THE SHOWDOWN
SHOOT BRAND
NEW VIDEO
FOR
“TEMPTATION
COME MY WAY”
WITH
DIRECTOR
DOUG
SPANGENBERG!!!
On May 21,
Tennessee’s
own The
Showdown
began
filming
their first
music video
with
accomplished
music video
director
Doug
Spangenberg.
The video
for
“Temptation
Come My Way”
will give a
television
audience
their first
official
look at the
South’s
high-voltage
rockers.
For their
first video,
The Showdown
brought in
Doug
Spangenberg,
who has
directed
videos for
Norma Jean,
This Is
Hell, and
Terror, as
well as Lamb
of God’s
2005
gold-selling
DVD
Killadelphia.
Filmed on
the same
grounds used
by MTV’s
Jackass
crew, the
video will
reflect the
band’s 80s
style and
features
some serious
explosions!!
Frontman
David Bunton
says, “This
music video
captures the
true spirit
and feel of
The
Showdown. No
holds
barred,
heavy metal,
pyro, and
headbanging.
That’s what
we’re all
about. The
goal for our
first video
was to give
people a
small taste
of how rude
we can be
live. Heavy
metal is
plugged in
and loud.
Heavy metal
is the law.”
“I was amped
on the song
as soon as I
heard it,”
says
Spangenberg.
“We kept it
simple and
shot the
band
shredding
their faces
off in a
field with a
shitload of
pyro. In
retrospect,
I'm
surprised
they made it
out with
only light
singe marks.
They're
great dudes,
and I look
forward to
barbequing
with them
this summer
on Ozzfest.”
Since the
release of
their second
full-length,
Temptation
Come My Way,
The Showdown
have been
living up to
the high
expectations
placed on
them by
their peers
and the
media. The
Showdown
were named
one of AP’s
100 Bands
You Need To
Know In ’07,
and were
profiled as
a Band To
Watch in
Revolver
Magazine.
“…plenty of
hard-swinging
Southern
swagger...a
melodic
brand of
Euro-accented
metal
delivered
with a
distinctive
drawl.” –
Revolver,
April 2007
“The
Showdown has
brought a
breath of
fresh air
into the
metal scene
with an
unflinching
album…ruthless
and epic…” –
HM, Jan/Feb
2007
“8/10…plenty
of hell-yeah
metal guitar
work” –
Outburn,
Spring 2007
“…a Southern
rock-influenced
breakthrough…it
totally
shreds…” –
AP, March
2007
“…pure meat
‘n’ taters
heavy
metal…” –
Decibel, May
2007
The Showdown
will be busy
all summer
as part of
this year’s
Second Stage
at Ozzfest!!
Tour dates
are as
follows:
7/12 –
Seattle, WA
– White
River
Amphitheatre
7/14 –
George, WA –
The Gorge
7/17 –
Sacramento,
CA – Sleep
Train
Amphitheatre
7/19 –
Mountain
View, CA –
Shoreline
Amphitheatre
7/21 –
Devore, CA –
Hyundai
Pavilion
7/24 –
Phoenix, AZ
– Cricket
Pavilion
7/26 –
Albuquerque,
NM – Journal
Pavilion
7/28 –
Denver, CO –
Coors
Amphitheatre
7/30 –
Kansas City,
MO – Verizon
Wireless
Amphitheatre
8/02 –
Dallas, TX –
Smirnoff
Music Center
8/04 – San
Antonio, TX
– Verizon
Wireless
Amphitheatre
8/06 – St.
Louis, MO –
Verizon
Wireless
Amphitheater
8/08 –
Columbus, OH
– Germain
Amphitheatre
8/10 –
Tinley Park,
IL – First
Midwest Bank
Amphitheatre
8/12 – East
Troy, WI –
Alpine
Valley Music
Theatre
8/14 –
Indianapolis,
IN – Verizon
Wireless
Music
Theatre
8/16 –
Holmdel, NJ
– PNC Bank
Arts Center
8/18 –
Hartford, CT
– New
England
Dodge Music
Theatre
8/20 –
Boston, MA –
Tweeter
Center
8/22 –
Philadelphia,
PA – Tweeter
Center
8/24 –
Pittsburgh,
PA – Post
Gazette
Pavilion
8/26 –
Detroit, MI
– DTE Energy
Music
Theatre
8/28 –
Charlotte,
NC – Verizon
Wireless
Amphitheatre
8/30 – West
Palm Beach,
FL – Sound
Advice
Amphitheatre
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