Raging Speedhorn

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Raging Speedhorn are sad to announce they have parted ways with vocalist Frank Regan.

With Raging Speedhorn still being one of Britain's hardest working bands, Frank no longer feels able to commit fully to the rigorous schedule, and has taken the difficult decision to leave the band.

John, Darren, Gareth, Gordon and Jay fully respect and back Frank's decision to deal with private issues and spend more time with his wife and child. The band has said "We know this was not an easy decision for Frank, and we wish him luck in whatever he chooses to do next".

Meanwhile the band has lined up a temporary replacement with former Hard to swallow, Iron Monkey and Helvis vocalist Bloody Kev, for a handful of intimate club shows in the U.K.

To be followed an appearance at this years Download festival.

Raging Speedhorn:
Frank Regan
John Loughlin
Gareth Smith
Jaye Thompson
Darren Smith
Gordon Morison

"If we weren�t in Raging Speedhorn, we�d all be dead, in jail or blowing up buildings for a living." Frank Regan

Try to remember what the British rock scene was like before Raging Speedhorn. Go on, Hard, isn�t it?

Let us help you out. The British rock scene was dying. It was made up of dribbling metal boys bellowing a whole lot of nothing, empty-headed grunge kids prostrating themselves at the shrine of Saint Kurt, fey indie waifs with featherlight haircuts and featherweight tunes.

Raging Speedhorn didn�t just change all that. They strapped a landmine to its chest, rammed a grenade into its mouth, and blew it all to Kingdom Come.

Raging Speedhorn were formed in August 1998 in the grim English town of Corby. They came together from two rival local bands: Box (John Loughlin, Gordon Morrison and original guitarist Tony Loughlin) and Soulcellar (Frank Regan, Gareth Smith and Darren Smith). This motley crew of freaks, geeks and misfits put aside their rivalries, put down their knives, and decided that the world needed a kick in the pants.

Britain didn�t know what hit it. Just three months after they formed, Speedhorn recorded their first demo with producer Roddy Stone. Featuring four dense slabs of bilious noise, it delivered a brutal uppercut to all those cynics who said that America was king when it came to aggressive music. The buzz on the grapevine was deafening. The demo sold more than a thousand copies to fans who wanted more than the latest bunch of sad-sacks with their saggy trousers and saggier sounds.

Throughout 1999 and 2000, the Speedhorn phenomenon began to grow at a frightening rate. They played with � and blew off the stage � Will Haven, Biohazard, Ministry� and even Blur guitarist Graham Coxon. Venues were laid to waste � sometimes literally � and fans flocked to the Speedhorn cause.

In August 2000, Raging Speedhorn released their self-titled debut album. It delivered a full-force gut punch to the competition. Suddenly, their riotous brand of extreme noise terrorism was the sound of the streets. Everybody wanted a piece of them. Articles appeared in such respected magazines as Kerrang!, the NME, Metal Hammer and Q. Raging Speedhorn had arrived.

The next 12 months saw Raging Speedhorn stake out their position as the finest metal band the UK had produced in a generation. They travelled the world, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. Whenever they came to town, hatches were battened down whenever, police stations were put on red alert and bar owners shuttered up their windows.

All the while, Raging Speedhorn�s stature was growing at a frightening rate. In June 2001, they opened the second UK Ozzfest with a performance of mind-blowing proportions. The same month, their very first commercially available single �The Gush� pummelled its way into the UK Top 50 � a spectacular feat considering the terror it inspired in radio and TV programmers.

But there was trouble ahead. Music industry politics � the death-knell for so many bands � sidelined Raging Speedhorn for almost a year. The anger and frustration of this period spilled out on their electrifying second album, �We Will Be Dead Tomorrow�. This wasn�t rock �n� roll. This was genocide.

The next 18 months rushed by in a blur of noise and blood. There were uproarious tours with Biohazard and Amen. There were lost nights and barely-recalled days. They lost one guitarist (founder-member Tony Loughlin) and gained another (Jaye Thompson of UK sludge-metal upstarts Defenestration). They moved to London, Cardiff and Stockholm. But all the time, there was one thing burning inside them � Raging Speedhorn.

Which brings us to the latest chapter in the Raging Speedhorn story. This year will see the release of their awe-inspiring third album, How The Great Have Fallen. Produced by Queens Of The Stone Age associate Joe Baresi, How The Great Have Fallen is their mightiest album yet. Such spectacularly savage tracks as �A Different Shade Of Shit�, �Slay The Coward�, �Dead Man Walking� and �Don�t Let The Bastards Grind You Down� show that they�ve lost none of their bite. This is the sound of angry men making violent music for unhinged people.

Raging Speedhorn have already redefined the face of metal. With 'How The Great Have Fallen', they�ve done it yet again.
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