SHOK PARIS To Perform Entire 'Go For The Throat' Album In Cleveland

March 28, 2010

Cleveland metal legends SHOK PARIS will perform their classic 1984 album, "Go For The Throat", in its entirety for the very first time on Saturday, May 1 at the Beachland Ballroom in the band's hometown. Also scheduled to appear are GROUND ZERO, H.A.T.E. and DOFKA. The show starts at 8 p.m. Admission is $9.

"Go For The Throat" was the first release from both SHOK PARIS and Auburn Records in 1984. The landmark vinyl album was reissued with bonus tracks on CD by Auburn in 2004 to support SHOK PARIS' performance at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Balingen, Germany.

"After doing the last few shows, it has come to our attention that a lot of the fans coming to the shows, old and new fans alike, were not around when we first came out in '84," says SHOK PARIS lead vocalist Vic Hix. "Back then, all we could play out was 'Go For The Throat' material because that's all we had. As time went by and we started writing for the newer albums, we stopped playing almost everything from 'Go For The Throat' except 'Burn It Down' and 'Run But Don't Hide'. Those two were a mainstay as the ending songs, forever, at all of our shows, even up to this day. It just would not feel right not doing those songs at the end of the night.

"So fast forward to today. At the past few shows we have been asked why we did not play this song or that song off 'Go For The Throat'. [So] we decided for the next show to blow the dust off of that ol' piece of vinyl and play all the songs from it.

"I think it will be a blast to do! It will give everybody a taste of the 'ol Shok Pariee,' as we like to say."

SHOK PARIS reunited in 2009 with a new lineup to perform at the Auburn Records 25th Anniversary Concert. The band still features core members and main songwriters Ken Erb on guitar and Hix on vocals.

SHOK PARIS will headline the first night of the Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place July 29-31, 2010 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany.

The band is working on new material and plans to begin recording its fourth studio album for Auburn later this year.

SHOK PARIS is:

Vic Hix - Vocals
Ken Erb - Guitar
John Korzekwa - Guitar
Ed Stephens - Bass
Donovan Kenaga – Drums

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