In late Fall of 2009 Michael "Whip"
Wilton (Queensryche) will be officially releasing his new line of cool
street-wear called "Whipwear". In the meantime, (for his die hard fans)
he's put together an exclusive limited run of new custom designed 'Whipwear'
T-shirts and collectible tour items for the fans, including his solo CD
"Soulbender", an 8 x 11 personally autographed picture, some rare
Queensryche guitar picks from past tours, a recent audio interview, and
some other cool stuff. Click on the banner below or visit
www.ratpakrecordsamerica.com/whipwear.cfm to check out these cool
offers!
RAT PAK RECORDS PRESENTS - BEHIND THE
SCENES INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL WILTON OF QUEENSRYCHE In this exclusive
interview for Rat Pak Records, "Texas Beth" gets all the latest from
Michael Wilton of Queensrcyhe about the American Soldier tour , his
upcoming solo CD, his clothing line, the fans, his work on Ronny
Munroe's "The Fire Within", longevity in the music Business, and many
many other cool topics. Check out this exclusive uncensored footage -
{Recorded June 2009}
For all you Japanese fans out there,
there is a Mixi page up that is fully supported by Whip. Hiromi
Brezina has been hard at work translating the All Access to
Japanese. The name of the mixi is Michael Wilton Community. If
you do a search, you should be able to find it.
Thanks Hiromi !
03/04/2009
Whip was recently interviewed by Guitar
World Magazine. The interview will be in the guitar heroes section. look
for it to be out in a few months..
Whip quotes on twitter:
Just shot Video Today For If I were King. It was outside....guess what....It
rained!!! Love Seattle
02/23/2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHIP
02/10/2009
Whip is now promoting Pacifique
Distillery's Absinthe. The distillery is out of
Woodinville, Washington. Stay tuned for more
updates.
02/06/2009
Whip has finally finished proofreading
the All Access from the summer European 2008 tour. It has been uploaded,
click here to read it. Here
are a few interesting quotes for you to read.
- I did catch my eye on a plastic
sex sheep in Jason’s bunk.. Well well…
- During the afternoon there were some drunken Scandinavian dudes
playing in a blow-up pool.
- Then, all of a sudden a driver jumped out of a truck and pulled a
knife. Our driver got out of the truck and walked up the him and punched
him in the face and knocked him out.
- We are dumbfounded as we just realized we blew up the festival.
- A gay couple walked past me and one growled and blew in my ear!!!
01/26/2009
AMERICAN SOLDIER
Queensryche Salutes The
Troops With American Soldier
Concept Album Inspired By Veterans' Stories Examines The Consequences Of
War From The Soldiers' Perspective
Album Available March 31 From Atco/Rhino; U.S. Tour To Begin April 16 In
Seattle
Whip at NAMM 2009
Whip had a great time at NAMM meeting
fans, taking pictures and signing autographs. ESP Guitars brought
with 2 of Whips new Signature ESP guitars. Here are a few pictures that
have been sent in.
more to come....
12/31/2008
Whips 2009 NAMM Schedule
Friday 4:00 pm at
Dean Markley Strings with Biohazard and Tera Patrick.
Saturday 2:30 At
ESP Guitars with
Alexi Laiho of
Children of Bodom, Jon Donais of Shadows Fall and
Wayne Static of
Static X
Mitch Mitchell & Billy Cox Of The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Buddy Guy
Jonny Lang
Robbie Krieger Of The Doors
Queensryche
Eric Gales
Mato Nanji of Indigenous
Doyle Bramhall II
Hubert Sumlin Legendary Howlin Wolf Guitarist
Mitch & Billy Of The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Buddy Guy
Mike McCready
Jonny Lang
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Eric Johnson
Robby Krieger Of The Doors
Queensryche
Hubert Sumlin Legendary Howlin Wolf Guitarist
Chris Layton
Eric Gales
Mato Nanji of Indigenous
Doyle Bramhall II
Whip Partied with Alexi from The Children Of Bodom and did straight shots
with the guys from The Black Dahlia Murders. It was a killer Metal show
at the Showbox in Seattle
This weekend Whip and Queensryche will be playing in Reno and Las Vegas.
Make sure you wear you Whipwear
and show Whip your support!
- Master Whip apologizes for not getting the All Access up for the
European tour and the South American tour. He is swamped working on the
new Queensryche project, the new Soulbender project, Ray Gun (with Scott
Rockenfield) & Ratchet Head (more to come on that soon). He also wanted
to say he is apologize that he hasn’t visited the Soulbender web forum
and his guitar forum as well. He will get to them as soon as he has a
free moment.
- Master Whip is also now endorsing (along with Mike Stone) Dean Markley
guitar strings.
- Ratpack Records is going to be releasing another free completion cd with
Soulbenders “3 towers” on it.
The European tour is over, and Whip is on his way home today. Just a
reminder that the latest issue of
22nd Century Rock
Magazine is now out featuring Whip.
Whip is off to Europe tomorrow morning for a 6 week tour with Queensryche.
The All Access notes from the 2008 winter tour are being typed up and
will be sent to Whip to proofread and approve to post in the AA section.
Whip had such a good time on the recent South America tour that he is
going to be sending me an All Access for that 2 week tour to post as
well. Stay tuned for more news from Europe!
Whip is off to sunny Mexico today to play two Queensryche shows!
04/17/08
Michael has been very busy these last few weeks working in the studio
writing new music. While there is down time, the website is being
updated and improved. Added to the website is the return of Michael's
All Access Archives. So far 2001-2005 have been returned. The tour
page has been updated as well, more dates have been added. We are also
hard at work trying to come up with a few new Whipwear designs as well.
We have several that are just about ready. Stay tuned for new on that.
Whip is
currently getting his life back in order from the last tour. I am slowly
getting the All Access's from the Heaven & Hell tour. I hope
to have them by all by next week so i can post them. I should be getting
the All Access from the last tour hopefully soon to so i can post
that later this month. Stay tuned folks, ill post them as soon as I get
them. Until then, I posted the most current tour dates available. There
are more dates to coming.
Here is a
Seattle newspaper review of the recent Seattle show.
Whip called in with comments from the road. He just
woke up from sleeping the whole 13 hour bus trip from Denver to Kansas.
The Aspen show was great, only Whip was very bummed
that he could not ski! He then commented on the Denver show, that during
the 4th song in the show he was getting lightheaded and dizzy from the
thin air in Denver.. LOL
I will be getting the All Access notes from the fall
tour this weekend, expect to see Whips tour diary soon. I will also be
reposting the All Access archives soon too!
Whip came back from NAMM yesterday, and had a great
time as usual. Today he fly's out to hook up with the bus, then they off
to Aspen Colorado for their first show on the 22nd!
Whip left this morning for NAMM! So if your down
there, keep an eye out for him!
Whip was slated to be on the back page in Guitar
World a few months ago. They ran into some issues with his tech set up,
but that's all resolved and hes in this months issue. So run out and grab
your issue today!
Matt Bachand - Shadows Fall
Mike Stone - Queensryche
Eddie Jackson - Queensryche
Michael Wilton - Queensryche
Vinny Appice - Black Sabbath
Frank Bello - Anthrax
Marc Rizzo - Soulfly
Tim "Ripper" Owens - Iced Earth / ex- Judas Priest / Beyond Fear
Saturday 4 pm - SEYMOUR DUNCAN w/ Mike Stone
The poll is now going to be left open indefinitely, so keep on emailing in
your votes. The poll was submitted to the band and they are using some of
the suggestions for the new set list. Rehearsals start this week!
Whip hopes all his fans had a great Christmas and
hope all of you have a Happy New Year! He is looking forward to seeing all
of you on the road for the new tour (3 weeks from now!) Right now he's
gearing up for a 2 weeks of rehearsals and after that he's off to NAMM!
Whips NAMM schedule is listed below for all of you attending. Have a
great 2008 and don't forget to buy some Whipwear for the upcoming tour!
Its only available at the online store
here,
you cannot but this on the tour!
