 28 portlands legendary roseland theatre downstairs venue...pete's room
all ages 7pm show......see us free with re entry and make yuor way back and forth to satyricon if thats what ye had planned.....thats 2 shows for the pr


ice of one...

It started out great on the plane to hamburg was Vicious rumors, bill peteres teh world famous metal on metal radio show dj  from cleveland with his auburn records band lick the blade  and a whole lotta more fun people...the spinal taps started as we touched down, VR singer Ronnie stixx was redirected to philly and stranded there, the next VR singer  gary St Pierre  lost his luggage gary and i got lost on the way to witte-hof even with teh sporty bmw and its mouthy GPS who wanted to turn left all the time....
but the show at planet alsen that night was superb gary learned the songs  al day and smashed the set!. triankulis was alos on the bill and i saw many friends form lats year.
next we're back at the gaff the witte -hof owned by the nicest people on the planet...
and lo and behold even sheely is tehre with q5 , nightshade and later on TANK rolls or i should say stu,bl;es in "pissed as a cunt" as the drummer said late nigth partying with their roadie ending up face first on the floor spark oput o the carppet... a mere meter away form the comfy bed....
day one of hoa.. super show ending with VR ronnie stixx coming in late and killin the set with an extra nbonus set by gary st pierre...tank knocked em dead as well
hmm ill come back and edit this.. pics are up... lots of beeer mud and good times...this year was a very good hoa many kudos to thomas juergen steffi tennesse one man army and all the rest.,.. tehre on thomas' farm

so far we have 2 new songs down basics on one and near finished recording at man in black studio and sunset sound in portland or very cool diretion were goin roberts songs sound  a bit like what reign of terror was doing or in some ways like racer x robert has a style that is really unique and very metal my songs willbe comin up next
ive been hangin out at alot of thrash shows and teh songs reflect that influence bryce has a new anthem for us.. weve only one song named "armageddon paradise is about the worlds armmies killing off all living things so they can have it all to themselves(singing form one soliders point of view" if it were an album cover it would be justlike the corona beer ads but instead of a beach scene it would be a guuy siuttin under an uymnrealla with a burning city as the landscape and dead peopel all over the place... cheery eh?.im also influenced by al the crap goin down in the news and our country bein run into thr gorund by some newbie who spent most ofhis time writing books when he shoudl have been payin attention in his senate seat!,,,always  makes me wonder why a guy can write a biography before hes actually done something_ well hitler did didnt he>?? and so i too am writing a book with pox of levil unifrom magazine- flourishing in obscurity willbe a greta insight on my colorful life full of action violence adventure and for the 2nd half.. my comeback to civivilaization, and to not rely on anyone else to get my music out the way I want....and to show and influence others to do the same....when no one will give you the time of day you always will have a watch on i say and better late than never....
the book will finish up with a real how to do your own music untiuol you make enough noise that someone else who didnt wantya before will come runnin to cash in....and you will need those people unless youre heavily"connected"

wild dogs(with dr mastermind) will be performing in the usa in portland  and sheridan oregon
sherdian jun 20 oregon music fest
jun 27 at redroom in portland.
july 18 the levil uniform magazine festival in portland  at liberty hall
for the future.. near future matt mccourt is writing a biography with teh help of pox at levil uniform the book will detail matts beginnings some key events in the formation of his mind and soul and then teh nonstop music and video career thats been going on for the past 31 years!.. "its kinda fun and peopel say i like talkin about myself and i always love goin over to the toxic holocasut/leviluniform mansion those guys make me feel welcome and glad to be me man... and for you readers check out toxic on youtube one of their videos and songs is called wild dogs....great old skool thrash done by not so old guys,,,
so.. YOU WANTED IT YOU GO TIT!.....
WILD DOGS IWLL BE ADDING BRIAN ALLEN FAMED VOCALIST FOR LAST EMPIRE AND LEGENDARY PRIOEST TRIBUTE BRITISH STEEL TO SING REIGN OF TERROR SONGS...!
"we'll keep all the regular c;assics and dr mastermind plus the reign of terror songs  llove but just cant sing em properly Brian is a screamer deluxe i the style of king diamond and rob halford check out last empire or brian allen in my friends list... and friend em.. he wont stop with last empire hopefully we can do some more shows together once they find a guitar player... what the band had panned is to do the original songs and have brian sing a mans best friend tune.. and introduce dr mastermidn ....then after the rippstoppi solo of robert robionsons shreddin stringhammer... we commence with the best of reign of terror with brian and close the show with believe in me in a duetof course since its you who wanna see us i hope yo givbe me some input..this is matt mccourt signing off for now
but first...we have recorded a new song called armageddon paradise and have 4 moretherashing heavy tunes our set needs some mosh materiaL  and after so many killer bands like kreator and exodus and tocxic and destruction have come through ive broken through the writiers block

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