Year of the Dragon

Walter “Dirty Walt” Kibby will be the first to tell you: “I love my former group, Fishbone. I’m a founding member and I was in it to win it until recently. Even now I wish them all the best, their success is my success. But I felt it was time for me personally to move on and try some new things.” For this multi-talented individual this includes fronting his solo project, Dirty Walt and the Columbus Sanitations, and…YEAR OF THE DRAGON. Year of the Dragon happened almost as an accident. Says co-vocalist Roderick “Rodcore” Palmer, “I also sing with Walt in Sound Barrier. We had recorded a slew of great material for that project, but due to circumstances beyond our control we had to halt S.B. for a short time. I had some free studio time with a friend who wanted to help us out, so I said to Walt, ‘Hey man, let’s just go in and knock out a few songs. No filler, no frills.’” Dirty Walt enthusiastically agreed. The duo got in the studio with drummer John Montgomery and Spacey T, another former Fishbone soldier and founding member of Sound Barrier (known during the 80's metal heydey as the first black metal band of that period), who played all the guitar and bass tracks. They didn’t have high expectations other than having a little fun and just killing some time, but they were all surprised at how the recordings turned out. Sonically, there are elements of Dirty Walt’s former group in the mix, but the reggae, funk and hip-hop influences are mined deeper. They even take a chance with an acoustic song. Says Rodcore, “We felt the need to do something stripped down. Since this recording was not meant to be much more than us logging studio time in, we figured it’d be fun to be more musically adventurous.” The membership has evolved and now alongside Rodcore and Dirty Walt is JMR on guitar, Elliott (Big Pop) Lawrence on bass and Kerim Imes on drums. The one thing Year of the Dragon share with Fishbone is a frenetic, powerful live show. “I’ve been doing this a long time,” says Dirty Walt, “and I know I can’t come with anything less than what the people are used to me giving them. The shows still gotta rock hard and with hardcore intensity.”Year of the Dragon is the whole package…great songs and lively, energetic live shows from veterans in the game. Dirty Walt states it best: “This is our year, man. We can’t lose. We won’t lose. Ya dig?” (FOR BOOKINGS OR RELATED BUSINESS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR MANAGER KRIS KRAUSE, ESQ. AT [email protected] OR HERE ON MYSPACE AT http://www.myspace.com/krisjkrausesq).. CDBABY LINK for YEAR OF THE DRAGON: A Time To Love Is A Time To Bleed --> CLICK DIRECTLY ON THE ALBUM COVER TO BUY THE C.D!! ..Page designed and executed by Walter Adam Kibby III