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Thank You for the understanding Jeff. These things happen. I guess we were being a lil too hopeful we would have the new cd in time for the shows this past week. At any rate, we promise the wait will be worth it. A sneak peak is coming this month though. So keep an eye out. As for the backdrop, LOL.....noooo She doesnt come with the backdrop. Sorry.;-) Good luck to everyone entered to win the backdrop. We only have two of these as you can see from the photo. One we gave to the Rock Junction in Rhode Island right after the band was done playing. The other one will be going to one lucky winner. All we ask is, you take a pic of it hanging in your mancave(or wherever you hang it) Thanks! JK

Hello Everyone!!! Status update on TANGO DOWN "Identity Crisis". We apologize that this release will be delayed til April for reasons beyond our control. Both the band and Label apologize, as we are all very excited for this title to be released as much as you do. We are in the process of fixing the issue for this delay and getting it out ASAP. We promise it will be worth the wait. In the meantime keep a eye out for the bands new Video "Blame..." due the end of the month. We value each of you, as both a customer of the label , and a fan of the band. It is because of each of you we strive for product excellence, and hope to continue to do so for many more years to come. Lastly, if you have not received your band and album poster yet. Please contact us at kivel@kivelrecords.com and let us know so we can make sure they ship out to you asap. All signed 8x10s will still ship this week. A personal note from Tango Down guitarist Scott Miller: We were pumped this past week. We shot our first video for the album. Had some dates lined up with Y&T. Album was about to be released. All was well. Sadly not everything i guess can go like a well planned strike attack. So, Christmas will come a lil bit later this year. We are very sorry for the delay, but it really was beyond all of our control. Kivel is on top of it and all is well. This album is going to blow some minds and we can't wait! We promise the wait will be worth it!! More shows this spring and summer. Plus a few surprises we can't say just yet. Peace! Rif So there you go folks. A lil longer of a wait, however, we promise it will be worth it!! If you were at one of the shows this past week, then you would have heard some of the new tunes, as the guys unleashed and road tested a few of them. Moving right along.....i wanted to include this post from the bands FB page In a few days this will go to one lucky winner!! So there is still time to enter and have a chance to win this puppy, and be a Winner winner Chicken Dinner!! ;-) The other half of this set is now hanging up at the Rock Junction in Rhode Island. The last place these were used. They have been with us since 2009 and have been all over from South Dakota to Rhode Island and everywhere in between. It's last stop? Your man cave!! Your living room! Your garage! Or maybe even a throw blanket for the entertainment room!! You win it, YOU decide where it goes. Tango Down Live 03-03-12 THIS CAN BE YOURS! Thanks everyone for helping keep this genre alive! Big Shout out to Dan and all his efforts here on HH, Thank you. John KIVEL RECORDS

Hey Rockposer Glad to hear you placed your pre order. PM me your order info. Ill double check to make sure your posters were sent. I know all domestic pre orders were shipped. Trying to find a way to send them international where they wont be damaged. The few we sent got destroyed. So we are trying to build a better mouse trap so to speak on the over seas shiping of posters. John

LOL.....Who is your editor? The cd is still in final post production. So it will be a lil while til we hear some advance tracks. Email me at kivel@kivelrecords.com to get on our promo list. JK

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Thanks Jeff!! I will pass on your kind words to the guys. Truth is...the above mentioned are elements on the new album. However not changing the bands own sound. In the end its cut from the same cloth as Im Done Loving You, Cant Wait and Step By Step. With that said, the new album still has the balls out CRYING TO ME. Now, before anyone asks....YES it is the same CRYING TO ME that is on the new TALON cd. It is a song that Rif penned back in 2003 when he was in AG. It just missed making the CRUNCH album. Talon needed a barn burner for thier upcoming release. Since Rif penned FALLEN ANGELS ,it seemed like the obvious choice to have him help deliver again. At the time when the song was handed to them. Reece was not in TANGO DOWN yet. So there weren't any plans on using the song. Enter REECE, plans changed. So it was tracked. Infact it was tracked before TALON tracked it. Hows that for irony. LOL. Although it is the same song. The TANGO DOWN version is closer to the orginal AG version. a LIL MORE "CRUNCHY". Although, we will all admit that Shawn Pelata did a amazing job singing it on the Talon version. So in a odd way....some of you have already heard a new TANGO DOWN tune. LOL.

Hey DrumRman Shoot me a email at kivel@kivelrecords.com and we can discuss having something done for your show. JK

Hi Everyone!! Thought id swing by and give everyone the latest 411 from TANGO DOWN. A song by song break down from Tango Down guitarist Scott Miller. Enjoy the read! EXCLUSIVE HERE FIRST BEFORE ANYWHERE ELSE ON HEAVY HARMONIES!! TANGO DOWN "Identity Crisis" 1. CRYING TO ME: I wrote this one with Jamie Rowe a few years ago. It's a song I'm very proud of. In one word.... A badassfuckingheavyrock in your face tune.This is 1 of 2 of my fave tracks on the album.I can't wait to play this one live! Without a doubt the heavest tune on "Identity Crisis", and the Reece tears this one up. 2. ALONE: When we wrote this, the song had a big DOKKEN vibe on the demo. I think we kept that vibe, but added our own Tango Down feel to it. On our last album, I collaborated with Jace Pawlak on Step By Step. The end result was imho finger licking good covered with Butter. So Kivel felt that ALONE had that same sort of feel, and Jace would be perfect to help on this tune. So we brought him in to help pen the lyrics, and again....BUTTER!! 3. BLAME...: This was the first song The Reece and i worked on together. This song just oozes Melodic goodness. Once we demoed it. No one could get the chorus out of our heads. It is infectious. It has elements of Journey and Sweet Child o Mine with a smidgen of The Cult. I know....crazy right? CRAZY GOOD!!! This one has a nice message in it, but without being "preaching". Considering the climate of the current state of affairs in the world, i feel It is appropriately timed. The song is very positive and i think can be inspirational. A song without a doubt that will be a set staple for us here on out. A video is planned for this one. 4 ENLIGHTEN ME: This one was a lil different for us. Having a singer Like Reece in the band, has given us alot more room to take the music into new territories. It has more of that melodic Queensryche sound ala I Don't Belive in Love, meets a House of Lords Demons Down. This one was a colab with Paul from the band Edens Curse. He took it into some cool directions. That mixed in with Reece, It just all comes together nicely. This has a great end result of a team effort. 5 CALLING OUT: This is a song i have been holding onto forever. For various reasons it missed making Damage Control. This is the big crowd participation tune!! It is a song about being positive. Having Faith and believing that you can overcome the odds. A fave track of mine, and im very pleased it is finally seeing the light of day. BIG Chorus! 6. CORNERS OF MY MIND: The Ballad!!!! What can i say, other then Awesome song, and my other fave tune on the album. This one is a ballad penned by Jace Pawlak. Kivel played it for me one day at a summer bar b que. He told me how he was considering it for another album. I told him NO...WE have to do it. After spiking his Pepsi, a short while later he was agreeable to my request :-) This song is simply put, MONSTER BALLAD BEAUTIFUL. It's like Whitensake meets Winger. David delivers this one with such emotion it is going to leave peoples mouths on the floor. 7. BACK TO LIFE: This song is going to be a surprise for alot of people. Another sing along type song that will leave you smiling. Has elements of Warrant ala Blind Faith, for a lack of a better comparision. Nice acoustic guitars mixed in with some tasty solo work and again...BIG Chorus! I think Kivel has us set to shoot a video for this one as well. 8. DREAM CHILD: This baby is one of Davids tunes. Fans of old school VH will dig. With a touch of Whitesnake. The man commands the mic on this one like no one else can. 9. MAGIC PUDDING: Another David tune that is swamp blues rock whitesnake style.We do this one a lil bit different from the version that is on Davids SOLID release. This is one i can't wait to do live. It's like our own Crying In the Rain the way we do it. The Reece commands it on this one!! Should go over very good live. 10. HEARTS CATCH FIRE: Love this tune. One of those BIG sing along chorus type songs with your fist in the air. A Erik Johnson masterpiece! This one will have that HUGE Backing vocal chorus thing going on for sure.

Hi Everyone!! Thought id swing by and give everyone the latest 411 from TANGO DOWN. A song by song break down from Tango Down guitarist Scott Miller. Enjoy the read! EXCLUSIVE HERE FIRST BEFORE ANYWHERE ELSE ON HEAVY HARMONIES!! TANGO DOWN "Identity Crisis" 1. CRYING TO ME: I wrote this one with Jamie Rowe a few years ago. It's a song I'm very proud of. In one word.... A badassfuckingheavyrock in your face tune.This is 1 of 2 of my fave tracks on the album.I can't wait to play this one live! Without a doubt the heavest tune on "Identity Crisis", and the Reece tears this one up. 2. ALONE: When we wrote this, the song had a big DOKKEN vibe on the demo. I think we kept that vibe, but added our own Tango Down feel to it. On our last album, I collaborated with Jace Pawlak on Step By Step. The end result was imho finger licking good covered with Butter. So Kivel felt that ALONE had that same sort of feel, and Jace would be perfect to help on this tune. So we brought him in to help pen the lyrics, and again....BUTTER!! 3. BLAME...: This was the first song The Reece and i worked on together. This song just oozes Melodic goodness. Once we demoed it. No one could get the chorus out of our heads. It is infectious. It has elements of Journey and Sweet Child o Mine with a smidgen of The Cult. I know....crazy right? CRAZY GOOD!!! This one has a nice message in it, but without being "preaching". Considering the climate of the current state of affairs in the world, i feel It is appropriately timed. The song is very positive and i think can be inspirational. A song without a doubt that will be a set staple for us here on out. A video is planned for this one. 4 ENLIGHTEN ME: This one was a lil different for us. Having a singer Like Reece in the band, has given us alot more room to take the music into new territories. It has more of that melodic Queensryche sound ala I Don't Belive in Love, meets a House of Lords Demons Down. This one was a colab with Paul from the band Edens Curse. He took it into some cool directions. That mixed in with Reece, It just all comes together nicely. This has a great end result of a team effort. 5 CALLING OUT: This is a song i have been holding onto forever. For various reasons it missed making Damage Control. This is the big crowd participation tune!! It is a song about being positive. Having Faith and believing that you can overcome the odds. A fave track of mine, and im very pleased it is finally seeing the light of day. BIG Chorus! 6. CORNERS OF MY MIND: The Ballad!!!! What can i say, other then Awesome song, and my other fave tune on the album. This one is a ballad penned by Jace Pawlak. Kivel played it for me one day at a summer bar b que. He told me how he was considering it for another album. I told him NO...WE have to do it. After spiking his Pepsi, a short while later he was agreeable to my request :-) This song is simply put, MONSTER BALLAD BEAUTIFUL. It's like Whitensake meets Winger. David delivers this one with such emotion it is going to leave peoples mouths on the floor. 7. BACK TO LIFE: This song is going to be a surprise for alot of people. Another sing along type song that will leave you smiling. Has elements of Warrant ala Blind Faith, for a lack of a better comparision. Nice acoustic guitars mixed in with some tasty solo work and again...BIG Chorus! I think Kivel has us set to shoot a video for this one as well. 8. DREAM CHILD: This baby is one of Davids tunes. Fans of old school VH will dig. With a touch of Whitesnake. The man commands the mic on this one like no one else can. 9. MAGIC PUDDING: Another David tune that is swamp blues rock whitesnake style.We do this one a lil bit different from the version that is on Davids SOLID release. This is one i can't wait to do live. It's like our own Crying In the Rain the way we do it. The Reece commands it on this one!! Should go over very good live. 10. HEARTS CATCH FIRE: Love this tune. One of those BIG sing along chorus type songs with your fist in the air. A Erik Johnson masterpiece! This one will have that HUGE Backing vocal chorus thing going on for sure.

I did notice the label! They arrived in great condition. Gonna look good hanging somewhere in the house. LOL.....Were people asking why you were in the mafia? lol. JK Got mine today. Thanks! I also got a laugh out of the Melodic Mafia shoutout on the label. Lol.....cool!!!!!

I did notice the label! They arrived in great condition. Gonna look good hanging somewhere in the house. LOL.....Were people asking why you were in the mafia? lol. JK No but the mail lady came into the office after she had already dropped the mail off and had the parcel in her hand. She asked if I knew who the person was and I told her it was me. She gave me a funny look and handed it to me. I'm not sure but I might now be on some sort of government watch list. LMAO....!

I received mine too John! Arrived safely. Nice posters (the band and the cd cover)! Nice thick paper on these too! They will go in my Guy Town Basement! Thanks John! ~Chad AWESOME!! Post a pic guys of you next to them once you have them hung up. Im sure the guys in the band will dig seeing that.

I did notice the label! They arrived in great condition. Gonna look good hanging somewhere in the house. LOL.....Were people asking why you were in the mafia? lol. JK

COOL RICK!! Glad they showed. Hopefully the post office delivered them with care and they are in pristine condition :-) BTW....did you notice the address label and the shout out to M.M. ;-) lol Post a pic of yourself once you hang the posters. JK

All remaining posters have been mailed. Eta between thurs- sat depending on where you live Jk

I can tell you that this album will rock! I was fortunate to hear one of the tunes. To say I was very impressed was a understatement of grand proportions!

Can't wait! But you'll have to wait til' Tuesday, Monday is a holiday... D'oh!!!!!:-/ lol

Thanks for the kind words Geoff. Do me a favor and pm me. Thanks Jk

Absolutely. Want honest feedback! So thank you. Now....I agree that would be a way to go. One would think. However, the first draft was that way, and it was just off n didn't work. The bands drummer even said the same thing until I showed him the other version. For some reason having either the drummer or bass player in the top right corner just distracted it for some reason. Call me crazy...lol. However some of u hear know what a perfectionist I am. So if I go with a certain layout....its a caused I made sure it was the best it can be. Thanks to all of u for the support n constant feedback n kind words. I truly appreciate it. You have no idea.

Hey Gang!! A bunch of the pre order posters shipped yesterday and today. A third shipment goes out mon. They didnt have enough of the proper envelopes. So the remaining bunch will be going out on mon. I decided to send all the posters in flat padded envelopes, as opposed to the typical poster tube. In order to avoide the dreadded "poster curl" lol. Jeff and Terry, yours go out mon. Everyone else went out fri and sat. Send us your snap shots and comments. Hope all you like them as much as we do. Hang 'em high! :-) Anyone in this thread that pre ordered the CD , and doesnt receive a poster a week from today. Please email me or post here and ill make sure you get your posters. The signed 8x10s will be shipped seperate around March 5th the latest. The CD will be shipped out to all customers between March 1st-4th. Look to everyones feedback. Good OR bad!! Have a Great weekend everyone! JK

Thanks! We've got a bunch if emails asking if we were also giving away a lock of hair and the kitchen sink. LoL. Truth is.....when we went through all the goodies we could offer. We realized we just couldn't pick. So we included everything!:-) Only thing we are keeping a secret is the promo gift. Boy its SWEET! Going to be a fun march. Hope to see some of you at a show. Tango Down or whoever.

Don't sweat it. Your hooked up. Gotta take care of the heavy harmonies folk;-)

Hey guys! Will gladly send out the posters in todays mail. You still receive a signed 8x10. The cd, the special promo gift and the chance to win the Damage Control 5x5 amp scrim. Not to shabby huh people;-)

Muchas gracious! No problem bro!! Just checked the processing center for our orders. No order yet. What gives!? ;-) lol. Let me know when you place the order. Ill get the two posters out in the mail to you ASAP. The 8x10 will be signed by the band. Which will come with the cd. John

Don't worry bud. You'll be hooked up. Infact ill get your posters out ahead of time;-)