The new Brittania album is 75% complete and it is Erik Elmore's Swan Song. This campaign is being relaunched to give Erik, his friends and family immortality through his music. This is Erik, this is who he was and what he believed in. Erik was a phenomenal musician, and a superior human being who enriched lives and made the world a better place. Erik drove all of us to be the best and follow your dreams. We ask that you help make Erik's last dream a reality. CD Release will be 3/31 and we need your assistance.
This Indegogo project’s purpose is to help our band Brittania record a second CD “The Empire” and re-release our first album (“Third Degree”) The new CD will be as monstrous as the first and both CD’s (assuming we make our funding goal) should be released by the end of March.
We were one of the most popular unsigned rock bands in Los Angeles back in the late 80's and early 90's, and we recently had our 20th reunion jam and decided to do a second CD.
Our drummer Brett Myers, put a Brittania FaceBook page up for us on May 12th 2013, and in only three weeks, we had over 25,000 unique visitors further fueling our desire to get back in the studio to record this new second CD and re-release Third Degree.
The first CD “Third Degree” was great, but it wasn't released in the U.S. due to the grunge rock movement that hit the same time we started shipping our first CD.
We eventually got a recording deal in 1992 and signed a distribution deal with Mausoleum Records. They released our CD in 19 countries, but NOT in the U.S. Unfortunately, the Mausoleum record label we signed with at the time, went bankrupt and all of the original artwork is gone.
We are not under any contracts with anyone for anything now, and with the changes in how music gets recorded and distributed, it only makes sense for us to record and release both CD’s as an independent label. If interest from a major label arises, we’ll be happy to talk with them.
In fact, we found out that Warner Bros. was very interested in us during the height of our popularity (pre-grunge), but in the days before the Internet, record companies really had no way to find us if they were interested. Basically we were on tour all around the U.S. and would only roll into L.A. for a week or so to do a show and then back out on the road again.
Also, the first time we sold out at the Whisky, they released the Rodney King verdict and our show was cancelled due to riots. What are the odds?
We did win the Best Unsigned Battle of the Bands TWICE on KLOS, L.A.'s largest rock station, and to this day, our original CD “Third Degree” is rare and sells USED from $25 to $75 + shipping from overseas on eBay WHEN you can find them.
So, we are in the studio right now working on our new CD, and to help us out, we’ve put this ad up on Indegogo so you guys can chip in and help us cover the costs of mixing, mastering, pressing the new CD, pressing another batch of our first CD, getting us on iTunes finally, re-mastering the video, promote our Reverb Nation page where you can hear samples of our “Third Degree” CD, and do another batch of cool posters & T-shirts etc.
Hey, if we meet our goal and you make a pledge, like $20 bucks or something, at least you'll get a CD out of it. There will be more swag for larger donations like both CD's, or CD's and a T-Shirt, autographed posters etc. Check the Pledge info on the right.
One thing I feel I should mention is the uber-strong support we’re getting from our network of old fans and friends as well as the owners of the recording and mastering studios who are giving us a huge break on our costs. That makes the difference between us only asking for $5,000 as opposed to $15,000. Rest assured, the products we put out will be world class.
I hope you join us in this endeavor by supporting us in any way you can. It’s a “short duration” listing and it goes without saying, any donation will be extremely appreciated. If any of your friends are closet 80’s rock lovers and they are dying for some awesome un-released 80’s style rock, well, tell them it’s time to come out of the closet and support us. We guarantee these albums (CD’s for you younger folks) will knock their socks off. - Brittania
Band Members:
Jeff Mullins (Lead Vocal)
Tim Langford (Guitar & Bass / Vocals)
Gino Kirkland (Guitar / Vocals)
John-Erik Elmore (Keyboards & Hammond B3 / Vocals)
Brett Myers (Drums / Vocals)
Scott Gowdy* (Bass on last tour and first album)
Chris McDowell (Bass on Empire)
*Johnny Barr was the original bassist and co-wrote most of the songs we are recording now for our new CD “The Empire.”
