**DUE TO LEGAL REASONS THE BAND HAS CHANGED THE NAME, WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS "TRIPWIRE"!! NOTE- Tripwire will hit the road again in support of our next single (WASTED) to radio, opening a few shows in March'03 as part of the Jagermeister Music Tour, which will feature co-headliners Saliva and hed(pe). Visit WWW.JAGERMUSIC.COM or WWW.TRIPWIRETHEBAND.COM for more info!! Christopher Pierce--Lead Vocals/Guitar John Gomez--Drums/Percussion Jesse Elam--Bass/Backing Vocals**** Originally formed as Next Big Something, TRIPWIRE is an intense modern rock trio that has worked relentlessly at writing, recording, and touring for the past 4 years. In 2000 the band's single Every Little Thing garnered tons of radio play (charting #3 on CMJ), which grabbed the attention of several major labels, agents, management companies and even famed 80's rocker Eddie Ojeda, lead guitarist for the band Twisted Sister. "Eddie showed interest in producing a few tracks for us. He flew down to our home town of Corpus Christi, TX to see the band play live, which was pretty flattering at the time" says Chris. '80s rock was a huge influence on me, so it was an honor just to be in the presence of a guy who had been there, done that ya know." Since then, Tripwire have shared the stage with Fuel, Drowning Pool, Saliva, Live, Union Underground, hedPE, Jason Bonham, Vince Neil, Stereomud, Stroke 9, Breaking Benjamin, Tesla, Yes and Kansas to name a few. "Having opened shows for some of the best bands in rock music and swapping stories with those guys has shed a whole new light on what we can expect in this crazy biz", says John. "We work very hard at what we do and get to see more of the country than most folks, but we realize that none of this would even be possible without the support from our fans." In 2002 the band continued to be blessed entering the studio with two multi-platinum producers. First, producer Tom Morris (7 Mary 3, Savatage, Warrant) and most recently mega producer Kevin Beamish who produced artist/bands ranging from (REO Speedwagon, to Saxon, to Kenny Chesney). "Recording with both Tom and Kevin was such a cool experience, because this is the first band I've ever been in" says Jesse. I had only been playing bass guitar for a year when Chris and John asked me to play with them and now we're opening for nationals bands and recording with platinum producers....I can't complain". "Ironically enough, engineer/producer Dave Dominguez (Staind, Papa Roach, Adema, Guns N Roses) has also taken interest, so we plan to demo some songs with him in April 2003" says John. "We expect a very busy 2003 as Major label interest remains high." OTHER ACCOLADES:** Sponsored by: Jagermeister, ** Endorsed by: Dean Markley Strings, **Song “Not The Enemy” featured on the ROXIO CD sampler/distributed nationally... **Song “Every Little Thing” featured as the #1 track on the 2002 Jagermeister Compilation CD -100,000 copies distributed... **Song “I Will Follow” ranked #1 on Garageband.com out of 50,000 bands worldwide... **Song “Believe” featured on the Score! Music CD compilation/distributed to college radio and trade publications *Finalist in the Rolling Rock Town Fair national contest.