# LA Rock Band DESERT DRAGON To Release New Album ‘This Side of Heaven’ on November 11

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- Published: 2022-10-20T16:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**LOS ANGELES ROCK BAND DESERT DRAGON TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM _THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN 
_ON NOVEMBER 11**

**THE FIRST WITH VOCALIST KEITH ST. JOHN (MONTROSE, LYNCH MOB)**

**(Los Angeles, CA)** – Desert Dragon is set to release their new album, _This Side
of Heaven_ on all digital and retail platforms on November 11. The band’s first 
release with vocalist Keith St. John. Making up the rest of the band is Greg Patnode
and Brent Barker on guitar, Rick Brandt on bass, Lenny Roberto on drums, and Michael
Smith on keyboards. “_We decided to go a little heavier on this album to get a little
more energy,”_ says Patnode.

Desert Dragon vocalist St John is well known in the rock world for his time in Montrose,
Lynch Mob, and currently, Kingdom Come, Burning Rain, and the Raiding the Rock Vault
production on the Las Vegas strip. St John cowrote and coproduced the _This Side
of Heaven_ album with Patnode and Smith and considers this record to be “_au natural
and straight from the heart.”_

The band has been making a name for themselves with their multi-rock sound which
includes a mix of classic rock, blues rock, country rock, and progressive rock. 
_This Side of Heaven _features ten new songs that highlight a different side of 
the band’s talents on every track, while they salute good old fashion rock. On the
album violinist Adel Eskander (Page and Plant No Quarter Tour) lends his talents
to the song “Southside Of Heaven”.

Since their debut in 2011, the band has independently released the EP _Desolation_
which was produced by the legendary Ron Nevison (Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, The 
Faces, Heart, Lynyrd Skynyrd) and featured Billboard charting singles “Darkness 
Shines” and “Miles Away”. For their album _Before The Storm,_ the band worked with
Producer/Mixer James “Jimbo” Barton (Queensrÿche, Rush, Metallica) with the song“
Save My World” garnering Best Rock Song at the Malibu Music Awards.

Desert Dragon has also toured relentlessly including an opening slot for Blue Oyster
Cult and a capacity show at SXSW. When asked about the name Patnode explains, “_Desert
comes from the Judas Priest song Desert Plain and Dragon was inspired by Jimmy Page’s
iconic dragon pants”._

[**Website**](https://desertdragonofficial.com/)

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