[情報] Vince Neil明年四月要錄新專輯
MOTLEY CRUE'S VINCE NEIL TO RECORD SOLO ALBUM IN APRIL:
November 18, 2008
Motley Crue released their first album of new material in nearly a decade
this past summer, but that's business as usual for singer Vince Neil. "We
stop touring and don't put a record out and everybody says we broke up, and
it's not really true," Neil insists. "We were just taking a vacation." That
break fully came to an end this year.
The veteran glam-metal act celebrated the release of Saints of Los Angeles
with the inaugural Crue Fest, a traveling multi-act hard rock roadshow that
also included Sixx A.M., the side-project of Crue bassist Nikki Sixx (with
producer-vocalist James Michael). Crue Fest 2 is already planned for summer
2009. And last week, Motley convened again for a special show at the
Hollywood Palladium in preparation for a 2009 U.S. arena tour that begins in
San Diego on February 2nd.
That concert marked the debut of a new support act, the Last Vegas, a band
chosen in a nationwide competition sponsored by Guitar Center to open the
show every night on tour (along with Hinder and Theory of a Deadman). The
Palladium gig also brought the four members of Motley Crue back to L.A.'s
Sunset Boulevard, where the band notoriously began its career more than two
decades before. "We walked down the street with our high heels on -- stiletto
heels -- and dog collars," Neil remembers with a laugh. "We didn't have any
money, so we looked cheap, but it was good cheap."
Why choose an unknown band to open for the tour?
Kiss took us out when we were just playing clubs, and then when Ozzy took us
out it really broke Motley Crue. Those bands took chances on us. So why not
give back and take a chance with a new unknown band? The Last Vegas are young
and aggressive, their songs are good and they look good.
If you could go back and see Motley from the early days, how do you think
you'd react to them as a new band?
I'd probably go, "What the fuck are these guys thinking about, man!" Bands
don't do what we used to do. Bands don't have the theatrics. We were lighting
ourselves on fire. I had a chainsaw and cut a nun's head off. You don't see
that shit at all anymore, which is kind of sad.
How does that connect to what you're doing now?
We just have more money to do it with. We've created a monster and we have to
top ourselves every year and put out a bigger and better tour. When you go
see a Motley Crue show, you know it's going to be a huge production, a lot of
cool effects and eye candy, plus the great songs.
Motley Crue is an active band now, but you've gone through periods where
you've stopped, split up, done different things.
Yeah, there was a breakup a long time ago, but give us a break. You can't put
out a record and tour every single year. People like to talk about us, and
the press makes more of what happens with Motley than it really is. Me and
Tommy have been friends for 30 years. How many people can really say they
still have a friend from 30 years ago? Not very many. And if they did, I'll
bet you fought with the guy. I'll bet you had an argument.
Was making Saints of Los Angeles any different from the past?
It was different because technology today made it different. Last time we did
a full record was 11 years ago. You can do everything at home now. Tommy did
the drums at his house, Mick did guitars at his house, I did vocals at the
producer's house. It makes recording easier and cheaper.
Is that as much fun?
You know, being stuck in a studio for six or seven months is no fun, believe
me. I live in Vegas, so I came in to L.A. to do the record. I did a song a
day. In two weeks I was done.
Any more solo projects in the works?
I'll be recording my record in April, when Motley's off, before Crue Fest 2
starts. Then I'll probably release it in early November, when Motley's
finishing this tour.
Are you in the same state of mind with the solo projects?
No, it's a different set of guys, a different style of music. It's a little
more aggressive than Motley, more like an AC/DC vein. Obviously, we play
smaller places, which is cool with me. I get the best of both worlds. I love
playing in theaters, and I don't mind opening for somebody else. It's very
humbling but it's cool.
Courtesy of www.rollingstone.com
http://www.sleazeroxx.com/news08/1118mot.shtml
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