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Black Star Riders: 'Hey Judas' video released
"Hey Judas", the new video from Black Star Riders, the new band formed by Thin Lizzy alumni Ricky Warwick (guitar, vocals), Damon Johnson (guitar), Scott Gorham (guitar), Marco Mendoza (bass) with new addition Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper, Megadeth, David Lee Roth, Suicidal Tendencies) on drums, can be seen below. The clip was filmed on May 27 with Northern Irish photographer, music? video director and typographical designer Mark Hylands at The Marshall Theatre in Milton Keynes.

"Hey Judas" comes off Black Star Riders' debut album, "All Hell Breaks Loose", which registered the following first-week chart positions:

Sweden: #15
Uk: #25
Germany: #29
Finland: #38
Switzerland: #63
Ireland: #64
Wallonia: #107
France: #122
Belgium: #163

"All Hell Breaks Loose" sold around 2,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The Cd landed at position No. 5 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

The "All Hell Breaks Loose" artwork features a painting by Gil Elvgren (March 15, 1914 - February 29, 1980), the legendary U.S. painter best known for his work on pin-up girls, advertising and illustration.

"All Hell Breaks Loose" was recorded and mixed by producer Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, Rush) at his The Cave studios in Malibu, California. Mastering duties were handled by Bob Ludwig (Jimi Hendrix, Rush, Kiss, Led Zeppelin) at Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, Maine.

The album was released as a standard Cd and also as a special-edition digipak featuring a bonus track, "Right To Be Wrong", and a "making-of" Dvd.

Black Star Riders made its live debut on May 30 at The Marshall Theatre in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. The set featured a mix of music from "All Hell Breaks Loose" along with classic Thin Lizzy tracks.