MAN RAZE, the rock outfit featuring
Phil Collen of
DEF LEPPARD,
Simon Laffy from
GIRL and
Paul Cook of
THE SEX PISTOLS, will play a "surprise" show at the Borderline in London on Wednesday, July 29.
MAN RAZE's debut album,
"Surreal", was re-released on June 9 via
VH1 Classic Records as a deluxe edition with five previously bonus tracks:
01.
You're So Wrong02.
Low (live in Burbank '08)
03.
Turn It Up (Deep Dub)04.
Runnin' Me Up (instrumental)
05.
Can't Find My Own Way (live acoustic version from Gary Crowley Show)
MAN RAZE released
"Surreal" in the U.K. on November 17, 2008 through
Surrealist Records. The U.K. version of the CD came with a special European-edition bonus disc.
Mixing the raw energy of the
PISTOLS mixed with the immaculate pop rock of
DEF LEPPARD,
MAN RAZE is a unique clash of '70s simplicity with '80s excess, punk clubs with stadium rock.
"The fun part about
MAN RAZE is that musically we can go off in any direction from rock to alternative the next,"
Phil Collen previously said.
With regards to the band's sound,
Collen — who also handles lead vocals — told
Rolling Stone magazine, "It's a mix. We go from really hard rock, with obviously big guitars, to dub. I was always into the alternative stuff, a very big fan of
THE POLICE. And this is edgy — a lot more aggressive than
DEF LEPPARD."
Before joining
DEF LEPPARD, London born
Phil Collen played in
GIRL, who were one of the great unsung U.K. rock acts of the early 80’s (singer
Phil Lewis would later front
L.A. GUNS — who were at the vanguard of the L.A. sleaze rock scene that eventually produced
GUNS N' ROSES). While
Phil went on to join
DEF LEPPARD he maintained a strong friendship with
Simon Laffy,
GIRL's bassist. Reconnecting in 2004, and joined by
SEX PISTOLS drummer
Paul Cook,
MAN RAZE was born. Eschewing their illustrious past, the band have spent the past two year getting back to basics, writing and recording — they also played a sold-out show at London's Spitz Club and released a limited-edition EP
"Skin Crawl" in October 2005 on their own label,
Surrealist Records, in the U.K.