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FRANCIS RUIZ

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The latest 40 CYCLE HUM video "Fire In the Hole" LATEST NEWS: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - JUST GOT BACK IN TOWN TODAY....From Norway with Thin Lizzy. Did a few festival dates and some shows with Def Leppard. Had a great time as always!Wednesday, January 29,2008 - A NEW YEAR BEGINS..The Thin Lizzy Tour was great! It's always great working with cool and professional people and also some of my favorite players of all time!After the tour, I had some time to relax and enjoy spending time with my family, Nikki, and friends. Then, it was back to L.A. just in time for NAMM.40 CYCLE HUM have just joined forces with our new manager Morgan, and together are gearing up for an eventful year! More details to come...!Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - BEEN A LONG TIME!Well, after tons of hard work, and a tour, 40 Cycle Hum is taking a brief hiatus during the holiday season.The new CD is still pending an offical release date, but will be sometime early 2008.While this hiatus will give an opportunity for each member to get some much needed P.T.O. I will be taking the down time to head East with Tommy Aldridge and Thin Lizzy.Below are the dates. It will be cold!Thin Lizzy Routing from 11/9/2007 to 12/22/2007Wednesday, November 9, 2007 Rehearsal, Copenhagen, Denmark Thursday, November 15, 2007 Copenhagen, Denmark Friday, November 16, 2007 Esbjerg Denmark Tobakken Saturday, November 17, 2007 Holland FILL Sunday, November 18, 2007 Geleen Netherl Hanehof Monday, November 19, 2007 Cologne, Germany Live Music Hall Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Day Off Tentative Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Day Off Tentative Thursday, November 22, 2007 Leicester England De Montfort Hall Friday, November 23, 2007 Cambridge England Cambridge Corn Exchange Saturday, November 24, 2007 Ipswich England Ipswich Regent Theatre Sunday, November 25, 2007 Monday, November 26, 2007 Nottingham England Royal Centre Tuesday, November 27, 2007 Birmingham England The Academy Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Cardiff Wales St. Davids Hall Thursday, November 29, 2007 Friday, November 30, 2007 Glasgow Scotland Carling Glasgow Academy Saturday, December 01, 2007 Aberdeen Scotland Music Hall Aberdeen Confirmed Sunday, December 02, 2007 Newcastle England Newcastle City Hall Monday, December 03, 2007 Tuesday, December 04, 2007 Sheffield England Sheffield City Hall Wednesday, December 05, 2007 Manchester England Manchester Apollo Thursday, December 06, 2007 Liverpool England Liverpool University Students Union Friday, December 07, 2007 Saturday, December 08, 2007 Bristol England Colston Hall Sunday, December 09, 2007 Southampton England Southampton Guildhall Monday, December 10, 2007 Exeter England Exeter Students Guild Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Wednesday, December 12, 2007 Folkestone England Leas Cliff Hall Thursday, December 13, 2007 London England Hammersmith Apollo Friday, December 14, 2007 Saturday, December 15, 2007 Sunday, December 16, 2007 Belfast Ireland Belfast Waterfront Hall Monday, December 17, 2007 Dublin Ireland Olympia Theatre Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Dublin Ireland Olympia Theatre Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Thursday, December 20, 2007 Castlebar Ireland Royal Theatre Friday, December 21, 2007 Killarney Ireland INEC Saturday, December 22, 2007 Travel HomeMonday, June 11, 2007 - SEE THE FIRST AND NEW 40 CYCLE HUM VIDEO "FIRE IN THE HOLE" NOW!!!The band has just completed the first video from their upcoming release "Secret Skin"! The video is for the track "Fire In the Hole" Directed by Paul Gervasi. You can watch this video now on our site and You Tube! Go to You Tube and vote! Tell Everyone!!The band has also completed the new CD! Artwork and photography by Clive Barker (Creator of "Hellraiser") Produced by 40 Cycle Hum and Stevo Bruno (Motley Crue, Prong, etc) and mastered by George Marino (Velvet Revolver, Bon Jovi, Led Zepplin) at Sterling Sound!The CD will be available soon!! You can hear cuts from the new CD on our site now!February 17, 2007Hey! I'm back from the Trivium tour. Was a great time!I will be playing a show with 40 Cycle Hum at the Roxy Theatre in L.A. this coming Thursday, February 22nd, 11pm. This will be a great show, and the first in a few months, as we've been locked in a recording studio working on the new CD! Hope to see you there!January 23, 2007Im currently in Australia with a band called Trivium. We were in Japan, and New Zealand already, and the weather is great! Havin' a great time, Great food in Japan (of course!) Be back in the states Feb. 12th. Cheerio!January 2007Well, as anyone who cares can tell, I've been MIA for some time now.So for all of you who were asking, YES, I'M STILL ALIVE!Well, I put my computer away for about a month, and went on an awesome road trip with Nikki! Vegas, Hot air balloons, the amazing desert scapes, Fry Bread, and all! Ha.When I got back I immediately began pre production for a new 40 Cycle Hum CD which will be out hopefully soon!We (the band) have been locked up in a pre production studio the entire month of November, crafting what will be the next 4CH CD. Many long hours and late late nights and we are now looking forward to entering the recording studio on December 1st!We will be in the recording studio the entire month of December with producer Stevo Bruno (Prong, Motley Crue, Drowning Pool,etc.) throwing down what we are hoping will blow everyone away!May 10, 2006 40 Cycle Hum just finished co hosting a music video show with American Idol's Kimberly Caldwell. The show will air 5/16-5/22 on the TV Guide Channel, tvguide.com and on Video-On-Demand. For Video-On-Demand mVids can be found on Comcast, Adelphia, and Time Warner. Look for TV Guide SPOT. Under TV Guide SPOT you can find mVids.Feb. 7,200640 Cycle Hum have signed a National and Canadian record deal! The long awaited CD "Secret Skin" will be released in March 2006 along with a worldwide merchandise deal! More updates coming soon!
Age 1 on the "Peanuts" drum and age 5 on my first Kit! Houses of the Parliment & Big Ben, London At the Teotihuacan (City of the Gods) "Sun" Pyramid, Mexico City 10/18/2005 On top of the "Sun" pyramid overlooking the "Moon" pyramid Paris 2005 New Caladonia, (A small island between Australia & New Zealand) On stage at Woodstock '99 Me and James Kottak causing havoc in Russia! On stage w/Great White, Krys, & Ty - Las Vegas, NVFrancis Proudly Abuses:

My Interests

Playing Music, Drums, Performing live,Spending time with Nikki, Lots of Traveling throughout the world for Music or on Holiday, Boatloads of SUSHI, Seeing new places, Trying new foods, Good Food in general, Backyard BBQ's, Meeting new people, Enjoying old friends, My Family,Antiques, Doors, Cathedrals, photography, Art, The Ocean/Beach

I have been lucky enough to have traveled to: Germany, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Austria, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England, Holland (Amsterdam), Dubai, Egypt, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, New Caladonia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Greece, Finland, France, Israel, Spain, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Denmark,Norway, 48 out of 50 U.S. states, but there are still many places I want to visit, and many I'd love to visit again!

I'd like to meet:

I was lucky enough to meet her already!

Music:

Recent Discography: 2007/2008 "Entertaining Misery" 2006 "Secret Skin" 2000 Samantha 7 2001 L.O.P. 2003 Cynical SideSevendust, Pantera, Lo Pro, Stereomud, Mudvayne, Drowning Pool, Chevelle, Nickelback, Static-X, Soilwork, Scorpions, Ozzy,Trivium, Kottak, Whitesnake, Tesla, Motley Crue, Alice In Chains, Stone Sour, Korn, Rammstein, Ratt, Def Leppard, Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Foreigner, Black Sabbath, Stabbing Westward, Tony Bennet, Rat Pack, Beach Boys, Elvis, Travis Tritt & select other CW songs, Christina Aguilera, Blue Man Group, STOMP! Cheers Conrad, John, Johan, Troy, Thesius, and all the Europe cast! Great time meeting and hangin' with all you! The 69 Eyes! Great hangin' with you in Brazil!

Movies:

Braveheart,The Notebook, Can't Buy Me Love, Old School,George Lopez,

Television:

The History Channel, anything to do with Ancient or Lost worlds, Ancient civilizations, How It's Made, Modern Marvels, Build It Bigger, Law & Order (Both), Conan O'brien, Celebrity Rehab, Intervention, Myth Busters, Scrubs, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, Las Vegas, Charmed,Old Re-runs, Two And A Half Men, Craig Ferguson,Lakewood Church

Books:

Just finished reading "Save Me From Myself" by Brian "Head" Welsch of Korn. (Great Book, very inspiring!)

Heroes:

God,Jesus Christ, My Parents, Grandparents,my girlfriend Nikki, and everyone who has influenced my life, loved, and supported me unconditionally. Anyone who has been through the most difficult of situations, survived, and still kept a positive outlook. Anyone who "gives" unselfishly, And Anyone who helps people when no-one is looking.OH YEAH! And also singers who help load equipment, girls who AREN'T gold digging insecure schitzo cluless, bigger better deal seeking, indecisive dishonest lost materialistic helpless drama princesses needing validation, (big breath) Employers who pay on time, Promoters who actually "Promote", Great Waitresses, Great Chefs, The winner of the Sushi eating contest at Sushi Mac, the person who invented the: pet rock and made millions, wheel, electricity, internet, the concept of delivering pizza, washing machine, post it notes, refrigerator, and deodorant. Ha.

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I'd like to introduce: John: John has been and will always be the closest thing I will ever have to a brother! We have been friends since before we were born. John's mom and my mom were pregna...
Posted by FRANCIS RUIZ on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:30:00 PST