‘Turn Back Time’

AlexShumaker-8yrs-drummer

Alex Shumaker, 8 year old drummer, has posted on his Youtube Channel the drum cover of REVOLUTION SAINTS’ “Turn Back Time”, check it out below.

Comments Alex:
Revolution Saints released their full album today in the US. My #1 drummer Deen Castronovo did an amazing job as lead singer/drummer on this album along with Jack Blade & Doug Aldrich. Here is my drum cover for “Turn Back Time”.

Visit Alex at http://www.facebook.com/drummeralexshumaker – http://www.alexshumaker.com

Read Alex Shumaker’s bio:

Alex Shumaker was born May 16, 2006, he resides in Punxsutawney, PA.

Alex was interested in Classic Rock bands such as Journey, Foreigner, Reo Speed Wagon and Styx since age 4.

While most 5 years were headed to the Toy section at Walmart Alex would ask to go to “look” at the CD’s. On February 10, 2012 while browsing the CD’s Alex found a DVD of the band Journey with their new lead singer Arnel. Alex became fixated on drummer Deen Castronovo, he went and got an exercise ball and put it in front of the TV and grabbed some kitchen utensils for his make shift drum set. He watched the video over and over again and broke every kitchen utensil his parents had so when his dad came home from work he cut a pair of plastic coat hangers for him to use.

That evening Alex’s mom posted a picture of his drum “kit” on Facebook with the heading “you gotta do what you gotta do when your parents won’t buy you a drum set!” The phone soon rang and it was Alex’s Nana wanting to speak with him. His parents weren’t all that thrilled when he started screaming “Nana and Papa are buying me a real drum set on Saturday”. Alex received that little drum kit and played it for hours on end, at least 3-4 hours a day watching the Journey DVD over and over trying copy Deen’s every move.

Every time Alex went to Walmart he got a CD. One day another DVD appeared, this time it was the band Foreigner with then drummer Brian Tichy. Alex became obsessed with Tichy’s theatrics of stick throwing/bouncing.

After a few months of playing Alex’s parents enrolled him in drum lessons once a week with teacher Brian Rowan with whom he is still under the instruction of.

To date along with Castronovo and Tichy the most influential drummers for Alex have been: Todd Sucherman of Styx, Brian Hitt of Reo Speedwagon, Chris Fraizer of Foreigner, Peter Criss of Kiss, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, Neil Peart of Rush, Sean Fuller of Florida Georgia Line and Rich Redmond of Jason Aldean to mention a few.

Rock band REVOLUTION SAINTS have released a new video for the new single ‘Turn Back Time’, taken from their self-titled debut album slated for release on February 20th 2015, via Frontiers Music SRL. The video was directed by Devin DeHaven known for his work with Rick Ross, Whitesnake, Kiss and R. Kelly.
The band features Doug Aldrich (ex-Whitesnake), Jack Blades (Night Ranger) and Deen Castronovo (Journey). Watch the video here:

Three icons of rock music are combining their talents for the creation of one of the most anticipated new projects of 2015. Revolution Saints is the newest power trio to arrive on the scene and features guitar skills by Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake), bass and co-lead vocals by Jack Blades (Night Ranger) and drums and lead vocals by Deen Castronovo (Journey, Bad English). The video was directed by Devin DeHaven known for his work with Rick Ross, Whitesnake, Kiss and R. Kelly.

From the opening notes of ‘Back On My Trail’ to the piano outro on the album-closer ‘In The Name Of The Father (Fernando’s Song),’ it is clear Revolution Saints is a musical force to be reckoned with. Songs ‘Locked Out Of Paradise,’ ‘Dream On’ and ‘Here Forever’ showcase the diversity that permeates throughout the entire album. Deen’s band mates from Journey also make an appearance on the album with guitarist Neal Schon showing up on ‘Way To The Sun’ and vocalist Arnel Pineda singing on ‘You’re Not Alone.’ The album’s 80’s vibe is reminiscent of some of the biggest hard rock tracks of the day, but with a modern feel, backed by top-level musicianship.

The album is available for pre-order at Amazon in standard CD at http://amzn.to/1uhz3Vd and deluxe edition with bonus DVD at http://geni.us/RevSaintsAMZDlx. Fans who order the album digitally via iTunes at http://geni.us/RevSaintsiTunes will receive an automatic download of “Turn Back Time.”

“It’s a fun record. It’s not safe. It is a musician’s record,” states Castronovo.

Revolution Saints have released an EPK discussing the new project that can be seen here: