ZIMMERS HOLE haben nach dem Ausstieg ihres Drummers nicht lange gefackelt und Gene Hoglan (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DEATH, DARK ANGEL, TESTAMENT) rekrutiert.

Die Band dazu im Blog ihrer MySpace-Seite:

"In August, our drummer Steve [Wheeler] decided that it would be better if he stepped aside. With a successful business to run and lots of other commitments, he thought it would be best for us to use someone else. So that delayed us for some time... and we needed to recover from losing a brother. There was no anger, no fighting. We understand, he's our bro. Always will be. 15 years he had been with us, so we had to give serious thought about who to call.

"Gene [Hoglan, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DEATH, DARK ANGEL, TESTAMENT] has loved the HOLE for years, and has been one of our biggest and most outspoken fans. Gene is our bro, and has been a bro for just about as long as Steve, so we called. He said, 'I'll be in Vancouver in a week'... We said, 'Cool'. Gene hit the Armoury Studios in Vancouver and layed down some mighty, mighty stuff. He dropped in a ton o' heavy metal flair, and he did with style.

"So we welcome Gene Hoglan to the ZIMMERS HOLE family... with love and laughter.

An der neuen Scheibe, die im März 2008 erscheinen soll, wird derweil fleißig gearbeitet.