Several months had passed since a handful of budding musicians had gotten together to form a rock band called Valkyrie Rising. The group played at a few clubs before being recognized by the executive producer of a recording studio, and offered the band a chance to sign up to their record label, an opportunity they jumped at. They spent the next several months writing and recording songs for their debut album, eventually narrowing it down to 16 tracks on their first LP (Although rumors persist of a secret 17th song hidden somewhere on the CD).<br/><br/>To promote the album, Maxwell Edison, Valkyrie Rising's manager, arranged for the band to go on tour beginning the day of the album's release. By this time, several of the band's songs were getting heavy radio play on all the rock stations in their region, and tickets were selling quite well.<br/><br/>Randy Cox, VR's lead guitarist, played for a brief time in a glam metal band called Dynamo, but he didn't get along well with the group's lead singer, and he was eventually fired. Still, there were no takebacks when it came to job experience, so he was instrumental (pardon the pun) in the formation of Valkyrie Rising's current lineup. Dynamo is so popular around these parts that even someone who was part of them for less than a year was still well-recognized, and Randy couldn't shake the feeling that there is at least one groupie following him around...<br/><br/>Valkyrie Rising opened the first concert of their tour to a roaring crowd, and the band gave it their best to please them, their hearts fired up with passion as they rocked off the collective socks of the audience. They even played a song that wasn't on their album to further fuel the rumor of a hidden track. After their setlist was finished, the band stepped out of the spotlights and headed back stage, their performance a promising success.