
In a move that has shocked the music industry as we know it, Ross Ryan's management company, Coathanger Productions, announced that they were withdrawing Ross's long awaited album "Chase The Ghosts Away" from general release..
Not
happy
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Coathanger management met in Geneva for emergency talks
hours after Ross delivered the completed album masters -
as
stipulated by his contract - Just before
midnight January 1.

Full text of Al's Press Statement
Apparently
Ross has been instructed to write new "positive"
lyrics for the tracks already recorded. "He just needs to change the
words", added DeKlien, "I mean hell, how long should that take?"

Coathanger
also released the list of the songs
that have been withdrawn.
The Thankless Years"
"Four Wheel Drive-By Shooting"
"In Praise Of Women - The Rebuttal"
"Instant Amnesia"
and the achingly poignant though of course unreleasable
"Inflated Love"
Free MP3 Single - "Cool River"
To reassure Ross Ryan fans that there actually IS an album in the pipeline, Coathanger has released a free preview MP3 single - "Cool River" . Described as "much more uplifting and jolly" than the other tracks, you can download the song here:
Coathanger
emphasised that the cancellation of "Chase The Ghosts Away"
is only a minor setback and should not cause too much concern to Ross's fan
base who have been awaiting the new album for almost 20 years anyway.
