Janus to join Sick Puppies in Santa Ana March 19

JANUS -- David Scotney (vocals), Johnny Salazar (percussion), Alan Quitman (bass), Mike Tyranski (guitar/programming) — are currently criss-crossing the U.S. to promote their debut album, RED RIGHT RETURN, which was released September 22 on REALID Records (through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group).

They’re making their first SoCal appearance in Santa Ana on Friday, March 19 at the Galaxy Theatre with Sick Puppies.

The album’s explosive first single, “Eyesore,” is currently spinning on over 50 Rock radio stations nationwide, and is currently in #36 on Billboard’s “Rock Songs” chart. A video for the track—directed by Noah Shulman (Sleepless City Productions)--can now be seen on the band’s Myspace (www.myspace.com/janus ) and YouTube pages (www.youtube.com/januschicago), as well as their official website (www.janusmusic.com ).

RED RIGHT RETURN is a collection of ten seamlessly flowing tracks that showcase the band’s ability to bring the Rock world an intelligent fresh sound. JANUS’ debut harkens back to the days when albums were written as a total piece of work, as opposed to a group of single songs. The Chicago natives recorded, produced, created all the themes, digital presence, and artwork on their own. Lyrically, the songs have very strong universal underpinnings to real life experiences. While they tell a particular story, the end result is left open to interpretation and the listener is free to draw their own conclusions.

In a review of RED RIGHT RETURN, Revolver described JANUS as a band that sounds like “Deftones getting Disturbed because their Chevelle stalled when the alt-metallers were just 30 Seconds To Mars.” While Absolutepunk.net raved: “There are a few bands, given the opportunity, could take the radio by storm. JANUS is a perfect example of this type of band. If they were given the chance, and played on some larger radio stations alongside all of our alternative ‘favorites’ (sound-alikes), they could earn themselves hordes of fans.”