Circus Diablo

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Circus Diablo
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre(s)	Alternative rock
Years active	2006–present
Label(s)	Koch Records
Associated acts	Guns N' Roses Camp Freddy The Cult The Almighty Steve Vai Fuel
Website	http://www.circusdiablo.com
Members
Billy Morrison (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) Rob Patterson (lead guitar) Patrick Cornell (bass guitar) Charles Ruggiero (drums) Matt Sorum (drums)

Circus Diablo is an alternative rock band, formed in early 2006 in Los Angeles. The band consists of Billy Morrison (Member of Camp Freddy, former member of The Cult) on vocals, Billy Duffy (Member of The Cult) on lead guitar, Ricky Warwick (former member of The Almighty) on rhythm guitar, Brett Scallions (former frontman and Lead singer of Fuel) on bass guitar and Jeremy Colson (formerly worked with Steve Vai) on drums.

Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum joined the band afterwards, playing drums on the band's debut album. Their appeared on Ozzfest 2007 on a rotating slot for a long period, but dropped out due to two of the guitarists wives being pregnant and due to give birth.

On April 29th 2007, the band signed a record deal with Koch Records for the release of their debut album, which happened on July. During the summer, the track "Loaded" featured prominently on the Sirius hard rock satellite station Octane, as well as terrestrial radio, and reached the top 20 slot according to Billboard Magazine.