MIKE PORTNOY To Guest On Tonight's 'Caffeine Bomb'

Drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, TRANSATLANTIC, LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT) and comedian Don Jamieson (VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show") will appear together on this week's edition of "Caffeine Bomb".

Make sure you tune in at 7:00 p.m. EDT tonight, August 23, to 91.7 FM WHUS in Eastern Connecticut, or stream live at WHUS.org.

AVENGED SEVENFOLD, with Mike Portnoy on drums, is co-headlining this summer's inaugural Uproar festival tour with DISTURBED and STONE SOUR.

"Caffeine Bomb" is hosted by Roger Lotring, a freelance music journalist whose work has appeared in the pages of Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Metal Edge, Shock Wave, Zero and Burn!! magazines.

Roger is the co-author of "Full Metal Jackie Certified: The 50 Most Influential Heavy Metal Songs of the '80s and the True Stories Behind Their Lyrics". He is also the author of various CD liner notes, including the MÖTLEY CRÜE box set "Music to Crash Your Car To, Volume 2".

91.7 WHUS is a commercial-free college and community-based radio station broadcasting from the University of Connecticut.

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/caffeinebomb.

EMA-Polydisc has acquired the rights to release all past and future recordings of S.A. Adams; debuting with "Unearthed" — the never-before-released 1986 recordings by Adams and Portnoy — recorded between December 28, 1985 and January 11, 1986 at Mike Portnoy's Long Beach apartment. Citing the influence of bands such as MOTÖRHEAD, EXCITER, RAVEN, early MEGADETH, VENOM and TANK, Adams previously stated, "The material on 'Unearthed' is definitely NOT progressive rock/prog-stuff — it's serious sledgehammer-in-the-balls metal. No odd and changing time signatures for anyone here." Originally scheduled for release that spring of 2006, "Unearthed" had to find another "home" due to the original release label's bankruptcy.

The "Unearthed" sessions were intended to supplement Adams and Portnoy's June 30, 1985 recording a nine-song demo/cassette album financed by Kick Ass Monthly journalist Bob Muldowney, who tapped Adams to produce a catalog of music Muldowney was to sing his own penned lyrics over. Aside from including lyrical content that even managed to offend other underground metal fanzines, the recording generated a contract offer from Combat Records' "Boot Camp" series. "Wanting to make sure we could fulfill the content obligations, a plan was implemented to stockpile as much music as possible; which Mike and I accomplished that winter," says Adams. "However, once I saw the enslavement papers, I mean, contract, the project got put aside." A few weeks later, Portnoy informed Adams that he'd be putting all his energy into his new band MAJESTY, leaving Adams to dabble with these multi-track masters throughout the late '80s and begin the solo career he still enjoys today.

EMA-Polydisc has issued "Unearthed" digitally with availability on iTunes, AmazonMP3, Napster, Loud Trax and other DRM-free outlets.

FnA Records has issued the standard CD, and a limited edition version which comes with a 4x6 autographed by both Mike Portnoy and S.A. Adams.

"Unearthed" track listing

01. Paste the Glass
02. Kiss of Death
03. Love Dies
04. Too Far Gone
05. Sex
06. War
07. 2 Steps
08. Moths
09. High Plains Drifter
10. 1986
11. Chapter Closed
12. You Smell Like...
13. Degeneration
14. The Stage Door