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Today's Day in Rock


Scott Weiland Premieres Another New Song
(hennemusic) Scott Weiland And The Wildabouts are sharing a preview of their debut album, "Blaster", with the release of a video for the project's third track, "Modzilla."

The tune follows "Way She Moves" and "White Lightning" from the album, which is due on March 31. The 12-track set was produced by Rick Parker (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) and recorded at Weiland's Lavish Studios and the Sandbox in Los Angeles.

Joining Weiland in The Wildabouts are guitarist Jeremy Brown, bassist Tommy Black and drummer Danny Thompson. Watch the new music video for "Modzilla" here.



Motley Crue Add Date To Farewell Tour
Motley Crue's hometown fans will have another opportunity to say goodbye the band as they have announced a third Los Angeles show for their "Final Tour" later this year.

The band has added a December 28th show at the Stapes Center in Los Angeles. The band will also be playing the venue on December 30th and will stage their very last show there on New Year's Eve.

As we previously reported, the last leg of their "Final Tour" will begin on July 22nd in Eugene, OR at Matthew Knight Arena and will be concluding with the final tour date of their career on December 31st in Los Angeles, CA at the Staples Center.

Like their previous North American leg of the Final Tour, rock legend Alice Cooper will be opening for Motley Crue on most of the stops on this final leg of the farewell tour. See the tour dates here.




Tom DeLonge To Release Unheard Blink-182 Demos
(TeamRock Radio) Tom DeLonge will release previously unheard Blink-182 demos next month, he's announced. The ex frontman left the group last month, insisting he hadn't quit - despite drummer Travis Barker and bassist Mark Hoppus saying otherwise.

The public spat then intensified with DeLonge claiming that he and Hoppus had previously discussed ditching Barker - comments that the bassist quickly played down.

But despite the fallout, DeLonge says via Twitter: "March 1, I will be launching personal recordings of new Blink demos along with a few extra tracks on TomDelong.me." Read more here.




The Pixies Announce North American Tour
The Pixies have announced that they will be hitting the road this spring to launch a North American tour that will feature headline shows and some music festival appearances.

The tour is scheduled to kick off on May 5th in New Orleans, LA at the Civic Theatre and will conclude with an appearance at the Amnesia Festival in Montebello, QC in June.

The band, Black Francis, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering, will once again be joined by bass player Paz Lenchain, who replaced Kim Deal when she left the band in 2013.

The group had the following to say about the tour, "All headline shows will feature a new and more varied set packed with songs from the entire Pixies catalogue, full of distortion howls and all the vivid dissonance a Pixies fan would expect. - all performed on a sparse yet stunning stage" See the tour dates here.




Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page In The Studio For Physical Graffiti Anniversary
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page was the featured guest on the latest episode of the syndicated radio show In The Studio: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands for part 1 of a special 40th anniversary celebration of the "Physical Graffiti" album. The show sent over these details:

Led Zeppelin's sixth release had completed a fundamental change in the popular music and media equation that began with their fourth album back in 1971. With the song "Stairway to Heaven" , Led Zeppelin had proven that the album format had matured to the point that a hit single for Top 40 radio release was no longer a necessity for big album sales.

Before Led Zeppelin the conventional wisdom of A&R (record label) types was to focus on one sound or style to be successful. But Zeppelin's international success resulted in more extensive concert tours taking them to the four corners of the world, which only stoked their creative flame such that epic songs on Physical Graffiti like "Kashmir" became musical bonfires, "Ten Years Gone" glowing embers, and "Custard Pie", "Trampled Under Foot" and "In My Time of Dying" outright sonic blow torches.

One of the enduring legacies of Physical Graffiti was Led Zeppelin's uncanny ability to seduce the ears while also pummeling the listener with a sonic slam which knew no peer, often in the same song. Jimmy Page shares with InTheStudio host Redbeard how he made the conscious decision to innovate and not be derivative.

"I was really careful not to listen to too much other music... I wasn't following what everyone else was doing in the same sort of category as us, that's for sure. I was trying to do things that were really different." - Jimmy Page





Early Iron Maiden Members Reunite
(Classic Rock) Four early members of Iron Maiden, who were part of the NWOBHM giants in 1977, staged a reunion this past weekend. Vocalist Dennis Willcock, keyboardist Tony Moore, drummer Barry 'Thunderstick' Purkis and guitarist Terry Wapram gathered at the Hope And Anchor bar, where Wapram's band Buffalo Fish were playing.

The moment was arranged by fan group Maiden 77, who admitted afterwards: "We had been planning something - but to be honest we didn't know if we could pull this off. A reunion of 80% of the 1977/1978 lineup! Thank you guys. It was an amazing night."

Moore only played one show with Steve Harris' band, before it was decided that keyboards didn't fit his sound. Thunderstick was Maiden's drummer for a few months while Willcock and Wapram spent nearly a year in the lineup. Read more here.




Tedeschi Trucks Band, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Tour
Tedeschi Trucks Band have announced the initial leg for their "Wheels of Soul" tour that will be taking place this summer and will also feature Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, as well as Doyle Bramhall II.

The first eleven of the expected 20+ tour dates have been revealed with the tour set to kick off on June 5th in Paso Robles, CA at the Vina Robles Amphitheatre.

Tedeschi Trucks Band's singer and guitarist Susan Tedeschi, had the following to say about the tour "Sharon is really soulful and sweet and we know a lot of the Dap-King guys through different projects.

"There's a lot to look forward to and who knows-maybe we'll all get up and play together. The wheels of creativity are turning at all times; it should be fun and could be epic." See the tour dates here.




Krokus Announce First U.S. Tour In 25 Years
Krokus have announced that they will be launching their first U.S. tour in over 25 years this spring. The trek will be in support of their recent live release "Long Stick Goes Boom: Live From Da House Of Rust."

The band will be kicking off the tour on April 18th when they take part in the Monsters Of Rock Cruise that will also feature Tesla, Europe, Night Ranger, Extreme, KIX, and Queensryche.

Following the cruise, they will launch a club tour that will begin on April 24th in Houston, TX at Concert Pub North and conclude on May 6th in Los Angeles at the Whisky A Go Go. See the tour dates here.




Death Angel Cancel Charity Show Due To Injury
(TeamRock Radio) Death Angel have been forced to cancel a charity gig after drummer Will Carroll broke his foot at home. The San Francisco metal veterans were lined up to play at the Metal Against Cancer event in Marietta, Georgia on February 28. But they've pulled out after the sticksman broke a bone in his right foot while taking out rubbish.

Carroll says in a statement: "Doctors say I can't drum for three to four weeks. I was looking forward to this show for many reasons, but the biggest one is the fact that I lost my mother to cancer 11 years ago. It was important to me and Death Angel to be a part of this great cause.

"This will also be the first show I have ever cancelled in the 27 years I've been playing live, so this is hitting me on multiple levels."

The band tried to to find a replacement for Carroll, no one was able to step in at short notice. Carroll continues: "We decided there wasn't enough time to teach someone the set and make it presentable. The last thing we want to do is put on an unequal performance. People deserve better than that." Read more here.




Candlemass's Leif Edling Sitting Out Live Dates Due To Health Issues
(Classic Rock) Candlemass mainman Leif Edling will sit out the rest of 2015 as he continues to battle health issues. He was forced to take a back seat with his other band Avatarium early last year - and although specifics on his health condition haven't been made public, he's said to be getting better and will spend the rest of the year recuperating.

Candlemass say in a statement: "Our bass player and songwriter engine Leif Edling will, unfortunately, be off stage a year yet because of health issues. We will wave the flag high with our keyboard player Per Wiberg or Jorgen Sandstrom who will do the bass work instead while Leif is getting better."

The Swedish doom metal outfit are lined up to play this year's TeamRock-sponsored Hammerfest VII on the weekend of March 12-15 at Hafan Y Mor Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Wales. Read more here.




Slipknot's Clown Casts Sons of Anarchy Star In Film Debut
(TeamRock Radio) Canadian actor Kim Coates, known for his role as Tig Trager in Sons of Anarchy, is set to play the title character in Slipknot star Shawn 'Clown' Crahan's film directing debut Officer Downe.

The film is based on a graphic novel by Joe Casey and Christ Burnham, about a Los Angeles cop who is resurrected every time he's killed in the line of duty. Production begins next month.

Crahan recently told The Pulse of Radio: "I've been working my way toward directing a feature for a long time. I've been preparing myself with art my whole life and preparing myself for directing and scriptwriting.

"I honestly believe that we are going to create the next Clockwork Orange and I'm going to die trying because that's my life." Read more here.





Mayall, Green, McVie and Fleetwood Bootleg To Be Released
(The Blues A 1967 bootleg recording of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers featuring future members of Fleetwood Mac gets an official release on April 20 via Forty Below.

The bootleg was recorded in five London clubs during the three-month period in which Mayall, Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood worked together.

Mayall secured the five-decade-old tapes recently and restored them with the help of Forty Below Records' Eric Corne, who says: "While the source recording was very rough and the final result is certainly not hi-fidelity, it does succeed in allowing us to hear how spectacular these performances were." Read more here.




Stolen Radiohead Guitar Found After 19 Years
(TeamRock Radio) Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood hit the stage this weekend with a guitar he thought he'd never see again. It was stolen in 1995 while the band toured in the US in support of second album The Bends.

But last year, Radiohead fan site The King Of Gear heard from a reader who'd recognized the Ebony Frost Fender Telecaster Plus, and arranged its return.

The King Of Gear explains: "Someone recognised Jonny's Telecaster as one they'd purchased in Denver, the city in which all the band's gear was stolen on October 4, 1995. I directed them to Plank, the band's guitar tech, and the result was that the guitar was returned to Jonny." Read more here.




Orgy, 9electric and Death Valley High Announce Sick Talk Tour
Orgy have announced that they will be launching the Sick Talk tour of North America next month that will also feature support from 9electric and Death Valley High.

The tour will be kicking off on March 25th in Denver, CO at the Marquis Theater and the band have announced dates up until April 22nd in Colorado Springs, CO at the Black Sheep, with more dates still to be announced.
Orgy's Jay Gordon had the following to say about the tour, "Orgy 'Sick Talk' Spring tour update: I've been hangin' with my boy Ron Underwood from 9 Electric - 9E, since the Wayne Static Memorial Show about taking them with us on this tour, so we threw some tentative dates together with 9E, and said it was a go for them. So we are pleased to announce the lineup for the Sick Talk Tour. Orgy will be taking 9E as Special Guest and opening the show will be hard hitting Death Valley High - DVH from my hometown San Francisco.

"We're excited to bring the fans a super-charged, and chaotic show, as well as introduce to fans some fresh new music. Orgy has been writing and recording over the past year which will be coming by way of 2 EP's, the first of which is titled Talk Sick will be released to coincide with the start of the tour the end of March. The second EP is tentative titled Entropy will be released 4 - 6 months later.

"We are very excited about the Spring tour and a fresh new start for Orgy, and we will not stop developing and creating fresh new music until we have regained the trust and interest from all of our fans from the past as well as capture the attention of fans in the near future and beyond. We hope to get as many people onboard with us to help us push to the next level, as possible. Please come and support the shows. We will not disappoint. XJXGXOXRXGXYX." See the tour dates here.



The Darkness Announce New Album and Release Lead Single
(hennemusic) UK rockers The Darkness will issue their 4th album, "Last Of Our Kind", on June 1. Produced by guitarist Dan Hawkins, the follow-up to 2012's "Hot Cakes" is preceded by the newly-released lead single, "Barbarian."

According to vocalist Justin Hawkins, the song has "not one but two dramatic monologues, a guitar solo that has been declared 'irresponsible', a riff that weakens lady-knees and a chorus that makes grown men sh*t directly into their pants."

"The lyrics describe the Viking invasion of East Anglia which culminated in the decapitation of Edmund the Martyr," he adds. "So yeah, classic Darkness."

The album sees the debut of new drummer Emily Dolan Davies, who replaces original drummer Ed Graham after a split last year. Davies will make her live debut with The Darkness at an intimate "secret" show March 4 on Ireland's Valentia Island as part of a 10-show run across the country to road test their new material next month.





Kim Thayil Says Soundgarden Plan To Release New Album This Year
(hennemusic) Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil has revealed that the Seattle band plan to release a new album in 2016. The rocker shared the news while in Australia to play dates across the country as part of the annual Soundwave festival.

"No studio has been chosen and no songs are written yet," Thayil tells the Sydney Morning Herald. "When we finish these shows in Australia we'll spend a month or more working on it. It's definitely going to happen.

"We worked with producer Adam Kasper on our last album [2012's "King Animal"] and I wouldn't be surprised if we hook up with him again," he added. Read more here.




Steve Hackett Learned Ancient Instrument For New Album
(Prog) Steve Hackett says that he learned to play an ancient musical instrument for upcoming solo album Wolflight. He employed other musicians to perform on tar, digeridoo, duduk and darbukkah drum - all of which he says have lent the tracks a "prehistoric" and "otherworldly" feel.

He explains via his blog: "Having been fascinated by the evocative music on my trip to Morocco, I decided to have a go at learning one of those exotic instruments of the desert.

"I bought an Iraqi oud - a fretless lute - and took on the challenge. It's very hard to tune, but intriguing to play when those magical sounds start to speak back to you. My oud performance features briefly a couple of times on Dust And Dreams, a piece of music designed to evoke the soul of the desert." Read more here.




Tangerine Dream To Carry On Despite Edgar Froese's Death
(Prog) Former Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann has vowed the band will continue, following the death of mainman Edgar Froese. He passed away suddenly last month at the age of 70. The band said in a statement: "Edgar once said, 'There is no death, there is just a change of our cosmic address.' This is a little comfort to us."

Now Baumann, who played a key role during Tangerine Dream's 1970s trio era alongside Christopher Franke from 1971 to 1975 then 1975 to 1977, reveals he'd been in discussions with Froese to return to the band.

He says via Facebook: "As all of you, I was shocked by Edgar's sudden departure. Just a month ago I visited him in Austria making plans for a new project.

"Well, there will be a new project, and Edgar's fingerprints will be all over it. His personality will permeate everything that is composed and produced under the TD name." Read more here.




Greg Christian Says He Was 'Under Duress' In Testament
(Classic Rock) Former Testament bassist Greg Christian has posted a reflective Facebook update, a year after he left the band after a lack of payment. Although he again hits out at his ex-band's hardline attitude - which left him with less than $150 to his name - he also writes of being in a better, more productive place with his new project Trinity Fallen. And he also reveals his financial woes were put into perspective following the death of friend Fozz Bear.

He says: "Been reflecting a lot. A little over a year away from Testament I see everything so much different. There's also something about death that helps to put other things in perspective so I think Fozz's passing may actually be 'helping' me in a way.

"I'd have to say I was under duress the entire eight and a half years I was back in the band. I came back with nothing, under a great deal of stress about trying to keep up an appearance that was consistent with being in a band of this stature, while being sh*t broke and struggling.

"That's exhausting and I was never able to get ahead, even a little. They fully took advantage, knowing if I didn't just do the gigs and get that next cheque, I couldn't pay my bills. There was no negotiating. There was a, 'F*** off, take it or we'll get someone that will. We own everything and you're not sh*t anyway' kind of attitude. I never once felt grounded or balanced. It wasn't possible." Read more here.




Wilko Johnson Returned To Hospital To Thank Them For His Life
(Classic Rock) Wilko Johnson went back to hospital last week - to thank medics for saving his life last year. He'd been expecting to die of pancreatic cancer until he was referred to the Adenbrooke's establishment in Cambridge. He underwent surgery in April and in October reported he'd been given the all-clear.

Wilko tells the Cambridge News: "Adenbrooke's, to me, is a wonderful, magical place. They saved my life. To me, everybody from the consultants to the cleaners to the nurses are heroes."

Surgeon Emannual Huguet, who oversaw the procedure, says: "Wilko was very brave throughout - it's wonderful to see him return to what he does brilliantly." Read more here.






Jimmy Page Reveals His Led Zeppelin Masterplan
(hennemusic) Jimmy Page reveals some of his masterplan when he first put together Led Zeppelin in 1968, in part three of his recent interview with Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell in Los Angeles.

"I knew at that time there was a big focus on guitar, so I wanted to make it a tour de force for the guitar," explains Page (transcribed by hennemusic). "So for my playing, it was going to be everything from acoustic through to electric, there's pedal steel on it - there's everything - I'm throwing everything on it to get all these guitar textures. So it goes from really rude bottleneck through to very sensitive acoustic. It was going to be a guitar tour de force but not at the expense of the other members - this was they key to it. Everyone needed to be really heard."

The guitarist joined Cornell for "An Evening With Jimmy Page" at the Ace Hotel Theater in November to discuss his photographic autobiography, "Jimmy Page By Jimmy Page", and his own history as a musician.

In part 1, Page discussed his early years and musical upbringing with host Cornell in front of a live audience, and in part 2 he spoke about how he came to join The Yardbirds. Watch the video here.




Metal Musician Launches Petition Against Facebook Fees
(Classic Rock) The frontman of US metalcore outfit Illuminate Me has launched a petition asking Facebook to stop charging bands a fee for promoting their music. Chris Murray has started the campaign via Change.org as he says bands are being unfairly punished as they attempt to bolster their online presence.

He's paid Facebook close to $3000 to promote his band - but reckons the social media giant's "greed" is now unjustifiable. He says: "Facebook has raised its rates on bands and small businesses promoting themselves through their website several times over the last few years - asking to pay even more money to simply reach the audience the band or small business has already acquired.

"It's getting to a point where it's blatant greed and is unjustifiable. Bands like us for example, especially the unsigned ones, pay Facebook a hefty amount of money for an ad just to get potential new fans to visit our page.

"On top of that, now we must pay a large fee to talk to the fans already subscribed to our page. So we're paying double on a service that we heavily rely on." Read more here.



Jimi Hendrix's Final Interview Animated
(Classic Rock) An audio clip of an interview with guitar icon Jimi Hendrix the week before he died has been released as part of an animated web series titled Blank On Blank. The conversation between the guitarist and UK journalist Keith Altham was recorded in September 1970 - just a few days before Hendrix died in London.

In the clip, he talks about money, his appearance, smashing up his equipment on stage and his thoughts on the way he'd like to have seen music and visuals combine in the future.

When questioned about being credited as giving birth to psychedelic music, he says: "The way I write is a clash between reality and fantasy. You have to use fantasy to show different sides of reality - that's how it can bend. I don't really round it off too good - it's almost naked. I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be just a guitar player, or a songwriter, or a tap dancer."

And he also gives his thoughts on the music scene at the time, calling it "too heavy." He continues: "There's too many heavy songs out nowadays - music is getting too heavy, almost to the state of unbearable. I have this one little saying, 'When things get too heavy just call me helium - the lightest known gas to man.'





In Flames React To Fan Backlash
(TeamRock Radio) In Flames have rejected complains from followers unhappy with their change in musical direction over the years. The Swedish outfit recently revealed how 11th album Siren Charms, launched last year, carried a heavy Van Halen influence.

That followed a rebalancing of influences with the departure of guitarist Jesper Stromblad in 2010 and the return of Niclas Engelin. Guitarist Bjorn Gelotte tells Noisecreep: "There's no way you can please everybody. There's no way you can listen to everybody. The only thing we know is what we like, the five of us in the band."

Frontman Anders Friden says: "We love our fans and we're so grateful that we can do what we do - travel the world and work with our hobby." But he adds: "We cannot listen to 1000 people - that would be an extremely confusing song," he says. "We are the ones who'll live with this album for ever, so we have to be happy with what we've done."





Black Star Riders Went Beyond Thin Lizzy On New Album
(Classic Rock) Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick says he's happy with the balance he's achieved between being influenced by Phil Lynott and bringing in his Almighty spirit.

The Thin Lizzy offshoot set their own agenda by changing their name ahead of their debut album All Hell Breaks Loose. Follow-up The Killer Instinct is out today via Nuclear Blast.

Former Almighty vocalist Warwick tells Metal Forces: "I've been singing Phil's songs for almost five years now and I completely immersed myself in the role. When I was given the job I wanted to do it justice.

"I studied the man's lyrics, his poetry. I've learned so much from him - I think it's made me a better performer, a better writer and a better musician. That's part of who I am now."

While their first album was planned to sound more like Lizzy, Warwick believes there's less pressure now. "We'll always still have that vibe because of what we do," he says, "but I think we can try anything." Read more here.




Soundgarden Perform 'Birth Ritual' For 1st Time In Two Decades
(Radio.com) More than 20 years ago, Soundgarden contributed the song "Birth Ritual" to the soundtrack for the movie Singles. Released right at the apex of their popularity, the song's chugging riffs and caterwauling vocals find the grunge outfit in peak form.

They briefly appeared in the movie to perform the song, but strangely it's been absent from their lives sets ever since then. That is, until now. Touring Australia as part of the Soundwave festival's lineup over the weekend, Soundgarden performed the song for the first time since 1992 in Adelaide and Melbourne.

No one would confuse this performance for a perfect representation of the song, but it's nonetheless an admirable effort considering that they haven't performed the song in more than two decades, and by the end they seem to have locked into the groove.





Black Crowes's Chris Robinson Was Not Close To Bandmate Brother
(Classic Rock) Former Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson says he and guitarist Rich never shared a spirit of brotherly love during their 25 years with the band. Instead, he suggests, the Crowes' success was the only reason they continued to communicate after the late 1980s.

The split was confirmed last month by guitarist Rich after drummer Steve Gorman had previously hinted they wouldn't be returning from hiatus to celebrate their quarter-century.

Now Chris tells HuffPost Live: "We never really had much of a relationship. You write some songs and that record sells six million copies, then you're supposed to keep going. Then there's family and there's responsibility and stuff."

But he continues: "I'm proud of the work. The Black Crowes gave me everything - the sheer, humble gift that a weird kid in Atlanta in the 80s could find his way through the world as an artist." Read more here.




Buck & Evans Release 'Screaming' Video
(Classic Rock) Buck & Evans have released a video for their track Screaming - featuring stand-in AC/DC drummer Bob Richards. He's a member of the Welsh blues outfit who recorded an album live at Rockfield Studios last year. Screaming is the latest number to be launched.

Richards was called up by AC/DC in October to appear in two videos for 17th album Rock Or Bust, as a result of the continuing issues faced by drummer Phil Rudd.

Richards recently said: "I heard the songs an hour or so before we went on to the set to start filming. I played it over several times and did a bit of air-drumming to it. The band were fantastic - they made me so welcome and we had a great time shooting."

Rudd has been replaced by Chris Slade for the band's world tour. Watch the video here.




John Bush Has Lost Touch With Former Anthrax Bandmate
(Classic Rock) Former Anthrax frontman John Bush says he's saddened that he's lost contact with drummer Charlie Benante. He remains in touch with guitarist Scott Ian, but hasn't spoken to Benante in several years - even though he says they used to be very close.

He fronted Anthrax from 1992 to 2005 then left when they attempted to regroup with classic-era frontman Joey Belladonna. When that failed they hired Dan Nelson but dismissed him in 2009. Bush returned to fill the gap until Belladonna's permanent return in 2010.

Bush tells Lucas H Gordon: "I haven't talked to Charlie in probably a couple of years, which is a little sad because I was close with him. But things got kind of weird. Maybe he doesn't want to talk or something. I'm cool - it's all good on my end." Read more here.




Singled Out: Revolution Saints (Night Ranger/Journey/Whitesnake)
Revolution Saints, featuring Night Ranger's Jack Blades, Journey's Deen Castronovo and Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake), release their self-titled debut album today and to celebrate we asked Jack to tell us about the song "Turn Back Time". Here is the story:

The way the song "Turn Back Time" is laid out it just screamed for a duet from Deen and me. We were in Portland in the studio and Deen started singing the first verse on the song…kinda low for his voice but he put it down. I took the second half of the verse and kinda played around with the melody still keeping it within the realm of the song.

Well, Deeno took that as a big green light and ripped into the second verse and then the chorus after the blazing solo DA had just laid down…I'm thinking, oh great… these guys are firing on all eight cylinders what am I supposed to do now with a harmony on this wild last chorus that Deen just killed.

The producer Alessandro was in the control room trying to come up with some harmony note for the last chorus and I said to him just roll the song and hit record. He started to say something and I said "just roll it and record", all the while thinking to myself what the hell am I gonna sing????

The chorus came on and boom I just started answering Deen's awesome chorus lines with lines of my own…sorta like we were talking back and forth with each other, line for line, note for note.

When I was finished Alessandro just stopped the song, looked at Deen and Doug, and they all together threw the horns with both hands. Ale said "Perfecto". I said "what the hell did I sing?" He laughed and played it back.

We left it as it was; what both Deeno and I did on the first run through of the song….didn't even try and sing it again. Now that's the way to record a vocal. I inspired Deen, Deeno inspired me and thankfully we didn't try to mess with it!!