GUNS N’ ROSES BASSIST RECORDING WITH PRODUCER SHOOTER JENNINGS
NEW ALBUM COMING IN 2019
Los Angeles, CA (December 5, 2018) – New York Times bestselling author and Guns N’ Roses bassist DUFF McKAGAN is putting the finishing touches on a solo album that’s coming in 2019.
McKagan began recording the album back in March with producer Shooter Jennings. The two worked out of Station House studios, located in Echo Park, CA, writing and recording in-between McKagan’s tour with seminal rock band Guns N’ Roses and the release of Jennings’ eponymous album, Shooter.
The album will be McKagan’s musical follow-up to 2015’s bestselling book, How To Be A Man (And Other Illusions).
“I wrote a couple of articles about historical places I passed through on this last tour and people kept asking if that was going to be the focus of my next book,” says McKagan. “But an unseen and irrepressible force guided me to write little vignettes of reflective prose…little instant-reactions.
The heartbreak, anger, fear, confusion and divide I have experienced over the last two and a half years of traveling this globe of ours coerced these words into songs that tell my truth, and one that I hope will spread and help us all. I do this for my daughters…I do this for my love of where I grew up…I do this, because I truly feel it must be done and said right now.”
“From the first night we sat together at my piano hashing out arrangements of his songs, before going into the studio to record them, I felt it was a really important record that had to be heard,” says Jennings. “The songs have so much heart and are so musical that I could just hear all the arrangements immediately and I could really feel them.”
About his connection to McKagan, Jennings says, “I met Duff right after I moved to Los Angeles nearly twenty years ago. I was such a massive Guns N' Roses fan when I was younger. I'd say that they had a lot to do with me even moving to LA. But there was some kind of magnetic force I guess that kept us orbiting each other over the years. When the idea of collaborating with him on this album came up, I was very eager to get the job as producer. I felt like the music this man made was part of the fabric of my own musical identity and that I would really love building a record with him. Once we sat down and started going over the songs he had, I instantly knew that the two of us were going to be a great fit together.”
www.TheRighttoRock.com has issued their latest podcast (episode #35), featuring Mr. Big Vocalist Eric Martin. Eric took time out of his busy schedule to discuss Mr. Big's latest release Live From Milan as well as the current state of the band. Eric also discussed his European solo tour as well as his current involvement with Avantasia. Interview lasts approx. 60 min.
Join the lads in their latest An Evening With... series as they welcome back Mr. Big vocalist Eric Martin. The boys recently caught up with, friend of the show, Mr. Big vocalist Eric Martin to discuss the band's latest live release Live From Milan. Eric also discusses his recent solo European tour, as well as the state of Mr. Big. Could this be the end of Mr. Big, or is their more gas in that tank? Tune in to find out. Lastly, Eric also gives some great stories about the late great Pat Torpey.
www.TheRighttoRock.com has issued their latest podcast (episode #244), featuring Striker Guitarist Tim Brown. Tim took time out of his busy schedule to discuss Stiker's latest release Play to Win as well as the origins behind their sound. Interview lasts approx. 30 min.
The lads have returned with their long lost Halloween show. Join Genghis & Ragman as they hide out on a rainy night during The Purge. Will they survive and possibly take out a few choice pop stars in the bargain? Or will they finally be snuffed out like the two old cigarette butts they are? Either way, with an opportunity to commit any crime imaginable with impunity from dusk 'til dawn, Eddie may want to watch his back...
And be sure to check out as the boys talk with Tim Brown, Canadian guitarist with Striker, as he discusses the band's writing process and tour schedule in support of their latest album, Play To Win. Horns up!
C.I.S are very excited to announce the new CATS IN SPACE album is called ‘Daytrip To Narnia’ and will be released on 8th March 2019.
Fifteen months in the making, this epic musical feast is by far the band's most accomplished and challenging release to date. It will be available on ‘Harmony Factory’ through Cargo records.
Due to the sheer size of the album it will be released on a delicious DOUBLE WHITE VINYL LP with an exclusive limited poster inside the incredible gatefold sleeve. It will also be available on deluxe CD with 20 page booklet.
But there is more!
EXCLUSIVE to the webstore only, is the amazing ‘NARNIA BOX’ - A beautiful handcrafted wooden box containing the new album and a whole host of exclusive extra music and goodies. It is strictly limited to just 200 boxes worldwide. Each box is hand numbered and stencilled and is the ultimate Cat collectable.
And...
**YOU CAN PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY RIGHT NOW! **
All you lovely Cat fans that pre-order will get your goodies FIRST, ahead of general release.
If you order the NARNIA BOX? You get it even sooner- yes, you will hear and own the album way ahead of the pack...!!
Plus, we have a cornucopia of new exclusive 'Daytrip to Narnia' merchandise including tee shirts, signed items, & turntable mats.
Plus our catalogue of vinyls, CDs and rarities are all available in the store too.
West Bound featuring Chas West have announced their debut album, "Volume 1" will be released on February 22, 2019. Check out first single & video "Never Surrender":
West Bound/Chas West are a hard-hitting new rock band formed in the L.A. area by vocalist Chas West (Resurrection Kings, Bonham, Lynch Mob, etc.) and renowned guitarist/producer Roy Z (Bruce Dickinson, Halford, Tribe of Gypsies), with a line-up completed by Jimmy Burkard (guitar), Jason Cornwell (bass), and Dave “Chilli” Moreno (drums). Additionally, Stephen LeBlanc provides keyboards and Brian Tichy (ex-Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne, Foreigner) co-wrote and played drums on two songs for the album. West Bound offer up their take on the classic hard rock sound with soulful vocals, a touch of the blues, and killer melodies.
On where the inspiration of the band’s sound came from, Chas West says his “influences come from 70’s and 80’s classic hard rock, back when music was, in my opinion, real and passionate, from the heart & soul. Bands like Led Zeppelin, Whitesnake, Deep Purple, Foreigner, Aerosmith, Van Halen, etc. were what we grew up on and we just went back to our youth when writing the songs for the album.”
If you remember the great bluesy hard rock explosion from the late ‘80s and early ‘90s with bands like Tesla, Cinderella, Badlands, Tora Tora, and Salty Dog and else enjoy the modern throwback hard rock like Rival Sons, Massive Wagons, Inglorious, and the like, then you are going to find West Bound right up your alley.
On the first single and video, Chas explains that “the song Never Surrender” is one that Roy Z and I came up with in the studio. It’s about going through struggles in life and never giving up on your dream despite them. People can relate to it in their own lives…it’s a theme we all know as human beings. Sometimes the tough times can help you define your true character.”
West Bound’s debut album, “Volume I” will be released on February 22, 2019 on Frontiers Music Srl. The band is currently in the midst of planning tour dates to support the album’s release. Expect more news on that in the new year.
