REUNION, NEW ALBUM & SUMMER SHOW DATES
"BACK TO THE RHYTHM" DUE OUT MID-SUMMER ON SHRAPNEL RECORDS
(updated July 11, 2007)
HOLLYWOOD (April 17, 2007) - Since reuniting in January '07 to perform
a benefit concert, GREAT WHITE has moved forward and hit the
studio for their first album in 8 years. "It's just like old times," states
lead singer, Jack Russell. "There's a bond that forms between people that
is very special. I've missed my friends."
2007 marks GREAT WHITE'S 25th Anniversary, so original members
Jack Russell (vocals), Mark
Kendall (lead Guitar), Audie Desbrow
(drums), Michael Lardie (Guitar/keyboards)
and Sean McNabb (bass) have been in studio
the last few months writing and recording. Back To The Rhythm is
being mixed, produced, and engineered by band member Michael Lardie while
collectively all are adding their sounds to the mix. "The new songs sound
fresh to me, very GREAT WHITE, but with an approach of what we sound like
in a live performance situation," explains Michael Lardie. "Kendall and
I are having fun channeling our Stones roots and playing off each other
in the Richards/Woods tradition."
With it being their anniversary year and a new album in tow, GREAT WHITE
is once again ready to rock all summer long. The band will hit the road
for summer shows Nation wide to support their new album Back To The
Rhythm [Shrapnel Records] as well as slam out all their greatest hits
the fans know and love.
The Southern California blues-rock band first took a bite out of the
rock scene in 1984 and since then has achieved worldwide success, encompassing
sales of over six million records. They received a Grammy Award nomination
for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" and
earned a double platinum certification for the album "…Twice Shy". The
soulful, blues-based signature sound that turned songs like "Face The
Day", "Rock Me" and "Save Your Love" into international hits, can also
be found on the new songs which are currently being mixed by the band's
keyboard player Michael Lardie.
The late 80's were boom years for the band, marked by non-stop touring
with some of the biggest bands of the era and playing also in Europe and
Japan. GREAT WHITE recorded two more albums for Capitol - Hooked,
which was certified gold and Psycho City. Although Capitol issued
a Best Of compilation in 1993, Great White had already departed
the label to begin work on their next studio release, Sail Away,
released on Zoo Records in 1994 supporting it with relentless touring.
Their next release, Let It Rock in 1996.
GREAT WHITE then signed with Portrait Records, an imprint founded by
A&R guru John Kalodner that featured fellow hard rock acts such as Ratt.
Can't Get There From Here was released in 1999 and is the band's
last studio opus thus far.
Shrapnel Records is releasing the newest album July 17, 2007.
It is available through Amazon.com
for pre-order now.
For more information keep watching www.mistabone.com.
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Jack and Michael with Eddie Trunk
Posted Sunday, January 27, 2008 by Mia If you missed Jack and Michael on Eddie Trunk's show January 21 (yeah, I know... no one told me about it either!), it will be rebroadcast Monday, February 4 between 6-10p on XM radio channel 41. It was actually an interview with Bret Michaels, but Jack and Michael dropped in for the last hour.
If you don't have XM Radio, you can subscribe to the online broadcasts for $12.95 per month.
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