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Genghis Tron

Guitar World

September 2021

THE EXPERIMENTAL METALLERS ARE BACK — AFTER 13 YEARS — WITH AN UNEXPECTED NEW SOUND. GUITARIST HAMILTON JORDAN GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON DREAM WEAPON

- Jon Wiederhorn

WHEN EXPERIMENTAL METAL band Genghis Tron decided to take a break after spending 18 months on the road promoting their last full-length studio album, Board Up the House, they never imagined it would be another decade before guitarist Hamilton Jordan and keyboardist Michael Sochynsky would start working on new music together again.

Over the years the two musicians exchanged musical ideas over the internet, but their priorities were elsewhere. Both had gone to law school and joined firms, and Jordan moved first to California, then Detroit, leaving them little time to consider the future of Genghis Tron.

This story is from the September 2021 edition of Guitar World.

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