In fact: Amir is helping me do it (more surprises there later!).

“WTF am I thinking?”

“Kind of insanely exciting!?”

(I know between Orgy, Dead By Sunrise, Julien-K, and Adema, we share like.. a million fans - that is probably a literal number BTW).

Well. Let me tell you:

As many of you know, my first band ever, SEX ART, from Bakersfield & Taft CA, was formed in my teens with some of my longest lasting friendships - Jonathan Davis & David Deroo. In many ways I feel like I'm performing w a group of my childhood best friends. I have been a fan of Kris Kohls since Cradle Of Thorns - OVER 25 YEARS AGO - when we were teenagers! The rest of the ADEMA guys have been part of my life for 16+ years. I’m having so much fun interpreting this amazing music in my own way - music that I am a personal fan of - I cant even describe the high. I simply could not sit back any longer and let my brothers music LINGER without bringing it to the fans that love this band as much as I do. You guys deserve it - the band deserves it - I fucking LOVE it.

I wouldn’t do this without addressing my other brother Marky Chavez. The proverbial “elephant in the room”. I KNOW fans love him. SO DO I.

Last year, on the very very “DL”, I was personally engaged in a major effort to put ADEMA back together - THE WHOLE BAND. I spent a lot of time working on this. These guys are my brothers. I love them. ALL of them.

I can be VERY convincing (as Mike Ransom has pointed out in many very funny situations), and I desperately wanted the band to go out a tour again, make new music, and live the life we all built. I love Marky and I love his voice. I personally talked to him on multiple occasions, sometimes for a few hours, trying to figure out why the band just couldn’t be “all together” and tour.

The conclusion of my efforts: Mark DOES. NOT. WANT. TO. DO. ADEMA. PERIOD.

He told me calmly and clearly. He told me point blank. He does not want to sing to this music anymore. So I stopped pushing him and the band, and I went on my merry way to handle my Julien-K workload and new album release. I was sad that ADEMA was not going to be out playing for their fans.

….. Until I got a totally fucking random call from Kris Kohls a few weeks ago which got me wondering…. “Can I go out and perform with my brothers and do an amazing job for the band and the fans”? “Can I do the music I love justice?" ADEMA got offered ANOTHER great tour with some GREAT bands - and they wanted to do it RIGHT. The whole band, with a real frontman that can really “do it”…. Could I do it????” “Would I be willing to do it???” “would it be FUN?”

The answer is YES. So I am going to do just that. And I'm going to do it with LOVE & GRATITUDE. I know the ADEMA community has essentially not been able to count on anything solid for … maybe 10+ years? I want to end that. Now.

So. Starting this SEPT, I'm going to do “my thing”, with my brothers in ADEMA (the entire original band) as they do “they're thing”, onstage, 5-6 nights a week, throughout the USA, for what may be a once in a lifetime experience: ADEMA + RYAN SHUCK. Please join us this fall - It’s going to be amazing.

We will have special VIP and merch offerings to commemorate this truly exceptional collaboration and experience. I can’t wait to see you!!!!

ADEMA fans: If you don't know me, prepare to have your fucking faces melted. And prepare to LIKE IT. Your support of this band means EVERYTHING!! And we thank you!!

JULIEN-K fans: FEAR NOT. The Supreme Commander has not left the building ………!!! JKHD IS COMING SOON. The possibilities are now ENDLESS.

- R