Warrior Soul have always been characterized by their "no compromise" attitude, incarnated above all by the controversial singer and leader Kory Clarke. Formed and grown during the Bush presidency and the Gulf War, Warrior Soul harshly criticized the government, the Republican Party and its policies in general. This high criticism spread in the following years not just to USA political life, but more widely to the American way and life style and on the other hand to the rock scene and music business as a whole (a demostration is the fact that Warrior Soul were signed to Geffen Records from 1989 to 1994, but from then the record company and their management refused to promote the group and support their live tours). Some critics say that Warrior Soul are a gem in Heavy Metal history (at least that of the 90'), and they could easily have had a worlwide commercial success, if it hadn't been for the extreme positions and anti-system attitude taken by all members and in particular by Kory; these costed them a sort of silent ban from the music mainstream and stardom and access to the success their music deserved was almost forbidden, at least in the USA (throughout their career they found it easier in UK and Europe). Some say Warrior Soul could have been as big as Metallica or any other akin, if only their singer Kory wasn't so harsh against the political climate and so confused in his art activities. Some others think it all went wrong just because of the drug problems of some member and Kory himself. But in rare cases in music history, success is not the only (or the most important) target for a band.

Warrior Soul is an American heavy metal band formed in 1988. The band name came from a wartime hero; the leader and founder Kory Clarke was watching on Tv a documentary about World War II hero General George Patton when he heard Patton’s wife saying “The next time the world’s in trouble, he'll come back as a warrior soul”. Despite initial critical acclaim and recognitions from bands like Queensryche or musicians like Lars Ulrich of Metallica, Warriour Soul had always experimented fair sales in Europe but there was not enough push or touring to break in the USA. Kory Clarke had already signed to Geffen Records in 1988, but legal wrangling and changes postponed the debut Warrior Soul album until 1990. The original Warrior Soul formation was Kory Clarke at vocals, John Ricco guitar, Pete McClanahan bass, and drummer Paul Ferguson from Killing Joke, who recorded their first album and was then replaced by Mark Evans. Their first album, 1990's "Last Decade, Dead Century" was a critical sensation, especially in the U.K., who readily embraced the band's political invective and antagonist position. Meanwhile in the Usa, those were the years of the grunge explosion from one hand and the years of Geffen label-mates Guns N' Roses who were considered 'the most dangerous band in the world'. This musical climate didn't help very much Warrior Soul, there was little space for a band singing about politics and the state of the nation. Problems between Kory Clarke and Geffen company started in these years, partly because of the band political attitude, partly because Kory from time to time openly criticized big bands like Guns N' Roses and Skid Row. On the other hand with their management Q-Prime (Metallica, Queensryche, Def Leppard among the others) things weren't getting better and they soon refused to support the band's live tours. Warrior Soul toured in USA supporting Soundgarden, Danzig, Queensryche, and the 1990 European Metallica tour. The band had problems with their tour mates and sometimes with the audience itself, Kory also said this excited him, but the rest of the band didn't agree with that. In 1992 after publishing the third album "Salutations from the Ghetto Nation", the record company made clear they wouldn't push anything so political, and that was the end of their relationship with a major. 'Chill Pill' was still published under Geffen in 1993, but the band was now without recording and touring support. In the meantime more drugs and internal problems afflicted the band members and Warriour Soul split in 1994. A number of lineup changes ensued, Clarke then sought to reinvent Warrior Soul as self-appointed cyberpunks for their fifth album, Space Age Playboys, released first in UK (1994) and Europe (1995) and later on the independent Futurist label for USA market (1996, the only way for Warrior Soul to get a chance in USA). After a farewell live appearance at Donington festival (UK), Clarke finally disbanded Warrior Soul later that year. A posthumous collection of demos and outtakes entitled "Odds and Ends" ("Fucker" for European market) was released in 1996. In 2000 the historical members of Warrior Soul re-united to gather the best of their catalogue for the 'Classics' collection and they were supposed to release a new album in 2001, it never happend and they disbanded again. After the tragic death of former drummer Mark Evans in 2005, surprisingly Kory re-formed Warrior Soul with new members in 2007 and toured UK in October, supported by Rise To Addiction. In May 2008 Warrior Soul issued the 'Chinese Democracy' album, available only at their shows (the same title of the same year Guns N'Roses album, which then became in 2009 'Destroy The War Machine', nowadays the last studio album in Warrior Soul history), and this confirmed the band's usual "anti-music business" positions. Warrior Soul announced European headline dates for 2010. Their tormented story goes on.