PR: “GRUESOME” Theme song to premiere on Rue Morgue radio.

Duane

December 4th 2006 – “Gruesome,” the theme song recorded by musician Giasone Italiano to promote Gregory Lamberson’s upcoming horror novel Johnny Gruesome, will have its world premiere on Rue Morgue Radio on Friday, January 5th, 2007. Rue Morgue Radio is a weekly podcast produced by Rue Morgue magazine.

Lamberson’s unpublished novel concerns a murdered high school student who returns from the grave with revenge on his mind. Lamberson asked Italiano to create a hard driving theme song to help create audience awareness for his title character, who favors songs by Alice Cooper and The Misfits. Italiano wrote the song with his wife, author Marcy Italiano, and performed the vocals, guitar, and bass on the track. The Italianos are currently writing additional songs for a CD album to accompany Lamberson’s novel.

“It was my idea to do the song, and I’m a collaborator in the sense that it’s based on my material,” Lamberson says. “But G and Marcy wrote it on their own, and the album is really their baby. It will be a horror themed collection sung by my Johnny Gruesome character before and after his death, but only two or three of the songs will be based on my novel. So horror fans will enjoy these songs whether they read the novel or not.”

Rue Morgue Radio is hosted by Tomb Dragomir. The weekly show spotlights gothic music and horror films and fiction. Rue Morgue Radio recently announced it has joined forces with Iceberg Radio to reach a wider audience. The show can be heard every Friday at www.ruemorgueradio.com and www.icebergradio.com.

“We’re all fans of Rue Morgue,” Lamberson says, “so we’re thrilled to have the song premiere on their show. The song will be available on other sites following its premiere.”

Issue #0 of the new magazine Doorways (available now: www.doorwaysmagazine.com) features an article by Italano on the song’s creation, and Insidious Reflections sent journalist Richard Hipson to cover the recording session; his extensive article will be posted on www.insidiousreflections.com later this week.

Lamberson will post updates on the song, novel, and CD on his website, www.slimeguy.com, and in his monthly horror newsletter, The Gruesome Gazette: GruesomeGazette-subscribe@yahoogroups.com . Italiano’s website is http://www.giasoneitaliano.com .

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