Cool little story happened yesterday evening at Fezen festival in Hungary, where GUS was playing with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and JUDAS PRIEST.
Gus’ guitars got lost by the airline so Zakk Wylde graciously lent Gus one of his guitars so he could play the show!
In Gus’ words:
Who gives you his own personal guitar, when yours never shows up cause the airline fucks up? Zakk Wylde that’s who!!! FATHER ZAKK, can’t thank you & your BL crew enough for saving my ass today! Thanks for watching over me my Big BL Brother!! Much love!
The sophomore solo album by Ozzy Osbourne / Firewind guitarist GUS G. entitled “Brand New Revolution” is out as of today via Century Media Records in Europe, Australia and South America, Dismanic / eOne in North America and King Records in Japan.
“Brand New Revolution” is available Digipak CD or as 180gr. LP version (On either black or limited coloured vinyl in light-blue / 300 copies or silver / 200 copies).
The album’s first promotional video-clip for the record’s title track, “Brand New Revolution”, shot by longtime visual design partner and director Patric Ullaeus (In Flames, Arch Enemy, Within Temptation, etc.), is also out today. The track features vocals by Jacob Bunton (Adler, Lynam) check it out here:
GUS G. – “Brand New Revolution” (44:35):
1. The Quest (4:28) 2. Brand New Revolution (3:21) 3. Burn (2:57) 4. We Are One (3:59) 5. What Lies Below (3:59) 6. Behind Those Eyes (3:56) 7. Gone To Stay (3:21) 8. One More Try (3:46) 9. Come Hell Or High Water (3:11) 10. If It Ends Today (3:01 11. Generation G (3:08) 12. The Demon Inside (5:21)
GUS G. – Live 2015: 24.07.2015 Rhodes (Greece) – Colorado Club
Guitar virtuoso GUS G has premiered new song ‘The Quest’ on guitarworld.com. The song is from the Ozzy Osbourne/Firewind guitarist’s new solo album, “Brand New Revolution”, which will be released on July 24th. It’s the followup to his 2014 solo debut, “I Am the Fire”. Check out ‘The Quest’ at this location.
“‘The Quest’ is the only instrumental of the album and it’s a heavy, high-energy, technical track,” Gus says. “You hear lots of sides of my playing, not only the technical leads and heavy riffing, but melodies and even acoustic. Lots of stuff jam-packed into this song, but somehow it all comes together nicely.”
“The rest of the album features collaborations with some awesome singers/songwriters such as Jeff Scott Soto (‘Gone to Stay,’ ‘Generation G’), Mats Levén (‘Come Hell or High Water,’ ‘If It Ends Today,’ ‘The Demon Inside’), Jacob Bunton (‘Brand New Revolution,’ ‘Burn,’ ‘We Are One,’ ‘Behind Those Eyes,’ ‘One More Try’) and Elize Ryd of Amaranthe (‘What Lies Below’).
“Let’s face it, getting to be on the cover of Guitar World is every guitar player’s dream,” Gus adds. “I’m fortunate enough to grace GW cover for the second time; the first time with Ozzy in 2010) together with one of the best metal guitarists of our time, Chris Broderick. It’s such a big honor. We had a great time doing the photo shoot with Chris and also hanging and jamming. He’s a monstrous player and I’m glad to see him forging his own path with his new band, Act of Defiance.”
“Brand New Revolution” Tracklist:
1. The Quest
2. Brand New Revolution
3. Burn
4. We Are One
5. What Lies Below
6. Behind Those Eyes
7. Gone To Stay
8. One More Try
9. Come Hell Or High Water
10. If It Ends Today
11. Generation G
12. The Demon Inside
Guitar maestro GUS G. has announced that he will be a special guest of KAMELOT on their European tour this autumn. Gus stated via his official Facebook page:
“I’m proud & excited to confirm that I’ll be touring Europe this Fall as special guest of Kamelot! I’ve known the guys for many years and we’ve toured on various occasions in Europe & Japan, whether it’s been w/ Firewind or Dream Evil. Last March we played a one-off show in London together and the feeling was fantastic, we even got to jam on stage! I’m happy we’ll be touring together again. Can’t wait to see you all out there. So get your tickets, this is an event you don’t want to miss out on!”
KAMELOT Haven European Tour 2015
Special Guests Gus G with KOBRA AND THE LOTUS
17 SEP 2015 – PARIS, FR – LA CIGALE
18 SEP 2015 COLOGNE, DE – ESSIGFABRIK
19 SEP 2015 PRATTELN, CH – Z7 KONZERTFABRIK
20 SEP 2015 BOCHUM, DE -ZECHE
22 SEP 2015 BERLIN, DE – POSTBAHNHOF
24 SEP 2015 RØDOVRE, DK – KULTURHUSET VIFTEN
25 SEP 2015 GOTHENBURG, SE – TRÄDGÅR’N
26 SEP 2015 OSLO, NO – SENTRUM SCENE
27 SEP 2015 STOCKHOLM, SE – DEBASER MEDIS
29 SEP 2015 JYVÄSKYLÄ, FI – LUTAKKO
01 OCT 2015 JOENSUU, FI – KERUBI
02 OCT 2015 SEINÄJOKI, FI – RYTMIKORJAAMO
03 OCT 2015 HELSINKI, FI – CIRCUS
05 OCT 2015 VILNIUS, LT – FORUM PALACE – GALAXY
06 OCT 2015 WARSZAWA, PL – PROGRESJA MUSIC ZONE
08 OCT 2015 MILANO, IT – LIVE MUSIC CLUB
13 OCT 2015STRASBOURG, FR – LA LAITERIE
14 OCT 2015LYON, FR – NINKASI KAO
16 OCT 2015 TILBURG, NL – POPPODIUM 013
Since my last catch up in February with FIREWIND creator and Ozzy Osbourne guitarist GUS G. he has been hard at work as ever, recording his second solo album “Brand New Revolution”.
The album is set for release on 24th July via Century Media Records and sees many artists appearing with Gus, some from his first solo recording, “I Am The Fire”, and some new. I caught up with Gus recently to hear all about the new album and find out what’s going on in the world of GUS G, as well as discovering some hints about FIREWIND. Check out the audio interview below, along with some written excerpts from our chat.
Gus explained more about his choices of guests:
“Mats is my main singer, especially in Europe. I’ve done a lot of shows with him and we wrote a lot of songs on the first album. We ended up writing three songs together again. And the Jeff – we wrote a song for each other’s albums last year and I sent him a bunch of material and said ‘check it out, sing over it to get an idea’. It’s just like that you know, there’s no pressure about that.
Jacob, like I said we had just been writing – we did that song on the first album ‘Just Can’t Let Go’, after that I just kept handing him material, as I liked the way both of us kinda collaborated. He’s an awesome songwriter and great singer, I love his voice and we just ended up writing four or five songs.”
Promotional Photos for Gus G (Photo by Joe Lester)
Discussing the album tracks, then in particular the album title track Gus revealed:
“I wanted to include that track on ‘I Am The Fire’ and the guys from the American label were like ‘no, no, no, you don’t need that now’ and I was like ‘alright, well I’ll just save it for the next one!’ I think it’s one of those titles that screams for being an album title really.”
During our last interview we discussed what was happening with FIREWIND, so this time I asked Gus for an update on the situation. He told me:
“I’ve got a few new songs I’ve been working on, we’ll see what happens with that. You know, I need to find some down time to develop that. We’re trying to set a goal for the end of 2016 to go out and do some shows if we have any album out. But it’s hard to say at this point. We will come back and do another record.
I’ve been working with somebody right now who I cannot reveal yet, but it’s going pretty good you know. We wrote one song together already and we’re working on a couple more. It sounds good so far!”
After having recently announced his upcoming sophomore solo album release “Brand New Revolution” via Century Media Records in Europe, Australia and South America, Dismanic / eOne in North America and King Records in Japan, Ozzy Osbourne / Firewind guitarist GUS G. is now ready to launch a few more details about it.
“Brand New Revolution” will be released in Europe on July 24th, 2015 and comes with artwork (which can be seen below) once again created by Gustavo Sazes / http://www.abstrata.net, who already worked with GUS G. on his debut release “I Am The Fire”, but also took care of artwork duties by bands such as Arch Enemy, Kamelot and also Firewind in the past years.
The tracklisting for the album, which features guest vocal appearances by Jeff Scott Soto, Elize Ryd (Amaranthe), Jacob Bunton (Adler, Lynam) & Mats Levén (Candlemass, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen), reads as follows:
GUS G. – “Brand New Revolution”:
1. The Quest
2. Brand New Revolution
3. Burn
4. We Are One
5. What Lies Below
6. Behind Those Eyes
7. Gone To Stay
8. One More Try
9. Come Hell Or High Water
10. If It Ends Today
11. Generation G
12. The Demon Inside
A first trailer for the upcoming release (featuring a teaser sample of the opening instrumental piece “The Quest”) can now be seen and heard here:
GUS G. checked in with the following comment about the album: “As I’m putting the final touches on “Brand New Revolution”, I wanted to give out a bit about the new music. “The Quest” is the only instrumental of the album and it’s a heavy, high energy, technical track. The rest of the album once again features collaborations with some awesome singers / songwriters such as the legendary Jeff Scott Soto (who appears on “Gone To Stay” and “Generation G”), Mats Levén (who appears on “Come Hell Or High Water”, “If It Ends Today” & “The Demon Inside”), Jacob Bunton (who appears on “Brand New Revolution”, “Burn”, “We Are One”, “Behind Those Eyes” & “One More Try”) and the awesome Elize Ryd of Amaranthe (who sings on “What Lies Below”). I feel the album as a whole has many influences, from classic Hard Rock / Metal to more modern and current sounds. Stay tuned as more info will be revealed in the coming days”.
“Brand New Revolution” was recorded with Jay Ruston (Stone Sour, Anthrax, Steel Panther, etc.) and mixed by Mike Fraser (Metallica, AC/DC, Van Halen, Aerosmith, etc.). Just as on “I Am The Fire”, the core of GUS G.’s recording group consisted of Jo Nunez (Firewind) on drums and Marty O’ Brien (Lita Ford band) on bass.
GUS G. has recently also announced a few more first summer live-dates to launch “Brand New Revolution”. See here for an overview:
GUS G. – Live 2015:
09.06.2015 Karlsruhe (Germany) – Substage + Hellyeah
10.06.2015 Hamburg (Germany) – Logo + Hellyeah
11.06.2015 Utrecht (The Netherlands) – Tivoli De Helling + Hellyeah
10.07.2015 Vizovice (Czech Republic) – Masters Of Rock Festival / http://www.mastersofrock.cz
12.07.2015 Drama (Greece) – Naturart Festival
14.07.2015 Arta (Greece) – Rockin’ Arta 2015
18.07.2015 Chania (Greece) – Chania Rock Festival / http://www.chaniarockfestival.gr
22.07.2015 Ardas (Greece) – Ardas Festival
24.07.2015 Rhodes (Greece) – Colorado Club
29.07.2015 Szekevehersvar (Hungary) – Fezen Fest / http://www.fezen.hu
More dates following soon…
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