Trouble
Formed: 1979
From:
Chicago,
IL,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Trouble News
Below is our complete Trouble news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Trouble Posts New Album Update
Trouble are currently working on a new studio album tentatively set to be released later this year. The band has checked in with the following update: "Songs are coming together for the new Trouble CD tentatively titled The Dark Riff. As you can tell by the title, IT'S HEAVY!
"The band is resorting to the root of what made Trouble in the first place and what they are best at, DOOM! This will no doubt be the heaviest Trouble release since the mid-'80s when they crushed the masses with what is now known as Psalm 9 and The Skull.
"Trouble: 'We can write whatever we want with no pressure from anybody or anything. Therefor, we choose to write heavy.'
"The time is coming, brace yourself!"
Trouble And Minsk To Team Up For Tour
Trouble have announced that they will be heading out on a Fall tour with Minsk with the following tour dates announced thus far:
September 11 - Hamilton, ON @ Casbah
September 12 - Toronto, ON @ Blue Moon
September 13 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft
September 14 - Brooklyn, NY @ Williamsburg Music Hall
September 15 - New York, NY @ Knitting Factory
September 16 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
September 17 - Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
September 18 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
September 19 - Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11 Tavern
September 20 - Cleveland, OH @ The Jigsaw
Trouble Parts Ways with Drummer Jeff Oly Olson
Trouble’s drummer, Jeff Oly Olson, has issued the following statement on his MySpace page regarding his departure from Trouble:
"Under great consideration, I have decided to part ways with Trouble. My reasons are justified. I felt like I was never taken seriously as a musician with the guys from Trouble, but I did the best I could in that 28 year effort with the band. That is all I would like to say for now. However, this is not a retirement from the music industry for I have my band, Retro Grave, with the full length coming out in a few months with fine players (the EP was a solo effort). I thank the Trouble fans for all their support and dedication and I'm sorry if I let you down. Moreover, I will say that Bruce and Rick are the drive and sound for Trouble and every one else are replaceable, so I'm sure they will carry on well. It's been an honor to have played with Bruce, Rick and Eric. I would also like to mention to Kerrang Magazine that I'm not leaving to become a preacher as you once noted many years ago and never corrected".
Trouble Announces More U.S. Dates
Trouble have updated their tour schedule to include some more shows in the United States aswell as a show in Finland. Tour dates are as follows:
July
1 - Vnuks - Cudahy, WI **
5 - King's Tavern - Denver, CO
7 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
8 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
9 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA
10 - Safari Sam's - Hollywood, CA
12 - The Sets - Tempe, AZ
15 - Emo's - Austin, TX
17 - Rockstar Sportsbar - Fort Worth, TX
18 - Hi Tone Cafe - Memphis, TN
19 - The End - Memphis, TN
August
9 - Double Door - Chicago, IL (Alehorn Of Power) **
15 - Jalometalli - Oulu, Finland **
** new dates
Eric Wagner Explains Departure From Trouble
Former Trouble frontman Eric Wagner has checked in with the following:
"It is with my deepest regret that by mutual agreement that Trouble and I have parted ways effective immediately. I love them very much and I wish them nothing but the best. At this moment in time I just can't handle touring anymore. All I want to do is write songs and work on my new project BLACK FINGER. I am sorry and I love you all."
Trouble Reveals Kory Clarke As New Frontman
Chicago doomsters TROUBLE have issued the following:
"Amidst many rumors it has been announced earlier today that Kory Clarke of WARRIOR SOUL will be the new frontman, effective immediately.
The news comes as the band returns to their Chicago homes following a successful European Tour.
Trouble founder/guitarist Rick Wartell explains: "It was a mutual agreement, you need to follow your heart in this business and if you are not into it 100% then it is time to move on. We all felt it was the best thing for all parties involved. There are no hard feelings. I'm sure Eric (Wagner) will continue making music and we wish him the best."
He went on to say, "We are very excited to have Kory step in and take over the vocals for Trouble. He's been one of my favorite frontmen in this industry for many years. He will add a new dimension that we can use. It's not like we just picked out some guy to fill in, this is one of rock's most dynamic and creative frontmen in the industry. I know that when Trouble fans get a taste of what Kory does, they will not be disapointed at all. Anyone who has seen Kory with Warrior Soul already knows what to expect, and it's awesome."
Trouble To Embark On West Coast Tour In May
Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE are booking dates for a West Coast tour beginning on May 1 in Las Vegas with a worldwide live Internet broadcast from the Deep Rock Drive studios. The band will be touring in support of its newest release, "Simple Mind Condition", which is scheduled to receive its long-awaited U.S. release in April on the Escapi Music label.
The follow-up to 1995's "Plastic Green Head", "Simple Mind Condition" 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).
Escapi Music reissued TROUBLE's classic first two albums, "Psalm 9" (1984) and "The Skull" (1985), on October 24, 2006. 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.
Dragonlord Speak On European Tour Cancellation
DRAGONLORD, featuring TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson, have issued the following update:
"Last October 2007 our former label, Escapi Records, asked Dragonlord to be part of a European tour with label mates "TROUBLE. We showed interest and have been waiting ever since to have someone (i.e., booking agent, label, promoter) get back to us to confirm it and everything else that goes with booking an overseas tour. That never happened. No e-mails, no phone calls, nothing. To clear the air and to let our fans know, Dragonlord will regretfully not be a part of the upcoming European tour with Trouble."
As previously reported, Dragonlord will embark on a string of West Coast dates in April. Dates are as follows:
April
17 - Walnut Creek, CA - Betty's Rock Bar
18 - Apple Valley, CA - Angeles Roadhouse
19 - Riverside, CA - Tremors
20 - Modesto, CA - Fat Cat
Trouble Announce New Support For Europe
Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE have announced that Norway's SAHG and Germany's GORILLA MONSOON will support the band on their upcoming European dates in April. The acts replace DRAGONLORD and COVERED CALL, who have both dropped off the tour.
Trouble dates:
April (with ICARUS WITCH)
2 - RPMs Rock Club - Bridgeville, PA
3 - Jigsaw Saloon - Cleveland, Ohio
4 - Doug's American Grill & Bar - Aurora, IL
5 - Nite Cap - Chicago, IL
April (with Sahg, Gorilla Monsoon)
8 - Estragon - Bologna, Italy
9 - New Age - Treviso, Italy
10 - Rohstofflager - Zürich, Switzerland
11 - Biebob - Vosselaar, Belgium
12 - Turock - Essen, Germany
13 - Markthalle - Hamburg, Germany
15 - Musikzentrum - Hannover, Germany
16 - Batschkapp - Frankfurt, Germany
17 - Roxy - Saarbrücken, Germany
18 - O13 - Tilburg, Netherlands (Trouble only)
20 - Dingwalls - London, England
August
15 - Metal Rock Fest - Lillehammer, Norway
16 - Jalometalli Festival - Oulu, Finland
On February 12th, Trouble's long out-of-print 1996 classic doom album, Plastic Green Head, was reissued by Escapi Music. Digitally re-mastered with brand new liner notes, it also contains an extremely rare exclusive bonus DVD of a live performance in Hamburg, Germany from 1996.
The tracklisting for the CD is as follows: 'Plastic Green Head', 'The Eye', 'Flowers', 'Porpoise Song', 'Opium Eater', 'Hear The Earth', 'Another Day', 'Requiem', 'Below Me', 'Long Shadows Fall','Tomorrow Never Knows', 'Till The End Of Time'.
The bonus live DVD contains the following tracks: 'The Sleeper', 'Fear', 'Plastic Green Head', 'Opium Eater', 'Long Shadows Fall', 'Psychotic Reaction'.
Trouble Announce New U.S. Dates
Illinois doom legends TROUBLE have scheduled the following U.S. dates:
April 02 - RPMs Rock Club - Bridgeville, PA
April 03 - Jigsaw Saloon - Cleveland, Ohio
April 04 - Doug's American Grill & Bar - Aurora, IL
April 05 - Nite Cap – Chicago, IL
TROUBLE performed at the House of Blues in Chicago on January 27. Check out photos from the concert at this location.
Trouble Announce U.S. Live Appearances
Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE have scheduled the following U.S. dates:
Jan. 26 - Vnuk's Lounge - Cudahy, WI
Jan. 27 - House of Blues – Chicago, IL
TROUBLE will team up with DRAGONLORD and COVERED CALL for a European tour in April 2008.
The band was scheduled to begin shipping its long-awaited "Unplugged" CD last month. The first 100 copies to be sold will be signed by the band. More...
Kataklysm Announce Trouble Gig
KATAKLYSM has confirmed it will be playing the Rebel Radio Birthday Bash along side Chicago’s TROUBLE January 27th at the House of Blues in Chicago, Illinois. More bands are to be announced soon.
KATAKLYSM will be joining Jason Suecof in early February to start the mixing process for their new album Prevail.
Trouble Drummer Seeks Bassist For Retro Grave
TROUBLE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson is seeking a bass player to record and tour with his RETRO GRAVE project. Interested parties can contact RETRO GRAVE's management at LeighRush@aol.com for details of where to send the press kit.
RETRO GRAVE's full-length debut, "Again", is scheduled for release in the spring. These recordings will feature collaborations with established, high-profile musicians whose identities have not yet been revealed.
"Again" will be released in time for TROUBLE's appearance at the Roadburn Festival on April 18, 2008 at the 013 club in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Olson is currently writing an exclusive RETRO GRAVE "studio report" for the Roadburn web site, to be posted in the very near future at www.roadburn.com.
In other news, the previously announced re-arrangement of TROUBLE's "Run to the Light" album (originally issued in 1987 via Metal Blade) will now be recorded by TROUBLE rather than RETRO GRAVE. Details of this project will be revealed soon.
Retro Grave Seek Bassist
TROUBLE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson is seeking a bass player to record and tour with his RETRO GRAVE project. Interested parties can contact RETRO GRAVE's management at LeighRush@aol.com for details of where to send the press kit.
RETRO GRAVE's full-length debut, "Again", is scheduled for release in the spring. These recordings will feature collaborations with established, high-profile musicians whose identities have not yet been revealed.
"Again" will be released in time for TROUBLE's appearance at the Roadburn Festival on April 18, 2008 at the 013 club in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Olson is currently writing an exclusive RETRO GRAVE "studio report" for the Roadburn web site, to be posted in the very near future at www.roadburn.com.
In other news, the previously announced re-arrangement of TROUBLE's "Run to the Light" album (originally issued in 1987 via Metal Blade) will now be recorded by TROUBLE rather than RETRO GRAVE. Details of this exciting project will be revealed soon.
Trouble Announce European Tour Dates
TROUBLE Schedules European Tour Dates - Nov. 7, 2007
Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE will team up with DRAGONLORD and COVERED CALL for a European tour in April 2008. Confirmed dates are as follows:
Apr. 08 - ITA Bologna Estragon
Apr. 09 - I Treviso New Age
Apr. 10 - CH Zürich Rohstofflager
Apr. 11 - BE Vosselaar Biebob
Apr. 12 - DE Essen Turock
Apr. 13 - DE Hamburg Markthalle
Apr. 15 - DE Hannover Musikzentrum
Apr. 16 - DE Frankfurt Batschkapp
Apr. 17 - DE Saarbrücken Roxy
Apr. 18 - NL Tilburg 013 / Roadburn Festival *
* TROUBLE only
As previously reported, TROUBLE will begin shipping its long-awaited "Unplugged" CD on December 15. The first 100 copies to be sold will be signed by the band. Pre-orders are being accepted now via the NewTrouble.com web site.
The track listing for the "classic" portion of the "Unplugged" CD is as follows:
01. Misery Shows Act II
02. Flowers
03. Rain
04. Requiem
05. Tragedy Man
+ two new tracks
TROUBLE will release a live album of its 2005 performance in Stockholm, Sweden early next year via Escapi Music. The CD will reportedly be filled with lots of bonus material. More information will be made available soon.
Wet Animal To Begin Work On New Album
WET ANIMAL, the Illinois-based act featuring TROUBLE guitarist Rick Wartell, have issued the following update:
"Wet Animal will begin pre-production with Neil Kernon as producer starting in December, 2007.
The recording of the band's 2nd CD, Get Bit, will begin January, 2008 and will be released the spring of 2008. Tours will follow.
The new material is fucking incredible and now the production will be as well."
More Details On Retro Grave's Trouble Re-make
Jeff "Oly" Olson (TROUBLE, RETRO GRAVE) has tapped Vincent Wojno (TROUBLE, MACHINE HEAD, KREATOR, TESTAMENT) to produce and engineer the first two RETRO GRAVE albums. The debut CD, now simply titled "Run", is a re-arrangement of TROUBLE's "Run to the Light" (originally issued in 1987 via Metal Blade). Special guests on the "Run" album include former TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner; members of RISE TO ADDICTION, TROUBLE and NOVEMBERS DOOM; Kyle Thomas (ALABAMA THUDERPUSSY, EXHORDER, FLOODGATE); Leif Edling (CANDLEMASS); Sammy Duet (GOATWHORE, ACID BATH); and up-and-coming guitarist Mike "Rebeard" Schermuly.
"Run" is currently being recorded for an early 2008 release. A record deal is being nogotiated, the details of which will be announced in the very near future.
Kyle Thomas briefly fronted TROUBLE in 1999 and is "a welcome addition to the 'Run' album," says Olson. "All of my guests are very talented musicians that I'm psyched to work with, especially my new friends from the UK, RISE TO ADDICTION [who toured with TROUBLE in Europe earlier this year]. These guys are hard-working and extremely talented group of guys, as [is] my new permanent guitarist, Mike 'Redbeard' Schermuly from Portland, Maine."
Samples from the debut RETRO GRAVE EP can be heard at retrogravemusic.com
Trouble Drummer To Remake "Run To The Light"
TROUBLE/RETRO GRAVE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson is planning to record a remake of TROUBLE's 1987 LP "Run to the Light" (Metal Blade Records). Olson says, "It will be compilation of some of my favorite top metal recording artists, (guest stars to be announced) with a real heavy sound that I'm excited to record... 'Run to the Light' is the only TROUBLE album that I didn't play drums on and it's my favorite."
"Run to the Light" featured drummer Dennis Lesh, who replaced Olson after he left TROUBLE to pursue a Bachelor of Music degree in Film Scoring at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
In other news, Olson will take part in an online chat at his web site, www.RetroGraveMusic.com, every Tuesday evening at 10:00 p.m. EST to discuss his "weekly instructional drumming tips" and future plans for RETRO GRAVE and TROUBLE.
Trouble Guitarist Explains CD Delay
StonerRock.com recently conducted an interview with TROUBLE guitarist Bruce Franklin. An excerpt from the interview follows:
StonerRock.com: First up, why reunite and give it another go?
Bruce: "I think everyone had time to get away from TROUBLE and work on their own music — LID, SUPERSHINE, WET ANIMAL. Someone asked us to play a one-time show. We did and it felt good! So after a few years apart everyone kind of felt a passion to try and do TROUBLE again. Being a few years older and wiser didn't hurt either."
StonerRock.com: You just got done touring the U.S. and Europe. Overall, which treated you better?
Bruce: "Both were really good. It was a pleasant surprise to see so many longtime TROUBLE-heads turn out. Europe may have a slight edge, because the smallest shows were still bigger than the smallest American shows. The cool thing is that people seem to really respect the band at this point in time. Probably more because we're old than anything else."
StonerRock.com: [The new TROUBLE album] "Simple Mind Condition" has had its [North American] release date pushed back repeatedly. What's with the delays?
Bruce: "Contrary to some of the crazy rumors, it really comes down to record company red tape and financial crap. On the band's part, the record has been done for over a year."
StonerRock.com: Do you think the constant reshuffling will have a negative effect, in the sense that eventually people will ultimately just stop caring about a new TROUBLE album and just download it?
Bruce: "It seems so. As usual, TROUBLE has all the luck. Bad luck! On the positive side the new record is out in Europe and is supposed to be out in August in the States. Even better is that it's a good record. Of course every band will say their new record is good. I'm not a bullshitter though, and 'Simple Mind Condition' isn't the best record we have made, but it is a good record that should be heard by anyone that likes what TROUBLE does."
Read the entire interview at www.stonerrock.com.
Trouble Drummer To Launch Solo EP In Early June
TROUBLE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson will launch his debut RETRO GRAVE EP, and new web site this Tuesday, June 5. The self-titled EP, "Retro Grave" is Olson's first solo project that will include five tracks with all instruments and vocals recorded by Olson. The song "Kid Ignoble", originally recorded for the "Retro Grave" EP, has been pulled so that Chuck Robinson (TROUBLE bassist) can tweak it with Olson and release it on Olson's debut full-length, titled "Again", to be released in early 2008.
Jeff "Oly" Olson is currently on tour with TROUBLE in Europe for their "2007 Simple Mind Condition Tour" which will include the closing night at the three-day Sweden Rock Festival on June 9, opening for MOTÖRHEAD and SCORPIONS.
Previews of the "Retro Grave" EP are available at www.myspace.com/retrograve. The EP will be available to purchase when the web site and EP launch on Tuesday, June 5 at RetroGraveMusic.com.
