David Reece’s BANGALORE CHOIR Release New Album “Payload” with Video for ‘Cost Of The Grind’

Here it is at last: Bangalore Choir’s “PAYLOAD”!

David Reece (formerly of Accept—but more on that later) and his band have created something with “Payload” that had long seemed lost in hard rock: classically timeless and cool rock music that puts you in a good mood from the very first note… or as Obliveon Webzine put it: feel-good rock at its best!
Bangalore Choir manages to transport that Sunset Strip vibe into the year 2026 without desperately clinging to the old days! The celebration takes place tonight at the Sugar Shack in Munich and tomorrow, Saturday, in Buchs, Switzerland, with a special acoustic show.

It was also announced that Reece will be singing with Accept again for two shows, which is definitely quite a sensation—dates below!

With so much good news, another video is being released today to celebrate the occasion:

You can get this album here:
Album: bangalorechoir.epr.rocks (GER/CH)
digital: save-it.cc/epr/payload (Worldwide + digital)
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The band quickly achieved cult status in the U.S. in 1992 before a certain band named Nirvana turned the U.S. market upside down and, in the process, knocked the rising star off its pedestal.
Since its founding, the Bangalore Choir has stood for carefree spirit, joie de vivre, and the lightness of being—all attributes that seem to have fallen somewhat by the wayside.

If the Paramount+ documentary “Nöthin’ But a Good Time” is to be believed, BANGALORE CHOIR is arguably the last great band of the golden Sunset Strip era, which produced bands like Mötley Crüe, Guns N’ Roses, and Poison. Despite all the scandals that ultimately brought that musical era to an end, many people still long for the days when the heart of heavy metal beat in Los Angeles. David Reece has taken this heart back into his hands and breathed new life into it—much to the delight of Bangalore Choir fans worldwide—because even grunge couldn’t completely erase the lightheartedness and joy of that era.

Tracklist:
01 Tear It All Down
02 Cost Of The Grind
03 Believing
04 I’ll Take The Risk
05 The Damage That Remains
06 Nothing Left To Prove
07 Breakdown Unforgettable
08 Even If It’s Nothing
09 Answer The Call
10 Bitter End
11 Late To The Party
12 Won’t Fool Me Again

Live with Bangalore Choir
11/06/26 Sugar Shack, Munich, GER
11/07/26 Reflex The Cave Club, CH
01/15/27 la casa del loco, Zaragoza, ESP
01/16/27 Asociación Burgos Heavy Metal, Burgos, ESP
06/19/27 Rampa Kultura, Goleniów, PL
09/24/27 Karosserfabriken, Denmark
09/25/27 Trollhättan, Sweden
10/15/27 – 10/16/27 Heavy Metal Fans Festival, Hagen, GER
10/17/27 KI Gerstetten, GER
Reece solo:
04/17/27 John Steel 20th Anniversary, Bulgaria
05/14/27 The Rock at “On the Rocks”, Helsinki, Finland
with Accept:
11/21/26 Oberhausen, GER
12/02/26 Milan, ITA