El bajista Glenn Hughes y el baterista Jason Bonham, han anunciado la formación de una nueva banda - California Breed. Con un talento de 23 años de edad, el cantante y guitarrista Andrew Watt, cuyo primer disco ha sido producido por Dave Cobb , cuyo espectacular trabajo con Rival Sons ha recibido tanto elogios, da una gran idea de lo que pueden llegar a sonar.
"Es el rock adecuado", dice Hughes, " pero al mismo tiempo es muy actual . Andrew esta tan influenciado por Mick Ronson como por Jimmy Page " .
"Crecí escuchando a todas las bandas grunge ", dice Watts , " pero mi padre siempre me ponia The Who , los Stones y Led Zeppelin de manera que se convirtió en mi música también.
" Este chico es increíble ", dice Bonham . " La primera vez que nos conocimos pensé que se parecía a Jimi Hendrix blanco . Y él toca en el estudio como lo hace en elescenario ! "
El trio se reunio como California Breed por primera vez el año pasado después de que Hughes y Andrew fueron presentados por un amigo en comun, Julian Lennon. " Julian estaba teniendo una exposición de sus fotografías en el Morrison Hotel Gallery en Los Angeles", Glenn recuerda, " y me dijo : 'Tienes que conocer a este tipo , que es el más fantástico guitarrista - . Quien resultó ser Andrew "
Unos dias mas tarde se reunieron en Hollywood, "La química fue instantanea", dice Hughes. "Inmediatamente escribieron dos canciones juntos , Chemical Rain y Solo, ambos de los cuales estan incluidos en el álbum. Fue entonces cuando llamé a Jason y le dije que deberia venir ya mismo" .
"La energía cuando entré en la sala crepitaba ", recuerda Bonham . " Yo estaba tan contento.
12 son los temas del próximo álbum de California Breed, que aún no tiene título - la banda ha firmado contrato con el sello Frontiers - tienen los mismos créditos co - escritura entre la banda. Grabado en el estudio de Cobb Nashville.
El resultado final es un sonido que combina todos los elementos clásicos de rock de BCC - grandes , riffs y voces desgarradoras - pero con un toque del siglo 21.
Dijo Hughes “Los primeros singles a editar seran Midnight Oil y All Falls Down , Vas a tener que esperar a que el álbum en mayo para escucharlos. Esto , lo prometo, va a ser algo especial”.
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(Former Black Country Communion stars, singer-bassist Glenn Hughes and drummer Jason Bonham, have announced the formation of a new band – California Breed. Featuring the astounding talents of 23-year-old singer-guitarist Andrew Watt, the fact that their first album has been produced by Dave Cobb, whose spectacular work with Rival Sons has received so much acclaim, gives a big clue as to what they sound like.
“It’s proper rock,” says Hughes, “but at the same time it’s very now. Andrew is as influenced by Mick Ronson as he is Jimmy Page.”
“I grew up listening to all the grunge bands,” says Watt, “but my dad always played me The Who, the Stones and Led Zeppelin so that became my music too.
“This kid is amazing,” says Bonham. “The first time we met I thought he looked like the white Jimi Hendrix. And he plays in the studio likes he’s onstage!”
The three-man line-up got together as California Breed for the first time last year after Hughes was introduced to the newcomer from New York by their mutual friend Julian Lennon. “Julian was having an exhibition of his photographs at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in LA,” Glenn recalls, “and he said, ‘You must meet this guy, he’s the most fantastic guitarist – who turned out to be Andrew.”
Reconvening at Hughes’ Hollywood home a few days later, “The chemistry was just instant,” says Hughes. “We immediately wrote two songs together, Chemical Rain and Solo, both of which have ended up on the album. That’s when I called Jason and said you’ve gotta come down right now.”
“The energy when I walked in the room was crackling,” recalls Bonham. “I was so pleased. Glenn and I had not only really locked in as a rhythm section in BCC but we’d started writing together and we both really wanted to keep that good feeling going.”
ndeed, all 12 tracks on the as-yet untitled forthcoming California Breed album – the band have signed a deal with signed a deal with the Frontiers label - have equal co-writing credits amongst the band. Recorded at Cobb’s Nashville studio, “Everything was done more or less live,” says Hughes, “including the vocals. Which is the reverse of how I’ve always done things”.
The end result is a sound that combines all the classic rock elements of BCC – big, meat-cleaver riffs and heart-rending vocals – but with a 21st century gloss that comes from working with someone as up-to-the-minute and talented as Watt.
Look out for the first single, Midnight Oil, a raunchy Stones-esque rocker with breathless female backing vocals, deep groove rhythms and face-smacking guitars. The other breakout track is All Falls Down, the kind of spine-tingling pop-rock-who-knows-what that starts all colour and light and finishes all towering harmonies, back-arching guitars and epidemic-sized catchiness.
There are others but, as Hughes says, “You’ll have to wait for the album in May to hear them. This, I promise, is going to be something special.”)
