SITE UPDATES...finally!
The following updates have been made to the Site.
The News has been updated (obviously)...to include the departure of guitarist Shon Benham, etc.
There is now an OFFICIAL link to our Message Board on SMNNEWS.COM
The only OFFICIAL Severed Savior Guitar Tabs are now finally available
on the site under the DOWNLOADS
section...check em out.
SEVERED SAVIOR 2ND GUITAR / TOURING GUITARIST SPOT OPEN
Two years to the day...Shon Benham has left Severed Savior for Personal reasons exactly two years after he offically joined the band.
A replacement is now being sought to fill the spot. Both full time members and touring only members are being considered.
We are looking for a Talented, Skillful, Mature, and Dedicated musician with pro gear, technical prowess and the availability to do several tours per year.
If your are interested, please download some of our official tabs from
the Downloads page and learn
them prior to contacting us.
For more information on how to apply please contact Mike Gilbert at his
email address on our contacts page.
LONG OVERDUE UPDATE
Where
to start... We had a great time on the Cannibal tour, despite several
problems with our bus and the eventual ball of flames that it became outside
of Houston Texas...but more on that later.
We want to thank Cannibal Corpse and all of the guys in Black Dahlia Murder
for being cool as fuck!! We had a great time hanging out and partying
with them all. Special thanks to Andy Crow and Ian Eskridge for
hooking us up with killer sound throughout the tour. To all of the
promoters, other bands and killer fans that we played with, hung out with
and met for the first time, thanks for an excellent time and awesome tour.
We look forward to getting out and seeing everyone again as soon as possible.
Now, in regards to our bus and what some of you may have heard...Firstly,
we'd like to apologize for missing the Vancouver show due to our driver
running us out of fuel in the mountains where we spent about 36 hours
on the side of the road waiting for help. We'd also like to apologize
for missing the Albuquerque show due to a blown tire that took all day
to get changed. Lastly, we'd like to apologize for missing the New
Orleans show. Unfortunately, our bus caught fire outside of Houston
Texas, as mentioned before. Luckily, everyone made it through semi-safely.
Mike suffered minor smoke inhallation but was released from the hospital
later that day. The rest of us just got sunburned or heat exhaustion from
being out on the side of the road all day. Troy managed to get a
fair amount of equipment off of the bus before the fire was too far out
of control and thankfully due to Murray's quick fingers getting 911 on
the phone, the fire department showed up quickly and put it out before
all was lost. In the end, we lost some cds and merch either from
heat or water damage. One of Troy's bass drums got charred but is
salvageable, luckily it was in a case and only the case was completely
ruined. Murray's bass rig survived the fire but was thoruoughly
soaked by the firemen and suffered minor damage but is repairable.
Everything else made it through fairly unscathed. We managed to
salvage almost everything of value once the fire was out minus some personall
effects and appliances. A very nice lady brought us cold drinks
and a few people volunteered to help us haul and store our gear.
In the end, we accepted a ride to a nearby U-haul location and rented
a truck. We loaded the gear and went to a nearby hotel. The
next day we started our long drive home.
The charred mess of a bus is sitting in a towing yard in Katy Texas if
anyone is interested in a recently rebuilt, low mileage engine and transmission,
etc.
Gathering of the Sick Fest - August 20-21st Albuquerque, New Mexico
Huge thanks go out to everyone for coming out and having a good time.
Thanks to Joe Hernandez for bringing us down and having us on the bill.
Big thanks to Matt and All shall Perish for letting us use their drum
kit. We had a good time and were glad to be able to play the fest, especially
because we missed the Albuquerque show on the Cannibal tour due to a blown
tire.
We'd also like to thank Joe again as well as all the guys and gals from
all the other bands that went to Joe's after party...we had a great time,
I think, I can't really remember...probably from drinking hard alcohol
on an empty stomach, hmm...Thanks.