Like A Storm announces guitar gievaway winner

After making their presence felt across North America and debuting at number 61 on Billboard’s New Artists Chart from tour sales alone of their head-turning debut album, “The End Of The Beginning”, New Zealand natives LIKE A STORM continue to win fans nationwide with their haunting, powerful riffs and infectious melodies and are gearing up for even more in 2010.

One such fan, Phillip Weber of Marathon, FL, is the proud recipient of a newly autographed Paul Reed Smith guitar, as a result of being named the winner of the band’s recent “PRS Guitar Giveaway Contest”, sponsored by the legendary axe manufacturers.

The breakout quartet – composed of brothers Matt (vocals, guitars, programming, didgeridoo), Chris (vocals, guitar, programming) and Kent (bass, vocals, programming) Brooks plus drummer Thomas Karanasos – is cranking up the energy most everywhere you look. Like A Storm’s adrenaline-packed music can be prominently heard on television, where their song “Lie To Me”, is serving as the theme song for TNA Wrestling’s highly-anticipated Pay-Per-View special “Genesis”, which airs January 17th, 2010.

Fresh off their successful tour with fellow Vancouver, B.C. based rockers Veer Union and looking to start the New Year off strong, Like A Storm heads back out on the road again starting Jan. 22 in Albany, NY. Like A Storm joins Shinedown, Puddle of Mudd, and Skillet to kick some major ass in the following cities:

1/22/2010
Albany, NY
Washington Avenue Armory

1/26/2010
Boston, MA
House of Blues

1/28/2010
Bethlehem, PA
Stabler Arena/Lehigh University

1/29/2010
Atlantic City, NJ
House of Blues

1/30/2010
Lewiston, ME
Lewiston Urban Civic Center

2/1/2010
Rochester, NY
Main Street Armory

2/2/2010
Youngstown, OH
The Covelli Centre

2/3/2010
University Park, PA
Bryce Jordan Center

2/5/2010
Detroit, MI
The Fillmore Detroit

2/8/2010
Rochester, MN
Taylor Arena at Mayo Clinic

2/11/2010
Ft. Wayne, IN
Allen County

2/12/2010
Des Moines, IA
Val Air Ballroom

2/13/2010
Peoria, IL
Peoria Civic Center Exhibition Hall

Be on the lookout for future collaborations that are currently in the works, too. Like A Storm recently took time to shoot video for an “artist one-on-one” series with actor Eric Bossick, star of the upcoming movie “Tetsuo: The Bullet Man”, and directed by cult filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto. The video series is set to debut in January. Like A Storm will also be announcing a “Storm the Dorm” contest during the Shinedown dates; fans will enter to win an acoustic performance from the group at their dorm during certain stops of the tour.

For more information on LIKE A STORM, including tour dates and locations, please visit them at www.myspace.com/likeastorm .