LIPSHOK is a progressive symphonic rock/metal original band out of the Northern California San Francisco Bay Area. They have been around for a while...first as an original band playing the club and event scene and then releasing a CD "LIPSHOK: Electress". The music was commercial rock and the songs are still around today. Many changes happened over the years, and LIPSHOK became a successful working corporate dance/party band for quite a while. Well, that was lucrative but not very creative. In 2009, old members left and new members came in and a new original project began with music that is gothic, ethereal, eternal, dark, and magickal with haunting melodies and soaring vocals. Led by Scarlett Dark (known as Debbi Douglas in the mundane world...), her songwriting and keyboards have brought the band back to it's original roots. And with Mike Fairley on guitar, Phil Jameson on bass, and Joe Londeree on drums, LIPSHOK has taken on a new direction and the music will fly you to another realm where magick is real, dragons fly overhead, alternate realities are easily traversed, and your soul can visit other dimensions. And you don't ever have to return...
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