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CHIMAIRA Bassist's STRAIGHT RAZOR ENTERTAINMENT Working With DARKEST GRACE

June 7, 2008

CHIMAIRA bassist Jim LaMarca, former MUSHROOMHEAD manager Trent Weller, and producer Ben Schigel (RINGWORM, DROWNING POOL) have joined forces to launch a new artist-development company called Straight Razor Entertainment (formerly LaMafia Records). Straight Razor is currently working with select artists out of Cleveland and a metal band out of Seattle called DARKEST GRACE. DARKEST GRACE features in its ranks former members of the band DAMNAGED, which opened for CHIMAIRA and DANZIG in 2002. With a music style that is described in a press release as "melodic metal," DARKEST GRACE plans on enlisting Schigel to help it craft its first album, tentatively due in 2009.

In a March 2008 interview with D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene, LaMarca stated about Straight Razor Entertainment (then still called LaMafia Records),"If we have to put out a record, we'll put out a record. If we have to manage a band, we'll manage it. If we have to book a tour, we'll book a tour. My goal is taking the bands that I'm working with, making them happy they're in the music business, and getting them to succeed."

The company will be an alternative to pay-to-play promoters, LaMarca told the Cleveland Scene. The team plans to actively shape bands from song structures to live performances. Management will act as its own promotion, A&R, and street teams when on the road.

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