Brent Ashley returns to The Dreaming

Recently Los Angeles based rockers, The Dreaming announced that their bassist, Martin Kelly was leaving to pursue his career as a tattoo artist and to tour with his original band Living Dead Lights. Martin is an exceptional artist and I think he has a great career ahead of him with anything he does and we wish him well. Shortly after, The Dreaming announced the return of Brent Ashley. Brent who has been successful with his custom line clothing line, Arrogant Armor will return on bass. Brent posted the news on Facebook in a very funny post:

We also got an update from Christopher as to what The Dreaming is working on and he had this to say,

“I’m in the midst of recording the new album. We are putting together a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds to do the album completely on our own without a label. Hopefully it will be done by the fall tour. It’s awesome to have Brent back. He was always the spark that kept the band alive and he was greatly missed when he left to tour with Static X.”

That is great news and we are excited about the new album. We will keep you updated when we get the links for the Kickstarter campaign so we can all support and be part of the new album. It is great to see Brent return to The Dreaming and I am looking forward to their upcoming show at the Whisky on August 3rd. Check out the tour dates on their website or listed below.

If you are not familiar with The Dreaming then it is about time you take a listen. The Dreaming features Christopher Hall, former singer of the industrial hard rock band, Stabbing Westward and Johnny Haro (of Star-69) on drums, and Rich Jazmin (from Kerli) on guitar. Their sound has a blend of alternative, metal and electronics. The end result being emotionally charged darkwave rock and roll which is quite welcoming today.

Check out their video for “Breathing” which is off of their first major label release “PUPPET”.

So make sure to visit their social media sites and give Brent a warm welcome back! Make sure to also check out their upcoming tour dates. Take a look at the photos in our Slideshow by Karen Mandall Photography from one of their shows in Las Vegas. If those don’t get you wanting to catch them live, you obviously don’t have a pulse!

~ Crank it up, Marisol