TROUBLE: Kyle Thomas ersetzt Sänger Kory Clarke

Nachdem sich TROUBLE von Kory Clarke getrennt haben, der vier Jahre für die Doom Metal-Band gesungen hat, wurde mit Kyle Thomas auch schon ein Ersatz für den Vokalisten bekannt gegeben. Thomas hat bereits zwischen 1997 und 1999 bei einigen Liveshows von TROUBLE gesungen und ist demnach kein Unbekannter. In seiner Karriere war er bereits als Sänger von EXHORDER, FLOODGATE und ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY tätig. TROUBLE nehmen mit Thomas derzeit ihr neuntes Studioalbum auf, das noch im Frühjahr 2012 erscheinen soll.


Über seinen Einstieg bei der Doom-Institution zeigt sich der Sänger begeistert, wie er in einem Statement verlauten lässt:

"A great honor and opportunity has come back around to me recently as I have been invited to write and record withTROUBLE for their upcoming album. I am proud to say that I accept the invitation, and look forward to rejoining my former colleagues. 

Though I was not an official member of the band before, I treated every performance with them as if I were. This time around I shall continue to do so. 

As a fan first and foremost of TROUBLE, I completely understand that a strong contingent of fans only want to see the band with [original singer]Eric Wagner, and there is nothing wrong with that. If I were on the outside looking in, I might feel the same way. 

Though we've never met, I have the utmost respect for Eric and can only say it is an honor and challenge to step in to his previous spot with the band. It is a challenge that I look forward to, and hope that true fans ofTROUBLE will be willing to give it a fair shake. 

As a fan, I can promise you that I will do everything within my power to make an amazing and true to feel album with one of my favorite bands. 

If some cannot accept the change, that is okay as well. Everyone is entitled to their feelings, but all I can say is that BLACK SABBATH remained great with Ronnie James Dio and Ian Gillan, and DEEP PURPLE was amazing as well with David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes. I was reluctant to accept the change for both of those bands at one time, and now regret that it took me so long to enjoy the various lineups. Good music is good music. 

If my work with TROUBLE is not up to snuff, it will not be because I did not work my tail off in the process.  Many thanks to  Rick Wartell and Bruce Franklin for bringing me back into the picture. Truth is, what is!"