SPICY
BITS OF SCANDAL, also known as SBS, history begins in the year 1979, when two guys from
Vilnius decided to form a rock band.
In the year 1988 SBS was famous enough to play not only on Lithuania’s stages but also abroad: in the international festivals in
Latvia and after a year in Poland and etc.
1991 was a significant year for
the band: virtuoso guitarist Tomas Varnagiris, and
the best Lithuanian hard rock vocalist Vitalis Kairiūkštis joined, and the band was on stage again
having gigs in main Lithuania’s cities.
In 1996 SBS released
an MC - „Mėnulio
Šviesa“.The recording, containing 9 songs.
Although after this record the activity of the band was slower because of the the economic situation in
After a five years pause, in 2005 the band was ready to rock again. This time –
especially for the international Lithuanian festival - „Rock
Nights – 2005“.The show of SBS was
so successful that after the festival the band was chosen to open for ROYAL
HUNT in
their concert in Vilnius (October 21th 2005), sadly the show was canceled.
But this year was lucky enough: heavy metal monsters JUDAS PRIEST chose SBS to
open for them in their concert in
In April 2007 SBS released
their next album „Tik
mėnulio šviesa... (Only moonlight...)“, which was well evaluated by the
biggest German webzine„HardHarderHeavy“. The new release got 6 out of 7
and in the REVIEW
TOP 15 with
342 votes stood in the second place, after MANOWAR, but was outrunned by PINK
CREAM 69 and SAXON.
In 2008 SBS presented
their 3rd album “The
Gambler”. This album was highly rated by international media. “Metal to
infinity” gave 84 out of 100, “HardHarderHeavy” – 6,5 out of 7 and hailed the
band with the phrase “SBS, Europe awaits you !!!”.., “Metal Express Radio” –
8,5 out of 10, “Metal Observer” - 8,5 out of 10 points. Webzine “Progressive
rock and progressive metal” nominated “The Gambler” to an “album of the month”
award.
At the moment the band ended their 4th album“Heaven can wait...” and
is seeking for promotion and concerts worldwide. As the mastermind of SBS Vitalis
Kairiūkštis proudly
announces, this new album is „international“ – musicians from Italy – the
Virtuoso keyboardist Maestro
Mistheria(http://www.mistheria.com/home.cfm) - and Germany –Ferdy
Doernberg (Axel Rudi Pell, Rough Silk and many many more,
(http://www.ferdydoernberg.de/) did the great job with the keyboards. New album
is compiled of 15 brand new songs.
“Heaven can wait...” was highly rated by international metal
zines. Stormbringer gave 4,5 out of 5 (with musical redactor remark that he
hasn’t heard anything better at the moment), Metal To Infinity - 83 out of 100,
Metal Temple - 8out of 10, HardHarderHeavy - 6,5 out of 7.
One of the biggest SBS projects
will be „Diagnosis:
SBS“, a rock mystery with a symphonic orchestra that might become a big
surprise to the music industry and all SBS fans
worldwide.
Info about
SONGS from BLACK SPIRIT “I am who I am” you can find here:
https://sliptrickrecords.com/songs-from-black-spirit/
https://sliptrickrecords.com/songs-from-black-spirit-come-clean-on-the-double-album-i-am-who-i-am/
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