Red Dragon Cartel name bassist

Jake E. Lee has welcomed former Badlands bandmate Greg Chaisson into Red Dragon Cartel.

The bassist has been brought in to replace Ron Mancuso, who quit the band to concentrate on his production career.

And it’s not the first time Chaisson has been with the band – he filled in for Mancuso at a gig in Arizona in March this year.

The band say in a statement: “We would like to welcome Greg Chaisson to RDC. The band is excited to have Greg on board and can’t wait to share the stage with him.”

Red Dragon Cartel were embroiled in an argument with agent Denise Dale earlier this year, which resulted in the cancellation of a UK date.

The band have lined-up eight shows across the US this November supporting their self-titled debut album which launched this year.

Scott has spent 35 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott keeps Louder’s buyer’s guides up to date, writes about the best deals for music fans, keeps on top of the latest tech releases and reviews headphones, speakers, earplugs and more. Over the last 10 years, Scott has written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog. He's previously written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald newspapers, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to tech reviews, video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.