For “So Good, You Should…”, Michael again teamed up with
guitarist partner BC, Charlotte Tybalt, Dennis Post, Stevie
Rachelle (Tuff), Frankie Muriel and Tod T Burr to release their
first ever covers album which also includes 2 brand-new tracks.
Due to the pandemic making in-person studio recording
impossible, Shameless recorded the recorded the record at 12
different locations all over the world including Munich, Los
Angeles, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Copenhagen and Auckland, New
Zealand.
The band already released the single “Live
Your Dream”
with Charlotte last year in conjunction with Michael's book
“Looking Inside: The Stainless Sensation”, a 500 page deluxe
bound definitive history of John DeLorean, the DMC 12 and the
DeLorean Motor Company.
Charlotte sings 5 of the new tracks plus adding backing vocals
on almost all the other tracks. Like on all Shameless releases, Tuff
singer Stevie Rachelle, sang on a couple of the songs. Kiss legend
Bruce Kulick is featured on a total of 4 songs including
their version of the unreleased
Gene Simmons song “Love is
blind” and the cover of “East Bound And Down” where the band was
joined by Jaret Reddick of Bowling For Soup on vocals. Tracii
Guns appears as well on the new release.
Three more singles and videos will be released in advance to the
album “So Good, You Should” - starting with the track “Shout Out
Loud” on February 4th, 2022!
Check out the first trailer with music from "So Good, You
Should..." below :
January 7 :
Carr Jam - 21 EP out now !! From
:
Jesper Lindgren
Carr Jam – 21 is released today on January 7
Carr Jam – 21 is a project to celebrate the legacy of the late
Eric Carr (KISS 1980-1991).
Today Eric Carr tragically passed away 30 years ago, and we wanted
to do something special.
Together
with some of the most well-known and KISS inspired musicians, we
have recorded 2 songs written by Eric Carr + 2 KISS related bonus
songs.
Carr Jam - 21 EP tracklist
A1 The Eyes Of Love
A2 Love Her All I Can
B1 Can You Feel It ?
B2 Snowblind
Dregen, lead vocals on the EP's last track Snow Blind, comments:
“Snow Blind has always been a hidden treasure in the KISS catalog.
So it was great fun to finally record it. In addition with a bunch
of fantastic musicians who are quite different in many ways, but
have one thing in common - the band KISS! And the proceeds go to
charity. Another proof that musicians, who are hard hit by the
pandemic, find ways to be creative anyway!”
The people behind the project are : Dregen (The Hellacopters,
Backyard Babies), Gustav Kronfelt (video producer), Jolle Atlagic
(Electric Boys, The Quill), Jesper Lindgren (Velvet
Insane), Ryan Roxie (Alice
Cooper / Slash's Snakepit /
Electric Angels), Åge Sten Nielsen (WigWam),
Philip Shouse (Accept,
Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons), Jesper Binzer
(D-A-D) and Martin Ekelund (Bonafide).
January 7 :
KLASSIK'78 "Phantoms" - 3rd Kiss inspired album released From :
klassik78.com
On December 20, 2021 KISS inspired band KLASSIK '78 have released
their third album entitled "Phantoms" which includes 8 new songs all
written and recorded in the iconic musical style of 70's KISS.
The album is available via download at
Amazon.com and
iTunes. The CD version coming in February!
December 28 :
Vinyl Writer Music' Andrew Daly recently interviewed Tommy Thayer
(KISS) and Brian James Fox (White Tiger, Silent Rage) From
:
vwmusicrocks.com Andrew
Daly recently did a couple of interviews for Vinyl Writer Music
which must be interesting for regular visitors of the Kiss Related
Recordings website.
Tommy Thayer provided an in-depth interview about his days in Black
n’ Blue during which time the band released the albums "Black
n' Blue" (1984), "Without
Love" (1985), "Nasty
Nasty" (1986) and "In
Heat" (1988). Black ‘N Blue‘s line-up on
those albums also included Jaime St. James, bassist Patrick Young,
drummer Pete Holmes and guitarist Jeff “Woop” Warner.
Other topics in the interview are the writing and recording sessions
with Gene Simmons for KISS' "Hot In The Shade" album, which lead to
playing on and co-producing
DORO's self titled 1990 album.
You can read the interview with Tommy Thayer at the
Vinyl Writer Music's website.
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The
second interview is with Brian James Fox, best know as the drummer
of Kiss Related bands
WHITE TIGER and
SILENT RAGE.
From a young age, Brian James Fox knew he wanted to play the drums,
and after moving cross-country from Milwaukee to California, cutting
his teeth on the Orange County club circuit, and making his way in
various cover bands to make ends meet, Fox joined forces with
starcrossed guitar virtuoso, and former KISS and Black Sabbath
alumni, Mark St. John, and David Donato, along with Mark’s brother,
Michael Norton, to form
WHITE TIGER.
After eventful auditions for David Lee Roth, and Ozzy Osbourne, Fox
joined the Gene Simmons backed,
SILENT RAGE, and finally seemed to be on a
well-deserved trajectory to stardom, before the Grunge era collided
with the tail end of Hair Metal, and put things to an end once
again.
You can read the interview with Brian James Fox at the
Vinyl Writer Music's website.
December 24 :
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Bruce and Lisa Kulick ! From
:
Bruce Kulick
This years annual Christmas song is very appropriate for all the
travel I have been doing since the middle of 2021. Flying nearly
every week, makes me really happy to be home for Christmas with my
wife Lisa! Performed in our living room, all the B roll footage is
from recent travels and local shops and airports. Thank you to Delta
Airlines for taking good care of me during a hectic travel year.
Special thanks to Lisa, for all her support and love every day!
Merry Christmas from Bruce and Lisa Kulick!
(Song written by Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, and arranged by Joe
Mele).
Bruce Kulick guitar
Lisa Lane Kulick vocals
December 10 :
Carr Jam 21 2nd single "Love Her All I Can" released From
:
Jesper Lindgren Carr
Jam 21 is back with their second single from there self-titled
debut EP and this track features
legendary singer Jesper Binzer
(D-A-D) on lead vocals and Ryan Roxie
(Alice Cooper) on guitar together with members from Bonafide, Velvet
Insane and Electric Boys.
The track is a cover of the KISS classic ”Love Her All I Can”:
”Great to be allowed to get right into an ultimate 70's number -
both classic and naive at the same time. Exactly where glam rock
starts to get cool!! - thank you and enjoy!” - Jesper Binzer.
Carr Jam – 21 is a project to celebrate the legacy of the late Eric
Carr (KISS 1980-1991).
The people behind the project are : Dregen (The Hellacopters,
Backyard Babies), Gustav Kronfelt (video producer), Jolle Atlagic
(Electric Boys, The Quill), Jesper Lindgren (Velvet
Insane), Ryan Roxie (Alice
Cooper / Slash's Snakepit /
Electric Angels), Åge Sten Nielsen (WigWam),
Philip Shouse (Accept,
Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons), Jesper Binzer
(D-A-D) and Martin Ekelund (Bonafide).
The first single "Can You Feel It" is released November 24 -
LISTEN HERE.
The second single "Love Her All I Can" is released December 10 -
LISTEN HERE.
The vinyl "Carr
Jam 21" EP will be released January 7,
2022.
