After the release of ‘Control And Resistance’ the band went on indefinite hiatus, with Doug Keyser and Rick Colaluca jumping to Retarted Elf and Ron Jarzombek launching Spastic Ink after recovering from multiple hand surgeries. Keyser, Colaluca, and Jarzombek reunited with original vocalist Jason McMaster in 1999 to record the song ‘Run If You Can’ for Nuclear Blast’s A Tribute to Accept and appeared live at Germany’s Bang Your Head!!! in 2000 and Holland’s Headway Festival in 2004. Since reuniting WatchTower have re-commenced and then aborted work on the long-dormant third album, ‘Mathematics’, several times but as of 2009 the album is at long last being worked on once again. On April 9, 2010, WatchTower released a preliminary mix of a brand new song, ’The Size of Matter’, as a digital-only single via Amazon, iTunes, and other outlets. It marks the band’s first new piece of music since their seminal 1989 album, Control And Resistance, and features core members Ron Jarzombek, Doug Keyser, and Rick Colaluca along with a returning Alan Tecchio on vocals. Tecchio replaces original frontman Jason McMaster for the second time in band history. On April 23, 2010, WatchTower played their first live show in some 20 years with Tecchio on vocals as co-headliners of Germany’s Keep It True festival in Lauda-Königshofen. Members:|Alan Tecchio - vocals|Ron Jarzombek - guitars|Doug Keyser - bass|Rick Colaluca - drums Former members:|Jason McMaster - vocals|Billy White - guitars|Mike Soliz - vocals WatchTower online:|www.myspace.com/officialwatchtower|www.facebook.com/pages/Watchtower/258144101528|www.watchtowerband.net/ |
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