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Warrior Soul Is An American Hard Rock Band Formed By Lead Singer Kory Clarke Guitarist Cliff St. Croix Later Replaced By John Ricco Later Replaced By Alex A Scotsman Living In New York City Aka X-Factor Aka Gene And Guitarist Chris Moffett. Bassist Robert Pauls Later Replaced By Pete McClanahan Drummer Sam Manelli Later Replaced By Mark Archebald Ex Overkill And Warlock Replaced By Paul Ferguson Later Replaced By Mark Evans And Then Scott Duboys Ex Nuclear Assault Cities And Cycle Sluts From Hell . They Were Signed To Geffen Records From 1989 To 1994. The Band Hit The Scene In New York City In 1987. Coming Of Age During The Presidency Of The First George Bush Many Of Its Songs Were Politically Based From The Prescient "In Conclusion" To The Call To Arms "Children Of The Winter." The Term "Acid Punk" Was Coined By Clarke To Explain The Hard Driving Trippy Sound That Was Warrior Soul Particularly The Space Age Playboys Album Mixed By Ben Gross. The Style Once Again Predicted What Was Going To Break On The American And International Rock Music Scene With The Success Of Green Day And The Offspring. The Critical Acclaim That Accompanied The Band Translated To Record Sales In Europe But There Was Not Enough Push Or Touring To Break In The USA. Despite Recognition By Peers Including Lars Ulrich From Metallica Who Had Been Quoted As Saying Space Age Playboys Was His Favorite Album Warrior Soul Disbanded In 1995. In 1996 Odds & Ends Was Released As A Posthumous Collection Of Demos And Left Material That Were To Be Part Of A Major Label Record Electra Nancy Jeffries That Got Squashed By Peter Mench At Q-Prime Management. Clarke Took 2 Years Off After Disbanding "The Playboys" And Moved Back To New York And Wrote And Released On "Cargo Records" His Spoken Word Solo Album "Opium Hotel" 2004. Soon After Clarke Was Tapped To Be The Lead Singer Of Dirty Rig And Coproduced Their Album For "Escapi Records" In 2006. All The Warrior Soul Albums Were Re Released In 2006 And The Latest Is Called "Destroy The War Machine" Due To Be Out March 2010. Mark Evans The Band's Drummer For Three Of Their Albums Was Murdered In London UK In 2005. Following The Re-Release Of The Band's First Five Albums On In 2006 Clarke Reformed Warrior Soul For A UK Tour In March 2007 Using Long Time Musician Friends From England And Sweden. Work Has Begun On A New Warrior Soul Album And A Live Album Taken From The Band's October UK Tour. This Was Released In Mid 2007 Clarke Has Since Been Announced As The New Lead Singer Of Trouble As Of May 2 2008 According To Trouble's Website. The Band Released A Limited Edition Studio Album Titled Chinese Democracy In October 2008 Just A Month Before The Guns N' Roses Album Of The Same Name Was Due For Release. The Band Shortly Re-Named The Album Destroy The War Machine And Began To Print More Copies. In 2008 The Band Played The Second Incarnation Of Hard Rock Hell In North Wales With The Large Room Over Capacity When The Band Play Rendering The Opposing Hawkwind Show On The Next Stage Virtually Unattended. Kerrang! Magazine Reviewed The Show As KKKKK 5 Ks Citation Needed In December 2008 Also Saw The Band Return To Large Indoor Stages With Shows At The Shepherds Bush Empire London And The Academy Glasgow. In 2009 The Band's Re-Issues Of The Classic Warrior Soul Work On Vinyl And A European Tour To Support The Release Of Destroy The War Machine. 2010 Saw Singer Kory Clarke Living In Berlin Germany And Performing His New Rock Cabaret "Kory On The Rocks" With Local Backing Band Stashbox. Warrior Soul Will Be On Tour In Europe In September 2011. In Dec 2021 Warrior Soul Featuring Frontman Kory Clarke Unleashed Their First Single “We’re Alive” From Their Upcoming Studio Album Out On Bail Which Will Be Available Via Livewire/Cargo During The First Quarter Of 2022. read less