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DOPE: New Video Interview With VIRUS Available

February 5, 2008

Lacey Conner, villainess co-star of VH1's hit TV show "Rock of Love" featuring POISON's Bret Michaels, conducted an interview with DOPE guitarist Virus at the Dean Guitars booth at this year's winter NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 17-20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Watch the five-minute clip below.

DOPE recently inked a deal with Koch Records for the release of the band's fifth CD, "No Regrets", due on June 10, 2008.

Vocalist and guitarist Edsel Dope, alongside Virus, has revitalized DOPE's lineup on "No Regrets". Joining them on bass and backing vocals is Tripp Tribbet, formerly frontman of TWISTED METHOD, who also happens to be the younger brother of MUDVAYNE/HELLYEAH guitarist Greg Tribbet. On drums, DOPE recruited former GENITORTURERS drummer Angel Bartolotta.

Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) lent his signature guitar squeals to DOPE on the new track "Addiction". A video for "Addiction" is currently in development.

DOPE recently completed a U.S. headlining tour showcasing new tracks from "No Regrets", including the track "Violence" for which they shot a video during the tour. A snippet of the unmixed track is up on the band's web site now. On the West Coast leg of the tour, DOPE was direct support for BLACK LABEL SOCIETY at the request of Zakk Wylde.

DOPE has released four albums since signing with Epic in 1998, and has sold over 500,000 CDs. Their most recent CD, 2005's "American Apathy", debut at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart as well as #1 on the Billboard Independent Album Chart.

Upon completion, "No Regrets" will contain more than 15 tracks. Some of the confirmed songtitles are as follows: "Violence", "Addiction", "Dirty World", "Six Six Sick", "My Funeral", "Scorn", "We Are", and the title track, "No Regrets".

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