DAN REED NETWORK Sign Album Contract With Frontiers Music Srl
January 22nd, 2016
Portland, Oregon-based rock group Dan Reed Network signed an album contract with Frontiers Music Srl, revealing this development on January 22nd, 2016.
Dan Reed issued the following statement: “It’s been 25 years since our last studio album, The Heat (1991), was released, and, to be honest, I never envisioned making another Dan Reed Network album, despite countless people throughout the world encouraging us to do so. But with a mixture of fate and a collective of trusted friends and supporters in the business coming to the table, I am excited to say we are poised to release a brand new record, titled Fight Another Day, in 2016 on Frontiers, home of many artists that we in fact admired back when we were first hitting the scene and before. Finally the stars aligned perfectly to have it all come together and make this album, and to have Derek Shulman, who originally signed Dan Reed Network to Polygram in 1987, once again being in our lives as our co-manager and A&R man, brings us full circle.
“As for the sound and approach of the album, the band and I thought it would be a great experiment and interesting challenge to revisit what endeared the band to so many back in the day and deliver a rock record with funk and soul elements, strong melodies, but this time around incorporate even edgier lyrics while not losing sight that this release needed to be uplifting, infectious, and most of all, powerful when performed live.
“The title Fight Another Day represents the fact that after 25 years we were able to gravitate back to the passion we discovered playing together all those years ago, and battle once more!”
Frontiers president Serafino Perugino shared the following words, meanwhile: “Dan Reed Network have been one of the ‘unsung heroes’ of their age. Some of their records, particularly Slam (1989), include some of the finest melodic rock ever. I salute and welcome them to the label and I am genuinely excited to release their new music to the world.”
Dan Reed Network’s line-up was as follows;
Dan Reed (lead vocals, rhythm guitars, piano, synth programming, and Moog bass)
Brion James (vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, synth guitars, synth programming, and drum programming)
Dan Pred (drums, percussion, and videography)
Melvin Brannon II (vocals, bass, acoustic bass, electric contra bass, and synth bass)
Rob Daiker (vocals, keyboards, synth programming, and drum programming)
