Join Man Raze Charlotte Fan Invasion May 9-11

This is a Man Raze Charlotte Fan Invasion May 2008.. Man Raze has a street team that has spread the noise across the US and other areas this is a chance for all the Man Raze fans to come together and spend the weekend together hanging out with other fans! I will be planning events with downtime to make it exciting and if you have any thoughts or suggestions please let me know. The weekend that this is planned for is May 9 - 11th, 2008!!I will be searching for travel information and will post the information in a secure blog that only Friend's can read and I will be updating this information very often!!I am working on blocking rooms at a certain hotel to get the best rate, they will give us a code and I will post the code and the Hotel contact information under the blog section... I will also post Flight information, driving directions, and other goodies on this!!Come on let's let the BOYS know we are out here and we want them to ROCK!!!Thanks, Kendra Charlotte, NCMan Raze Posted below from the Official Man Raze Website of www.manraze.com .If you suggested to a music fan to mix the Sex Pistols with Def Leppard and throw in a bit of cult Brit Glam rock act Girl you would probably get startled looks! This is a combination that shouldn’t by rights work. But, music has a funny way of coming up with the unexpected and Man Raze defy expectations…Before joining Def Leppard, London born Phil Collen played in Girl, who were one of the great unsung UK rock acts of the early 80’s (singer Phil Lewis would later front LA Guns – who were at the vanguard of the LA sleaze rock scene that eventually produced Guns N Roses). Whilst Phil went on to join Def Leppard he maintained a strong friendship with Simon Laffy, Girl’s bassist.Phil returned to London in mid 2004 to care for his dying father. While there, he approached Simon with some songs he had been writing in addition to Def Leppard. The music was very different to Leppard – rawer, simpler and more direct. Simon agreed to collaborate on the material and the basis of the band was formed.It was then by chance Phil bumped into Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook. Phil and Leppard had always been fans of the Pistols and particularly Paul Cook’s drumming – even requested that Def Leppard’s producers try and get them that “Pistols drum sound”. 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.Work is now completed on their debut album, titled “Surreal”, which is due out in September 2007. “Surreal” shows what an extraordinary combination Man Raze are – the raw energy of the Pistols mixed with the immaculate pop rock of Def Leppard, a unique clash of 70’s simplicity with 80’s excess, punk clubs with stadium rock! Whether it’s the punk vibrancy of “Turn It Up”, the beautiful rock craftsmanship of “Every Second Of Every Day” or the reggae-soaked dub mix of “Runnin’ Me Up”, “Surreal” is an album generated by the classic 3-piece rock combo and proving that regardless of reputation or past works, a great song is a great song.Freed from the expectations of their former (or current) outfits, the band can play whatever they like. The sound is truly eclectic – a mix of the classic and contemporary influences that have shaped the individual members as musicians - from the Police and Trojan Records through to Bowie and Nirvana. The band have gone back to their collective garage roots and all recordings are self recorded and produced.On first glance Man Raze could be seen as a side project, a flight of fancy, an unlikely collision…but first glances are deceptive. Man Raze are much more than the sum of their parts. They are a band – exciting, vibrant, new and unique…