ARMY Recruits 4th Member to Line-up	Posted: Jan 31, 2008
Army of Souls has enlisted lead guitarist Pete Hlavach to this line-up of misfits and radicals to kick off the new year and get their live show road ready. Pete brings solid playing and experience to this killer division of Souls. Once the group has perfected their live show performance you can expect to see them commanding crowds at venue near you. "We'll work the kinks out around our home base (Chicago) and see where future assignments take us from there." It is reported that Pete had to pass relentless tests and is currently finishing up his first round of bootcamp. Good luck Pete - too late to turn back now.
New Bass Player joins the Army	Posted: Jul 17, 2007
AOS are pleased to welcome Glenn Christon into their ranks. AOS recruited long time friend Christon after he parted ways with his own band. "We are pleased to have Glenn part of the band and are confident this will help move our live shows along."
REVIEWING MUSIC	Posted: Apr 2, 2006
Where has the loyalty gone for this new generation of musicians? Or have we always been out there secretly tearing each other up and offering our so called "professional" opinions of each others music which just happens to be clouded by anything from inferior listening equipment to good old fashioned jealousy. I mean, how is it that our songs (and other great artists we know) get forwarded by TAXI (A/R agency), a group of industry music professionals, to other professionals in the industry yet some Broadjam self proclaimed genius reviewer thinks the recording is bad or the vocals are "pitchy." Ever listen to Cheryl Crow, Axle Rose, Beastie Boys, any hardcore metal, just about all punk and alternative. My point: if we were all Geoff Tates and operatically perfect, there wouldn't be this thing I like to call style. If we played perfect arpeggios and scales and never ever deviated from them, what would the music be like? A workbook? An excercise? Don't confuse style with lack of talent. A well written song will go much further than a "perfectly" played one. Nothing wrong with mixing minors and majors other scales together to form a truly unique sound. Let's face it, without our own "secret" ingredients we would all sound the same. It's obvious that these people do not know what they are talking about for whatever reason...the same song will get reviewed by someone with a half brain or better and they say the recording is the best they ever heard and the vocals are right on. Well, which is it? Think I'll stick to listening to the professionals. When you do come across a song that is a freshman effort or "way out there" please give the artist the respect of CONSTRUCTIVE critism or simply say it is not to your liking-which only means that-you don't like it. That doesn't make it bad though. There are PLENTY of songs on the radio and television I don't care for, but the fact is people do like it for some reason. If you truly think an artist is inferior to you, why not applaud them? After all-they're not a threat to you if you think they suck, are they? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it is the same for music. If your music is so great - why aren't you signed yet? There is a reason for everything. Musicians should be more united and a bigger help to each other. This is OUR industry-we can give it a bad name or a good one. We can make this better by sticking together and genuinely helping each other out, making positive suggestions and constructive pointers. Share your experience, share your talent and applaud others that have that talent as well. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. Dread