Skeletons and Majesties

Written by Harald on 19 February 2011.

Dear Friends!

You might have heard through the grapevine that the Rays have something cooking again, .....and yes, we do have.

As the "Skeletons In The Closet" album was so well accepted some time ago, we thought it might be time to do an encore.

While going through all previous albums we found that there is still a ton of songs that we either never or barely played.

So we decided to do a bit of touring with a total different set and revive some of these songs with our nowadays chemistry and vibe.

But that's not all... while jamming around with accoustic guitars we discovered that it's actually much fun and that we have a good amount of songs that are cool to listen to as 'unplugged' versions. So these special shows will consist of live un- or rarely heard stuff in full metal gear ('Skeletons') and a good choice of our most famous 'hits' in a different way (we chose to call them 'Majesties') ...and 'presto': here we go with Skeletons and Majesties!!!

To give you all an impression of what's to await we have recorded a Mini Album with the following 4 tracks:

Skeletons:
Hold your ground (from 'Heading for tomorrow')
Brothers (from 'Insanity and Genius')

Majesties:
Rebellion in Dreamland (from 'Land of the free')
Send me a sign (from 'Powerplant')

Needless to say that we think the new versions are brilliant, the best ever, hilarious, outstanding, awesome and so on.... no shit, we really do! But judge for yourself...

The Mini will come out on: 08.04.2011

The first bit of the tour will be a short one before summer (25.4. Bremen (GER), 26.4. Berlin (GER), 28.4. Bochum (GER), 29.4. Pratteln (CH)) to see how it will be received and to put the whole thing on CD and DVD which will be out after summer when we will continue to take this thing around the world. For the setlist of the Skeletons part we kindly request your help and opinion. We have prepared a list of all songs that fall into the 'Skeletons' criteria and would like each of you to choose his (or her) 10 favourites.

We hope that you like the idea and that we will see you on the tour.

Additional info from our webmaster: the poll will start 21st of February and include a registration to our website which is supposed to be extended to a growing fan-community. For voting you first have to register to our forthcoming community.

Big Cheeeeerzzzzzz from da Rrrrrrayzzzz

How to vote:

Register to the Official Gamma Ray Website (Create an account)
Wait for your account to be activated (by Webmaster)
Find "Skeletons Poll" (CLOSED) in the user menu
You can only vote ONCE!!!
Be sure that "Thanks" appears after voting to be sure your vote has really been submitted!
Enjoy and thank you for your vote!
Skeletons to vote for:

1990 - Heading For Tomorrow
	Money Hold Your Ground Freetime Look At Yourself Sail On Mr. Outlaw (EP) Who Do You Think You Are (EP)
1991 - Sigh No More
	As Time Goes By We Won't Stop The War Father & Son Start Running Countdown The Spirit
1993 - Insanity And Genius
	The Cave Principle Future Madhouse Gammaray Insanity & Genius 18 Years Your Tørn Is Over Brothers
1995 - Land Of The Free
	Gods Of Deliverance Farewell Salvations Calling Time To Break Free Afterlife Heavy Metal Mania (EP) A While In Dreamland (EP)
1997 - Somewhere Out In Space
	Men Martians & Machines No Stranger The Landing Pray The Winged Horse Lost In The Future Watcher In The Sky Return To Fantasy
1999 - Powerplant
	Anywhere In The Galaxy Strangers In The Night Short As Hell It's A Sin Wings Of Destiny Hands Of Fate Long Live Rock'n'Roll
2001 - No World Order
	Dethrone Tyranny Damn The Machine Solid Fire Below Follow Me Eagle Lake Of Tears
2005 - Majestic
	My Temple Strange World Hell Is Thy Home Condemned To Hell Spiritual Dictator Majesty How Long Revelation
2007 - Land Of The Free II
	To Mother Earth Rain Leaving Hell When The World Opportunity Hear Me Calling Insurrection
2010 - To The Metal!
	All You Need To Know Time To Live Rise Shine Forever Chasing Shadows Wannabees One Life