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.::January 25, 2008

I will be doing a drum clinic in March for my good friends at Timbo’s Drumshop. I will be breaking down and explaining both Redemption and Prymary songs. It should be a good time for all. Here is the info below.

FREE CLINIC MARCH 15TH W/ Chris Quirarte

Free Timbo's Clinic, this time We Are Featuring Chris Quirarte A Progressive Powerhouse, Drummer For Progressive Monsters
REDEMPTION And PRYMARY, Recently Redemption Went On tour Along Side DREAM THEATER & INTO ETERNITY For the US Leg Of The "SYSTEMATIC CHOAS TOUR"

March 15^th

Timbo’s Drumshop

9252 Magnolia Ave

Riverside CA, 92503

.::October 15, 2007

Chris Quirarte will be doing an online interview chat at http://www.progpalaceradio.com on October 18^th at 7:00pm eastern time (4:00pm pacific time). Come on and join online as he answers questions about life with his bands Prymary and Redemption. Hope to see you all there.

.::September 16, 2007

Hello out there! I apologize for the long span of time between updates. Mike, Sean, and I have just returned from a 5 week tour opening for Dream Theater with my other band Redemption. Mike served as tour manager while Sean filled on guitar duties and when Nick Van Dyk was unavailable and also worked as a guitar tech. It was a surreal experience to say the least and an enjoyable way to spend the time. Many thanks to the other guys in Redemption for doing such a beautiful job. Also the crew deserves praise as well for lugging the gear and doing the daily ritual of setting up and tearing down. Of course Smiley and Rob are owed a great deal of thanks for patiently waiting for us to return before continuing on the writing we had already started for our new upcoming album. It should not be forgotten to thank John, Tammy, and everyone who made the Texas Madfest shows go off so well. Prymary had a blast in Houston and really enjoyed the crowd and hospitality. Which brings me to the present. After some time off we are ready to go back to the rehearsal room and start hammering out another album. No specific direction has presented itself just yet although I do see it as a continuation of the sound we attained for “The Tragedy of innocence” album. Thanks to everyone out on tour who I had the pleasure to speak to. Thanks to all the Prymary fans who made it to the Redemption shows and were kind enough to express there interest in us. Things might get quiet around here again though as we continue our writing but we will try to keep you informed with our progress.

On a final note, I would like to announce that I am officially endorsing Aquarian Drumheads now. They are a great company and really came through for me on this tour. There products are fantastic and the people there are amazing. Check them out at

http://www.aquariandrumheads.com .

Chris Quirarte

.::July 7, 2007

We will be playing a warm-up show this Saturday in Southern California before heading out to Texas for the Texas Madfest festival. It should be a great night of music and fun. Come on out and join us if you are in the area. Hope to see a lot of you there.

July 7, 2007

Hogue Barmichaels

3950 Campus Dr

Newport Beach, CA 92660

(949)261-6270

Start time 8:00pm

Pre-order tix for will call pickup for $8:00 here

Tix at the door $10.00

.::June 5, 2007

Just wanted to put up a little post to let everyone know that the band has been a little quiet and doing well. Despite the lack of updates, our time has been extremely busy and productive in that we have begun writing a new album. So far we have 2 new songs just about done including a 15 minute opus. We are very excited about this and the creativity just seems to be flowing very smoothly. We are however getting ready to play a couple of warm-up shows before our trip out to Texas for Madfest. We have finalized the details on a show this June and have booked another show in Orange County. The info is below and you can purchase tickets for will call pick-up for the night of the show via our store website. The info is below.

June 16, 2007

Fitzgerald’s

19171 Magnolia St # 12

Huntington Beach, California 92646

Start time at 10:00pm

On another note, for those of you that don’t know I am also a member of the band Redemption and we have been chosen to open for Dream Theater on there North American tour. This is very exciting news for us all. Mike and Sean will also be involved in this venture by helping with the equipment. Sean will also be assuming guitar duties for a handful of shows that Nick Van Dyk cannot play. This is a dream come true for me and I am looking forward to getting on the road. Of course there are many people involved who are helping on this tour but I have to give special thanks to Tim, Brenda, and Tim.Jr of Timbo’s drum shop for supporting and sponsoring me in this endeavor. They have agreed to supply me with drumheads, sticks, and our helping me in other matters as well. I really appreciate all they have done for me. If you have a chance and live in the Riverside, CA area, please check them out at http://www.timbosdrumshop.com or their MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/timbosdrumshop . These are great people who are very knowledgeable about drums and can help with any questions you may have. They have definitely impressed me.

We can’t wait to play in Texas again and are very proud to be a part of the first Texas Madfest ever. Hope to see all of you there.

Chris Quirarte

.::February 22, 2007

Prymary Confirmed for Texas Madfest

We are very pleased to announce that Prymary will be taking part in the Texas Madfest that is taking place on July 13^th and 14^th. Here is the press statement below.

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MM PR
February 21, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRYMARY AND MAGISTRAL TO TAKE PART OF TEXAS MADFEST

Chilean metal band Magistral and Progrock Records artist Prymary are the two latest bands confirmed to perform at Texas Madfest. The event, to be held at club FBI Rock #1 in Houston Texas on July 13-14, 2007 will mark Prymary's return to Texas since their last appearance in the state playing alongside Texas veterans Stride.

Prymary is currently working on writing the follow up to acclaimed 2006 release The Tragedy of Innocence. "We haven't been to Texas in so long and I am so excited in playing Madfest. I can never forget how well we were treated in Texas and how crazy the crowds were, I look forward to see that again," said keyboardist Smiley Sean. The band, who's been on the renowned Headway Festival in Holland plans to perform a set that could possibly include some new material, to be tentatively recorded by the end of 2007.

Magistral are known for the high-energy level of their live shows. They have performed at the ProgPower USA pre-party twice before and have an established fanbase in the area. "We are trying to make sure this will be our very best show ever," said vocalist Lucho Silva. "I am sure people won't be disappointed with Magistral and we look forward to make new fans and friends at Texas Madfest."

Other acts announced for Texas Madfest are Krucible, Meyvn, Dark Empire, Six Minute Century and Eternity Black. Fore more information on the festival, as well as samples from the confirmed bands, go to www.myspace.com/madfest.

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Check out more info at the following links.

www.myspace.com/madfest

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/texas-madfest-432/

.::February 17, 2007

Due to illness in the band, Prymary has had to cancel our show for tonight at Surfside Saloon. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused anyone. Please try to make our show in March. The details are below.

March 20, 2007

Di Piazza

5205 E. Pacific Coast Highway

Long Beach, CA 90804

Cover Charge- $7

All ages Pizza Parlor/Bar

Also check out another interview with Chris Quirarte here:

http://www.blastbeat.nl/15/02/2007/prymary-chris#more-663

.::January 7, 2007

Happy New Year to everyone. Thanks to everyone who came out for the Martini Blues show. We had a great time although apparently not as good as the couple in the parking lot. Sorry, you had to be there. Anyways, we have some more shows booked on the horizon. You can order tickets for will call pick-up at our next show in our store.

January 13, 2007

Hogue Barmichaels

3950 Campus Dr

Newport Beach, CA 92660

(949)261-6270

Start time 9:00pm

Pre-order tix for will call pickup for $8:00 here

Tix at the door $10.00

Also check this out. Michael Popke has listed Prymary’s new album on his “Best of 2006” list. Check out the link here. http://www.seaoftranquility.org/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=160 . A very special thank you for Michael for taking the time to listen to this album.

More news as it comes.

.::December 24, 2006

Hello from Prymary land everybody. A little bit of news to relay to everybody. First we have been spending our time rehearsing but also have begun the process of writing new material. We are very excited about this but can’t yet say which direction we are going to go. As the new year approaches we will see what new music 2007 has in store for us.

A new interview with Chris Quirarte is up at http://www.powermetal.de/interview/interview-1180.html . The interview is in German but any good translator website should give you the general idea of the content of the interview in english.

And finally we are ending the year with a show at Martini Blues in Huntington Beach, CA. Come out and help us celebrate with an evening of Prymary music. We are also booking shows for the new year and are playing a show in Irvine, CA at Hogue Barmichaels. You can find all the info below.

December 28, 2006

Martini Blues

5874 Edinger Avenue,

Huntington Beach, CA 92649

(714) 840-2129

8:00pm

January 13, 2007

Hogue Barmichaels

3950 Campus Dr

Newport Beach, CA 92660

(949)261-6270

Start time TBA

Thanks for your support and we hope to see you there.

Prymary

.::November 16, 2006

We are proud to announce that Prymary has hit the College radio charts at #23. We are surprised and excited by this turn of events. We truly wish to thank everyone for their support of the new album “The Tragedy of Innocence”. Check out the link here.

http://www.newmusicweekly.com/chart.php?chart=College

.::November 7, 2006

Next week, Prymary along with other Prog Rock Records artist will be featured on a radio show called Prog Passion on http://www.breakthruradio.com . The show will start airing 24 hours a day starting November 13^th to November 20^th. The show is free and requires no signing up. All you have to do is go to the website and click on “the Darkside” link. So tune in and show your support.

We also have updated the reviews section with new reviews of our new album and a brand new interview so check it out.

.::October 9, 2006

The new album comes out tomorrow and the reviews are already coming in. Take a look at some of them here.

Metal Perspective - Prymary - The Tragedy of Innocence

http://www.proggnosis.com/MUSIC_DBCDInfo.asp?txtCDID=20099

http://www.prog-nose.org/metal-nose/engels/albums%202006/prymary_the_tragedy_of_innocence.htm

http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=4248

http://www.ytsejam.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=1058

http://www.hardsounds.it/PUBLIC/recensione.php?id=2662

http://www.musicinbelgium.net/pl/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=1574

.::August 8, 2006

PRYMARY IS SIGNED TO PROGROCK RECORDS AND RELEASES THE ALBUM “THE TRAGEDY OF INNOCENCE”

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 8 August 2006 – PRYMARY is a Progressive Rock/Metal band from Southern California and was fully realized in 2000 with the ideals of having complete musical freedom. This has given the band a distinct chameleon quality allowing them to seamlessly fit in with acts from all genres. The sound created is a mesh of melodic prog rock with an emphasis on musicianship, melody, and complex rhythms. Their first album was released in 2003.

Throughout 2004 and 2005, the group set out to write their most ambitious project in the bands life with the concept album, "The Tragedy Of Innocence". The story is based on real events and tells the story of a young woman who must deal with abuse, and how those events steer her towards a chaotic adult life. Musically, it is some of the most adventurous music the band has ever composed. The music runs the range from heavy to light in order to capture the emotions of the story.

The band had this to say, "We've been searching for a label for a long time, and PROG ROCK Record outshines the rest!! Together as a team, we will show the world what Prog Music is all about!!"

“It’s interesting how things come around, Prymary was one of the very first (and only local) bands I checked out when we first started the label, it didn’t work out at the time because we were so new, but it’s nice to have us both come together again years later and put out this amazing album”, Shawn Gordon, President of ProgRock Records said.

”The Tragedy of Innocence” is the second album by Prymary and the first on ProgRock Records. The CD can be found at http://www.progrockrecords.com/artists/view.php?id=62. This is an intense concept album based on a true story played in serious progmetal style and intensity. The album is available for immediate order and will ship in late August.

As if that wasn’t great enough, Prymary has completed its (thankfully short) search for a new bass player and his name is Rob Young. Rob is a MI graduate and has a vast amount of experience in studio and live work. Look for Rob’s Bio shortly.