In June 2005 British singer ROBIN McAULEY, a high profile veteran of GRAND PRIX, McAULEY SCHENKER GROUP and FAR CORPORATION, announced an all new band formation in June entitled BLEED, a union with seasoned musicians guitarist Dave Bates of KILL VAN KULL, second guitarist guitarist Bob Pace, bassist Bjorn Englen of TAKARA, SOUL SIGN, TAMPLIN, WHITE DIAMOND and HEAVEN AND EARTH and drummer Craig Anderson. The latter would be replaced by Brett Chassen of the BRET MICHEALS band, VELVET CHAIN and BLACK ON BLOND.

In mid July 2006 it was announced that McAuley had joined SURVIVOR as the veteran AOR band's new singer. McAuley put in a one off performance fronting THE BIG BALL STARS, alongside vocalist / guitarist John Corabi, of MÖTLEY CRÜE, UNION and RATT, drummer Chris Slade, of URIAH HEEP and AC/DC, keyboard player Teddy Zig-Zag, of GUNS 'N ROSES, plus the RATT credited Robbie Crane on bass and Brent Woods from the VINCE NEIL band, in a live set on January 27th 2007 at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California.