TROUBLE: New Album Release Date Announced

October 9, 2006

Escapi Music has set a February 20, 2007 release date for the long-awaited new studio album from the legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE, entitled "Simple Mind Condition". The follow-up to 1995's "Plastic Green Head" was produced by Vinny Wojno (KREATOR, MACHINE HEAD) and features vocalist Eric Wagner, guitarists Rick Wartell and Bruce Franklin, drummer Jeff Olson and bassist Chuck Robinson (formerly of THIS TORTURED SOUL).

"Simple Mind Condition" tentative track listing (in no particular order):

01. Seven
02. Mind Bender
03. Goin' Home
04. Pictures
05. After the Rain
06. Arthur Brown's Whiskey Bar
07. Trouble Maker
08. Bad Situation
09. Beginning of Sorrows
10. Reasons
11. Ride the Sky (European bonus track?)

The U.S. version of the album may include an as-yet-undetermined bonus cut.

TROUBLE's previously announced "unplugged" EP is currently "on hold" and will be completed at a later date.

As previously reported, Escapi Music will reissue TROUBLE's classic first two albums, "Psalm 9" (1984) and "The Skull" (1985),on October 24. Both were digitally remastered and are packed with rare photos and brand new liner notes. "Psalm 9" includes an extremely rare exclusive bonus DVD of a public-access TV performance from 1982. "The Skull" comes with an extremely rare exclusive bonus DVD of a 16-track live performance from 1984. The details are as follows:

"Psalm 9"

01. The Tempter
02. Assassin
03. Victim of the Insane
04. Revelation (Life or Death)
05. Bastards Will Pay
06. Fall of Lucifer
07. Endtime
08. Psalm 9
09. Tales of Brave Ulysses

Bonus DVD:

* Public-Access Cable TV Show From 1982 (approximately 19 minutes)
- Exclusive Interview Pt. 1
- "Assassin"
- Exclusive Interview Pt. 2
- "Psalm 9"
- Exclusive Interview Pt. 3
- "Victim of the Insane"

"The Skull"

01. Pray for the Dead
02. Fear No Evil
03. The Wish
04. Truth Is, What Is
05. Wickedness of Man
06. Gideon
07. The Skull

Bonus DVD:

Live At Malos in Aurora, IL – Nov. 10, 1984:

01. Bastards Will Pay
02. Fear No Evil
03. Truth Is, What Is
04. Revelation (Life or Death)
05. Psalm 9
06. The Last Judgment
07. Assassin
08. Pray for the Dead
09. Heart Full of Soul (YARDBIRDS cover)
10. Endtime
11. Run to the Light
12. The Tempter
13. Wickedness of Man
14. The Skull
15. Children of the Grave (BLACK SABBATH cover)
16. Tales of Brave Ulysses

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