Glenn Hughes has premiered the official music video for his new single “Heavy”. The song is taken from his new studio album “Resonate” which is released worldwide by Frontiers Music Srl on Friday 4th November 2016. The explosive music video features Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) on drums.
Watch “Heavy” video here:
From album opener, “HEAVY”, to the very last chords of the closer, “LONG TIME GONE”, “RESONATE” promises to be a contender for ‘Album of the Year’.
The album features his live solo band members, Soren Andersen (guitars and co-producer), Pontus Engborg (drums) and newcomer to his band, Lachy Doley (keyboards), in addition to long-time friend and drummer, Chad Smith (of Red Hot Chili Peppers), who joined them in the studio for the opening and closing numbers.
It might well be the most heavy sounding of his solo albums, but as is his trademark, musical diversity shines through and as Glenn commented upon completion of the new recording, “This album is the first kind of a complete Glenn Hughes album”.
Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the highly anticipated twelfth original GLENN HUGHES album “Resonate” – released on Friday 4th November 2016. The album dovetails Glenn’s UK and European tour with special guests “Living Colour” which kicks off in the UK on Tuesday 8th November (see tour dates listed below). More information here. Watch a short “Resonate” EPK below.
A true vocal and musical icon of our times, in the past couple of years Glenn concentrated again on his solo career. Sold out crowds were the order of the day, while touring non-stop throughout 2015, with shows in South America, Europe, UK, Japan and Singapore. In addition, late in 2015, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame based in the USA, announced that Deep Purple including MKIII, are finally to be inducted after several previous nominations over the years. This was a culmination of a 40+ years career which saw Glenn leave his indelible mark in several musical endeavours and bands, including Trapeze, Deep Purple, Hughes/Thrall, his collaborations with Gary Moore, Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi and most recently with Black Country Communion and California Breed.
2016 was his busiest year yet. With summer festivals and solo shows in the USA, UK and Europe, finally Glenn’s first solo album in over 8 years that will see the light of day! “Resonate” is truly a triumphant return to form for “The Voice of Rock”!
From album opener, “Heavy”, to the very last chords of the closer, “Long Time Gone”, it promises to be a contender for ‘Album of the Year’. The new album features his live solo band members, Soren Andersen (guitars and co-producer), Pontus Engborg (drums) and newcomer to his band, LachyDoley (keyboards), in addition to long-time friend and drummer, Chad Smith (of Red Hot Chili Peppers), who joined them in the studio for the opening and closing numbers. It might well be the most heavy sounding of his solo albums, but as is his trademark, musical diversity shines through and as Glenn commented upon completion of the new recording, “this album is the first kind of a complete Glenn Hughes album”.
No other rock musician has carved such a distinctive style blending the finest elements of hard rock, soul and funk. That astonishing voice is Hughes’ calling card and the new album, “Resonate” will shine as a true Glenn Hughes landmark release. The new album will be available in two configurations: regular CD and Deluxe Edition including one bonus track and DVD. Vinyl release will be made available via the Frontiers’ label partners Soulfood Music. The Deluxe Edition includes the bonus track “Nothing’s The Same”, plus a bonus DVD disc featuring the “Making of” the album documentary – “Heavy” (song video), and “Long Time Gone” (song video).
TRACKLISTING
1. HEAVY
2. MY TOWN
3. FLOW
4. LET IT SHINE
5. STEADY
6. GOD OF MONEY
7. HOW LONG
8. WHEN I FALL
9. LANDMINES
10. STUMBLE & GO
11. LONG TIME GONE
UK TOUR DATES – NOVEMBER 2016 – WITH SPECIAL GUESTS “LIVING COLOUR”
The Assembly – Leamington Spa Tuesday 8 November 2016
Wulfrun Hall – Wolverhampton Wednesday 9 November 2016
Riverside – Newcastle Friday 11 November 2016
Hard Rock Hell Saturday 12 November 2016
Rescue Rooms – Nottingham Monday 14 November 2016
02 ABC – Glasgow Tuesday 15 November 2016
O2 Ritz – Manchester Thursday 17 November 2016
The Junction – Cambridge Saturday 19 November 2016
O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire Sunday 20 November 2016
Blackdiamond’s Metal Mayhem on Tuesday 13th October will be a GLENN HUGHES Special Show! The legendary bass guitarist and ‘Voice Of Rock’ will be featured having a chat about his solo tour, forthcoming UK dates and his career.
Tune into http://www.totalrock.com from 10AM GMT and hear some classic tracks from Glenn‘s musical history.
Also on the show, this week’s META(L)SCOPE will feature THE TRACY G GROUP, with three great tracks from the band’s new EP “This Device”. Check out our recent review here.
Plus a very special item this week, the show is honoured to present an OVERKILL Pure Thrash Competition, in association with Nuclear Blast Records, just for UK metalheads!
To be in with a chance of winning an exceptional limited edition boxset of 14 CD’s by the New Jersey thrash titans, entitled “Historikill – 1995-2007”, you need to listen to the show on Tuesday 13th October, from 10AM GMT on http://www.totalrock.com.
During the show I will be giving a code, so listen out for it and after the show visit this website, where there will be a special section for you to add the code and enter with your details. All details at this location.
With an amazing musical journey spanning almost fifty years, bass guitarist and vocalist Glenn Hughes is well known for being part of TRAPEZE and DEEP PURPLE in his early career, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION and CALIFORNIA BREED more recently, as well as being an established solo artist and far too much more to mention here!
Glenn is back on the road, joined by guitarist Doug Aldrich, (REVOLUTION SAINTS, WHITESNAKE, DIO) and drummer Pontus Engborg, along with special guest Jared James Nichols. I caught up with Glenn for a chat about the tour, but we also covered many interesting subjects during the short time available, including the extension of his tour, a very special forthcoming date and Glenn‘s current situation. You can read some excerpts from our conversation below and listen in full on the audio player.
Glenn was keen to tell me about how he came to be doing this solo tour:
“I’ve got a lovely story to tell you – I’ve been coming from Black Country to California Breed and saying to myself earlier this year with my new management company, okay what do we do now? Do we form another band, do we make a record, do we film a documentary or do we go solo? My manager said ‘I think we should go solo’, then within a week we had so many offers coming in around the globe that we are now (which I haven’t really spoke to anyone about it yet), we’re now extending my tour through all of next year. I mean, I haven’t done a cycle of touring like this since Deep Purple. I think for me, if I had my choice right now to make a record or continue touring, I have to say that the appeal for me at this moment in time in my life, working with the people I’m working with, behind the scenes and on stage, is the appropriate time for me to sing and play my music live.”
On working as a trio, Glenn revealed:
“I wanted to get back to playing in a trio, simply because the sparseness and emptiness that belongs in a trio is dramatic for me. It enables me to play less or sing more, or sing less and play more – you can’t hide in a trio. There’s a certain element and certain chord structures I like to use in a trio, which I can’t do in a keyboard band and I want to go back to being extremely organic, in a way that I don’t want any impressive sounds and I want it to be like back in the day. I’m not trying to be 1974, because I AM 1974.”
Glenn also announced a forthcoming show this December which will be a very special one for him:
“I haven’t spoken about this so I’ll tell you – December 4th 1975 my bodyguard was killed in Jakarta, Indonesia. It’s a well known fact, they’re making a film about it actually. So on December 4th this year, forty years after the death, I’m going to play in that city again.
To commemorate the loss of my friend and my bodyguard and to go to a place I could never go to. They threw me in jail for murder and they let me out, we had to pay money to get me out, it was a horrible event. I’m going back to do what I do and play a concert and film, so that’s gonna be kind of a special moment for me. I’ve walked the streets for so long since then, I need to go back and do a little bit of a spiritual thing down there. I think that’s going to help me as a human being if you will, to do what I do.”
We discussed the UK tour and special guest Jared James Nichols:
“He’s such a lovely, lovely man and he’s a really ardent blues player. he’s such a good kid, I could be his Dad, I love to see him play. I’m in love with the UK – I’m a British person who lives in America and travels all over the place, but I’m still wearing my British underpants!”
Check out a little taster of what to expect on tour:
Glenn’s tour hits the UK later this month, check out all the dates and links below:
Legendary bass guitarist and ‘Voice Of Rock’, Glenn Hughes is set to play a very special show in Jakarta Indonesia on 4th December. Speaking to Metal Shock Finland‘s Senior Manager Alison Booth recently, Glenn informed her of the news:
“I haven’t spoken about this so I’ll tell you – December 4th 1975 my bodyguard was killed in Jakarta, Indonesia. It’s a well known fact, they’re making a film about it actually. So on December 4th this year, forty years after the death, I’m going to play in that city again.
To commemorate the loss of my friend and my bodyguard and to go to a place I could never go to. They threw me in jail for murder and they let me out, we had to pay money to get me out, it was a horrible event. I’m going back to do what I do and play a concert and film, so that’s gonna be kind of a special moment for me.”
Patsy Collins was a well liked and respected member of the DEEP PURPLE staff when he fell to his death down a hotel lift shaft following the band’s show on 4th December 1975, according to ‘Deep Purple – The Illustrated Biography’ by Chris Charlesworth. Glenn and another bodyguard were held in prison overnight, informally charged with being implicated in Collins’ murder, to be then told at the hearing the next morning that the whole thing had been a tragic accident.
The full interview with Glenn Hughes will be published very soon on Metal Shock Finland, including all the latest about Glenn‘s European and UK solo tour, so stay tuned!
The long awaited new album from Classic Rock legends THE LIZARDS – featuring members of BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, CACTUS And RIOT – will be released in September 2015 on Hyperspace Records in partnership with drumming legend Carmine Appice’s Rocker Records. Titled “Reptilicus Maximus”, the band’s 7th album features guest appearances by Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE), Frank Marino (MAHOGANY RUSH) and Vinnie Moore (UFO). Once again the breathtaking cover artwork was created by longtime Lizards artist Rick Klemann.
“These hard rockin’ Lizards have slithered their way to the top of the new ‘original’ classic rock heap. Like their alien counterparts they are simply out of this world!” – Nightwatcher’s Rock Blog
The Lizards are drummer Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow/Black Sabbath/BOC), vocalist/keyboardist Mike DiMeo (Riot/Masterplan), bassist Randy Pratt (who also plays harp with Cactus) and guitarist Patrick Klein (who recorded and mixed the album), and have released seven critically acclaimed albums and three live DVDs in the past 13 years. The band’s 2006 release “Against All Odds”, and their covers album from 2009 “Archeology”, garnered rave reviews from fans and music press alike worldwide, catapulting The Lizards into legendary status!
“Loved hearing The Lizards when they opened for UFO. Cool riffs, grooves and musicality with Mike DiMeo’s killer vocals on top. Awesome new record and I am glad to be a part of it.” – Vinnie Moore, UFO
Says bassist and band leader Randy Pratt, “On our 7th CD, ‘Reptilicus Maximus’, we brought in a few of our touring buddies. David Lanik, of ‘Sharks’ kicks ass on ‘Ton on the One’, the opening track on the CD. Frank Marino, of Mahogany Rush, was the headliner on our first tour and dazzles on ‘Evil Eyes’, the second track. Vinnie Moore and UFO were the headliners on our LAST tour (so far). Vinnie shreds beautifully on ‘Crash’, a song I wrote the lyrics to in the hospital after my brutal car crash that sidelined us for awhile. We did a 2 month tour with Glenn Hughes and he came to New York to record 4 songs on our 6th CD, ‘Against All Odds’. ‘Miracle Man’ is a song that he wrote specifically for The Lizards, and I believe we slay it. He and Mike DiMeo do another one of their over the top duets on the closing number on the record. We added Scott ‘The Doctor’ Treibitz on keys for this CD, adding some new textures, from dark and brooding synths and majestic pipe organ to honky tonk piano and funky hammond organ.”
“Having toured with The Lizards and getting to know the band personally, I was delighted when Randy asked me to play on a track with them. And even if I hadn’t gotten to know what a great bunch of guys they are, I still would have accepted the invitation gladly, because I just loved the track and the music they make. With me it’s always been about heart, and these cats bring it… straight from the heart. ” – Frank Marino – Mahogany Rush
Says Randy, “The music runs from progressive rock to swampy blues, lyrics ranging from the sacred to the profane…all in the name of ROCK. Bobby Rondinelli told us that we got some of the best playing of his career on this record. Since he played with Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult, you can believe the drums are world class throughout!”
“I consider it a crime not to check out these hot sounding reptiles!” – Metalliville, UK
Glenn was keen to tell me about how he came to be doing this solo tour:
Glenn also announced a forthcoming show this December which will be a very special one for him:
