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THE WINERY DOGS Release Second Studio Album ‘Hot Streak’
October 2nd, 2015

American rock supergroup The Winery Dogs – the power trio which features drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater / ex-Avenged Sevenfold / ex-Adrenaline Mob), bassist Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big), and vocalist / guitarist Richie Kotzen (ex-Mr. Big / ex-Poison) – issued second full-length studio album Hot Streak on October 2nd, 2015 in North America through Loud & Proud via RED (a division of Sony Music Entertainment), and in the rest of the world through earMUSIC.

The outing was recorded in Los Angeles. Recording sessions began on May 15th, Portnoy having finished tracking on the 27th. Sheehan began laying down bass parts on the 19th, meanwhile.

The track listing is as follows;

01. ‘Oblivion’
02. ‘Captain Love’
03. ‘Hot Streak’
04. ‘How Long’
05. ‘Empire’
06. ‘Fire’
07. ‘Ghost Town’
08. ‘The Bridge’
09. ‘War Machine’
10. ‘Spiral’
11. ‘Devil You Know’
12. ‘Think It Over’
13. ‘The Lamb’

The Winery Dogs’ line-up is as follows;

Richie Kotzen (vocals and guitars, ex-Mr. Big / ex-Poison)
Billy Sheehan (bass, Mr. Big)
Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater / ex-Avenged Sevenfold)

In its first week of release, Hot Streak shifted roughly 13,000 equivalent copies in the United States, charting at position 30 on The Billboard 200.

Music videos were filmed for the title track and the songs ‘Oblivion’, ‘Fire’ and ‘Captain Love’, which can be viewed below.

The Winery Dogs’ self-titled debut studio record was released in May 2013.