Generation Wild

Jesse's insats som sångare i Vains of Jenna finns ute på myspace, här.
Sure att subben har bra röst och kan sin sak, men jag föredrar definitivt Lizzy.


Så söt man får vara!

For several years now I've been encouraging people to check out Crazy Lixx. If their full-length debut Loud Minority didn't make you a hardcore fan, perhaps their brand new release New Religion will. As vocalist Danny Rexon explains, the band was re-energized with the arrival of guitarist Andy Dawson, who replaced Vic Zino when he defected to Hardcore Superstar. Picking up the pieces, Crazy Lixx is determined to ascend to the top of the Swedish rock mountain with a new label, new attitude, new outlook and... New Religion.

Sleaze Roxx: You just released New Religion, how pleased are you with how the new CD has turned out?

Danny Rexon: We are very pleased with the results. We set out to do a better album than the first one and I really think we succeeded. I think all the feedback so far is unanimous. I think we have done a lot better on almost all counts, so I'm really happy about it.

Sleaze Roxx: What has actually changed since Loud Minority. Why do you think New Religion is so much better?

Danny Rexon: We have all evolved as musicians and especially the song writing is a lot better, and then we have changed guitarists as you may know. I think that me and Andy Dawson are closer when it comes to musical influences than perhaps me and Vic Zino were, and I think we had a common goal on this one and I think that is one of the reasons it turned out so good. Vocally I think I've grown as well since the last album. We've been playing a lot live and naturally you get better. This time we recorded everything - recorded all the demos for the songs that were supposed to be on the album and many more as well. We kind of knew what we were after even before we stepped into the studio. There was a lot more work behind the songs this time.

Sleaze Roxx: Usually bands have a long time to write for their debut record and then their next one seems kind of rushed, but in your case it doesn't seem like that at all.

Danny Rexon: We knew that there was no point releasing an album that wouldn't be better than the last one. We were in a situation where we had lost a guitarist and with him, at least for my part, I felt that the music, especially the people in the music business, thought Crazy Lixx was something Vic had before he left for a bigger band and that we wouldn't step up without him. So we knew we had to prove them wrong and really make it the best album we could so we didn't rush into anything. We wrote songs for nearly a year and a half. Also, because of the stop that we made when Vic left we had a lot of time to write since we didn't tour as extensively as we wanted to. I think in the end it turned out for the best this way.

Sleaze Roxx: I was going to ask that if Vic leaving gave you more incentive to show him that he was wrong for leaving the band.

Danny Rexon: I think in a sense it did. That and of course when Andy entered he had a lot of useful energy. This was his first album so he wanted to make his debut be the best he could. We were all losing faith when Vic left and when Andy entered we got back that energy and it got us going again.

Sleaze Roxx: So the chemistry within the band has changed quite a bit with Andy?

Danny Rexon: I think, at least for the song writing part, that I write a lot more with Andy than I did with Vic, especially at the end. When we started the band we usually wrote by just jamming out in the studio or something, but at the end, right before we recorded Loud Minority, we started writing more separately and then the songs were like solo efforts, mainly by me. This time, since me and Andy are closer musically, we found each other better in that sense.

Sleaze Roxx: Is there any animosity now between Hardcore Superstar/Vic and you guys?

Danny Rexon: No not at all. We still see him once in a while. He is quite busy with Hardcore Superstar of course, but we've played some gigs with them and there is absolutely no hard feelings at all.

Sleaze Roxx: That's good. On the new record what are some of the songs that really stand out for you?

Danny Rexon: I think some songs are basic Crazy Lixx rock 'n' roll songs and I think the fans will recognize those. But also I think we have broadened the view a little on the song writing. We have a song like The Witching Hour which I feel is among the hardest things we have ever written. On the other hand, songs like She's Mine or What Of Our Love, are very much in the other direction. Also a song like Blame It On Love many have had opinions about it being a lot more AOR than they are used to. For me a good rock song is a good rock song. I'm not really into keeping just a narrow road of sleaze rock and that is all we do. I think that may be a difference, but also I think the album is easier to listen to since there is more diversity in it. Of course there are some songs that I think are really a lot better than anything on the old album. Still the old album had some strong songs but overall I think the quality has improved on the new album.

Sleaze Roxx: I thought you were starting to sound a little more like classic Def Leppard on this album.

Danny Rexon: There are obvious connections in songs like My Medicine for example. We have also been working a lot on the backing vocals and big choruses.

Sleaze Roxx: You've always had that, the big choruses and the huge harmonies.

Danny Rexon: We have always tried to get that and I think we are even one step closer now. Both the band and Chris Laney love that kind of sound so that was what we were going for. Myself, I've practiced a lot, listening to lots of that kind of music, figuring out how they did it. So that is something that we've tried to add to this album as well.

Sleaze Roxx: This is the second time you have worked with Chris Laney. How important is he to the Crazy Lixx sound?

Danny Rexon: This time we recorded a lot of demos. We had a somewhat clear view of what we wanted. But then of course a lot of things change when you go into the studio and his input I think is what makes the songs really stand out for themselves because we had more of a common sound on every song - just plug in the electric guitar and put on some distortion and then we started playing. When Laney starts to work with it he finds all those special sounds and clean guitars and all those things and harmonies, so without him it wouldn't be the same album - no doubt about it. I knew that before we went into the studio there was going to be some big changes as well. That's not always an easy thing to handle because we listened to the demos probably hundreds of times and after a while you get used to how they sound. But now when I've listened to the finished product for so long that I don't miss what we had on the demos that we left out. Sound wise of course the album is way better.

Sleaze Roxx: Does the title New Religion have any special meaning?

Danny Rexon: For us we left our old label, we changed the line up and we have a somewhat new view on song writing as I said, and going into a new decade, so we wanted to make a statement that this is what we believe in now. Also, a bit away from the sleaze rock genre that we were placed in before. The religion is the same as it was before, just writing great rock songs. We are still trying to do that, but perhaps now we have a different view on it.

Sleaze Roxx: How did you get connected with Frontiers records?

Danny Rexon: It was through our management here in Sweden. We started looking for some Swedish labels. To be honest we didn't know where we stood because we left our former record company, which was Swedmetal, and we were without any label and didn't have management. So we started looking for that first and we got some deals from a couple of minor Swedish labels as well. But we didn't feel like any of them were good enough. Then our manager found this Italian label that we had heard of, but we thought they were a lot more into more melodic AOR stuff. Then the deal turned out very good and I think they have done very much for us so far. I'm really happy with the corporation. Now they are releasing the new album in the US and Japan, for real this time, so I'm really happy about it.

Sleaze Roxx: They are a lot bigger label than Swedmetal so they should be able to able to give you that extra push that you need.

Danny Rexon: Definitely. I think it was a natural step forward for us. But then again, as I said, when we left the old label we didn't know what we were able to get label wise. So we were starting new, and that's some of the meaning behind the New Religion as well. We were a clean sheet and starting all over again basically.

Sleaze Roxx: What plans do you have for filming a video for the new CD?

Danny Rexon: I would like to do as many videos as I can, but naturally there is also the money issue. There is a problem getting air time for videos, especially in Sweden and Europe. I don't know how it is in the US, but usually you can put down thousands of dollars and basically what you are left with is something you can put up on youtube. There aren't many channels playing that kind of music anymore. For me, growing up with MTV and stuff like that, I feel like the band is not really fully real until you get that video out. I guess in the kids view that is not the case anymore. They watch youtube a lot more and personally I watch youtube a lot more than I do those channels. So I would like to record a video, but as of now there are no real plans for it. We will see how it turns out in the future.

Sleaze Roxx: How about touring plans, is there any chance of you coming over to the States?

Danny Rexon: We would very much like that of course, but there is always the problem of the Atlantic ocean and there is a big cost involved. We would have to book a couple of gigs or festivals to make it worthwhile. We are focusing on Europe first of all. For a band from Europe or Sweden to come to America or Japan, it's one of the big steps that you want to do in your career. So we are very much looking forward to it and we hope we can come there this year.

Sleaze Roxx: I first heard the band back in 2004 on the Hollywood Hairspray CD. Did you ever imagine back then that you would be as popular as you are now in such a short time?

Danny Rexon: Actually when we were approached by Perris Records I was all psyched out about it. I was like, 'oh man an American label wants to release our stuff', and back then you were kind of naive and didn't know what to expect, so I thought our break was just behind the corner. But then you realize there is a lot of hard work behind it and I'm quite happy that we have reached this far in the time that we have. The first album, as you say, you have a lot of time to write the songs. Usually you put out a good first album and the second one becomes a disappointment. I think we have grown since that first album into a stronger unit this time. Hopefully we will just carry on and I see a big difference between now and when we released the first album in promotional stuff and all the feedback that we get from everywhere, so I'm really happy about it.

Sleaze Roxx: Another Swedish band Vains Of Jenna just announced that their singer was leaving. How difficult do you think it will be for them to replace him?

Danny Rexon: They have a strong hold in the US so I would imagine they will look for an American singer. But then again there are some good singers in Sweden as well. Given the status they have, they won't have a hard time finding people who want to sing. But of course finding the right guy that goes well into the group and has a good voice, that is another question. I hope for their sake that they do find someone.

Sleaze Roxx: With so many bands in Sweden at the moment is there a lot of competition between them all?

Danny Rexon: There is extreme competition in Sweden I would say. We are 9 million people here and sometimes it feels like when you are doing a gig probably half of them in the audience are people from other bands. So you do get the feeling there is a lot of competition. Right now we have bands like Crashdiet and Hardcore Superstar here and also, even if they are a bit different in the style, bands like HEAT for example, they are all bands we have known since they were demo bands and they have grown quite big in a short period of time as well. At the same time it's cool to be part of the movement because when you do interviews with people outside of Sweden and Scandinavia, people often talk about Sweden as the leading country in this new wave.

Sleaze Roxx: It is for sure right now.

Danny Rexon: It's cool to be a part of that but at the same time I think the competition might have something to do with it because I know a lot of bands that are good by international standards but in Sweden you have to be very good to make it because there are a lot of bands about. That is the reason also that Sweden might be on the front line of this new movement because of the hard competition.

Sleaze Roxx: Why are there so many bands coming from Sweden these days?

Danny Rexon: I don't know. Music has always been a big export for Sweden. Not only rock, but pop music as well. There have been bands like Europe to look up to and try to make it as big as they did. So why, I'm not sure really, because I wouldn't say there are more opportunities for education or anything like that. Of course I don't know how it is in other countries but I didn't see a lot of support when we were starting out as a new band. You just had to work really hard and play those small gigs for 10 people or something and slowly work it up. Of course we have had a renaissance of new festivals which I think helped a lot. When the Sweden Rock Festival for example started to bring in the old bands in the same style I think people really got the attention that there are still good bands around in that style of music. I think that the festivals might have helped a bit. The hard rock community in Sweden has always been strong no matter what trends are going through.

Sleaze Roxx: The Sweden Rock Festival always seems like it would be the best one to go to. I don't know if you would get away with a festival like that in America because it has so many diverse bands

Danny Rexon: Obviously it has worked. It's been around for very long time. This year they have booked Guns N' Roses and Aerosmith as two of their headliners. I know that they are very expensive bands to book, especially for a country like Sweden. Sweden Rock has perhaps 25,000 people coming so it's not like a really big festival, but in Swedish measurements it's definitely the biggest. I know it attracts people from all over Europe. Somehow they managed to book all those great bands. Really they get all the audience every year, year after year. I hope we get to play there this year as well. We played there once before and that was on a very small stage. Hopefully we will get to play one of the ordinary stages this summer.

Sleaze Roxx: I've always felt that Crazy Lixx, Hardcore Superstar and Crashdiet are the bands to watch in Sweden right now. What do you think of that, would you agree?

Danny Rexon: That would probably be right. If you ask people in Sweden they would probably not say Crazy Lixx as often. But I hope after this album that we are among the three big so to speak. Vains Of Jenna of course are always in there but truth to be told they are a lot bigger in the US than they are in Sweden.

Sleaze Roxx: I know it's early, but do you already have new ideas for songs?

Danny Rexon: We do have some new ideas but right now there is a lot of promotional stuff to be done and there hasn't really been much time to write. I think we will get through it as soon as we can because I know if this album goes as well as I hope we will probably have to release an album shortly again. There are still some songs that we didn't record for this album but they may get real good if we just re-work them a bit. So there is still some material left that we can do. Our target for the next album is to be even better than this one.

Sleaze Roxx: Do you plan on putting out some of those songs, maybe as B-sides?

Danny Rexon: We have had some thoughts about it but there is always the cost involved in recording and you have to take some time off and do it. We have one bonus track that will be released in Japan because they always demand some kind of bonus over there. Apart from that we haven't recorded anything else, so to be able to release something extra we would have to re-record it again. But we will see, maybe.

Sleaze Roxx: Anything else you want to say to the fans?

Danny Rexon: We hope to come to the US this summer, or maybe this fall. One of the big festivals would be great. We were booked on Rock Gone Wild last year, which didn't turn out very good, but hopefully we can get some real booking this time.

Sleaze Roxx: Hopefully you didn't have to spend any money for that festival.

Danny Rexon: No, we kind of figured there was something fishy going on so we cancelled it about a week before it all unfolded that there was a scam going on. So we didn't lose anything. If anything we actually got some free promotion because they wrote about all the bands being booked over there on the forums and stuff so our name was mentioned on quite a few forums.

A one of a kind guitar hand-painted by Tommy Lee is being sold at this eBay.com location.

The Motley Crue drummer was one of over 60 musicians who illustrated and sculpted guitars for 'Six-String Masterpieces: The Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute' in 2007. The guitars were created as a tribute to Pantera's Dimebag Darrell who was murdered in Columus, Ohio on December 8, 2004 while performing live with Damageplan. All proceeds from the 'Sex-String Masterpieces' went to Little Kid's Rock, a charity bringing free music to low-income kids.

According to the auction, this guitar is one of the Dean Six-String Masterpieces that were auctioned at House Of Blues Sunset Strip, Hollywood on May 17, 2007. These are hand painted by famous musicians and artists. There were only 69 guitars in total done. Only 1 of each guitar was ever created. This auction was done as tribute to Dimebag Darrell of Pantera and Damageplan. All proceeds from the auction went to "Little Kids Rock." Neal's Music bid on and won 6 of these guitars. We are now making these available for sale to the general public.

For more photos and information on this rare guitar visit www.ebay.com

Former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan recently joined Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx and Kerri Kasem
on the radio show Sixx Sense.

MetalSludge.tv skriver: VAINS OF JENNA introduce new front man lead vocalist Jesse Forte.

It was just 10 days ago that VAINS OF JENNA announced the departure of their long time friend, Swedish comrade and vocalist Lizzy DeVine. However, it's a new day, change is now and we are proud to introduce to you Jesse Forte the new lead singer and front man for VAINS OF JENNA.

Jesse Forte was raised in Orange County California and comes from a musical back ground. He attended music school at MI, played in a slew of bands since a teenager and even admits he pan-handled on the corner playing guitar for money. Jesse says: "I am a performer first. Whether it be 5 people, or 5,000 - I am embrace that opportunity to sing and play music." The bands newest member was born in Arkansas but moved to the West Coast at a very young age. Eventually Hollywood's music scene came calling and Jesse started killing and thrilling crowds on the Sunset Strip.

"We first saw Jesse in 2009 when his band opened for us at the 'Cat Club'. And he blew us away." Says VAINS OF JENNA co-founder and bassist JP White. Jesse is unique for sure. Imagine Steven Tyler's charisma and Chris Cornell's voice mixed in a blender with a pair of nunchakus - add pinch of Brandon Lee and you get Jesse Forte. The bands new voice has studied the martial arts since his youth.

The Swedish rockers have had lots of success during their young career in the states. So, this was no doubt a big blow - but the band refused to lay down and die. "It's not in my blood to stop doing what I started. I love music, I live music, and this is what I do." Says Nicki Kin the bands key song writer and multi instrumentalist. Kin plays lead guitar, piano and has in the last year; even shared some lead vocal duty in VAINS OF JENNA. The band has lived the American dream by touring on the biggest of stages, appearing on the hippest TV shows, and gracing the pages of countless magazines. But that was yesterday, and today is a new day. "We embrace this change, and we welcome Jesse into our family." Says the band.

VAINS OF JENNA first burst into the music world when Kin & drummer Jacki Stone were still in High School. Gigs on the weekends, rehearsals at night and school all day. Jacki says: "Thank God that is behind us, I never liked school much and had no interest to be a factory worker. I pursued music very early and have no plans to quit." The youngest and self taught drummer has been playing in bands with Kin since they were in the 4th grade. Stone's brother White has this outlook: "We're not a Hollywood band or a Swedish band either. We're just a rock band. We want to see the world. And I speak for all of us when I say - we cannot wait for the world to see us."

"Vi är väldigt nöjda med inspelningen och ser fram emot att få höra vad lyssnarna har att säga." säger Crash från H.E.A.T. "Olyckligtvis har skivsläppet blivit försenat eftersom att inspelningsföretagen i Japan och Europa vill ha en synkronitiserad release." avslutar han.

Det är planerat att nya albumet Freedom Rock släpps 12 maj istället för 8 april på Sweden Rock kryssningen som det tidigare var sagt.

H.E.A.T kommer uppträda på kryssningen med både gammalt och nytt material för att bemöta alla de som köpt biljetter och folk kommer få möjligheten att förbeställa plattan på kryssningen. Singeln Beg, beg, beg från Freedom Rock kommer finnas tillgänglig i limited edition ombord på båten.

Jona Tee från H.E.A.T säger "Vi vill vara där och och festa med alla de som köpte biljetter till kryssningen på grund av oss, och vi hoppas att dom har tålamod att vänta några veckor till på albumet."

Ratt har släppt en video till Best of Me, den första på Infestation.


[Mer info om skivsläppet finns här]


iTunes släpper en special edition av Infestation som inkluderar följande bonus-track's:

Scatter
You Think You're Tough (live from the Rockline Studio)
Tell The World (live from the Rockline Studio)
Way Cool Jr. (live from the Rockline Studio)

Kan förbeställas här.

Det går gått mer än ett år sedan Sister Sin's 'Switchblade Serenades' kom ut och bandet jobbar nu på uppföljaren,
'True Sound of the Underground' som får en 2010-release.

Sen i början av februari har dom jobbat på nya plattan med Henrik Edenhed i Studio 301 utanför stockholm.
Lite foton och inspelnings-snuttar finns i denna video:

Skyltarna har börjat komma upp runtom i stan, snart är det dags.
Svenska tatueringsmässan 2010.

Utöver tattoo-båsen, stånden, baren etc var det Dregen 2008, Sköna fakirer 2009 & i år blir det
Burlesque. Fan va nice det ska bli, jag har ärligt talat aldrig sett en riktig burlesqueshow. Jag
hoppas innerligt att det är några fina brudar istället för kärringarna vart egentliga jobb är att
prenta in att alla är vackra på sitt sett, vem som helst kan göra burlesque sexigt. Tanken bakom
det hela är jättefin och bra, men det här ska ju fan vara show! Även om alla kan, är det ju vissa
man föredrar.

Hittade en film jag spelade in förre året dära, men jag kan fan inte komma ihåg ens vad snubben
jag snackade med heter.



Det enda jag kommer ihåg är att en viss persons borttappade väska hittades upp och att hon fick
mig att gå upp och hämta den bland garv på scenen. Sikken tur att du har mig ibland!

Första albumet på över 10 år – den 20:e april släpper Ratt sitt nya album Infestation.
Hittills finns två låtar uppe, Eat Me Up Alive och Best of Me (släpptes som singel 2:a februari).

Förbeställ här.
Dock ligger leveranstiden på 1-6 veckor


Tracklist:

01. Eat Me Up Alive
02. Best of Me
03. A Little Too Much
04. Look Out Below
05. Last Call
06. Lost Weekend
07. As Good as it Gets
08. Garden of Ede
09. Take a Big Bite
10. Take Me Home
11. Don’t Let Go


Eat Me Up Alive låter riktigt schysst enligt mig.
Best Of Me funkar. Jag blev fan positivt överraskad
och mina förväntningar höjdes. En månad kvar nu!

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Hittade en intervju på Sleaze Roxx med Carlos Cavazo om nya albumet, hans start i Ratt efter Corabi
& endel snack om DeMartini. Interesting.

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CARLOS CAVAZO INTERVIEW:

Websites: www.therattpack.com - www.myspace.com/officialcarloscavazo
Interviewer: Ruben Mosqueda

If you would have told me five years ago that Carlos Cavazo would be playing alongside Warren DeMartini in Ratt I would have said you're crazy. Maybe I shouldn't have been too surprised, because Ratt landed John Corabi, right? Exit Corabi and enter former Quiet Riot guitarist Carlos Cavazo, who to his credit fits in perfectly. Recently we were granted an opportunity to interview Carlos Cavazo as well as an opportunity to listen to the upcoming Ratt album Infestation. It's Ratt doing what they do best, playing their brand of hard rock or 'Ratt 'N' Roll' if you will. Infestation will not disappoint, it's throwback to the glory days of Ratt. Let's get to the interview shall we?

Sleaze Roxx: Shortly after John Corabi left Ratt your name was mentioned as a potential replacement. How did you land the gig and did you have to audition?

Carlos Cavazo: I did go through an audition process. I think the guys just wanted to check me out, as you can probably guess I got to know the guys during my time in Quiet Riot. Anyway, they just wanted to see what I looked like these days. I hadn't seen them in about ten years and I could have been 500 pounds for all they knew. Funny story about the audition, as I wrapped my audition the first day George Lynch and Zakk Wylde were in the studio too! I thought they were there to audition. We were trying to keep it quiet that I was auditioning and I run into those guys. As it turned out they were there rehearsing with their respective bands and they happen to be there at the same time as us.

Sleaze Roxx: Did you have to think twice about getting involved with Ratt?

Carlos Cavazo: Not really, I mean I know there's problems coming into a band that has been around for twenty plus years. To be honest I was actually hoping that I'd be picked up by a band from the same era as Quiet Riot. In my mind it would be a great fit to be in a band with guys that are from my era and my group. There's really no problems, I seem to fit in better with Ratt than I ever did in Quiet Riot I think. To tell you the truth there are way less problems in this band than with Quiet Riot.

Sleaze Roxx: Quiet Riot and Ratt came up around the same time, where you friendly with them? They were the competition after all.

Carlos Cavazo: Yeah, I met Robbin Crosby and got to know him way before I got to know any of the other guys oddly enough. I used to hang out with Stephen Pearcy a lot in the '80s, I didn't meet Warren DeMartini until the early '90s I think. Warren was actually the guy that called me about the vacancy. He got my number from Vinnie Appice at some club in L.A. that they hung out at. So I knew all the guys and got to know them throughout the years.

Sleaze Roxx: Were you given equal opportunity to write for Infestation? You wrote the new single "Best Of Me" didn't you?

Carlos Cavazo: I did bring in "Best Of Me" as an idea for the album. I think I was given fair opportunity to write. I brought in three song ideas, we all submitted three songs actually, and we picked the best of the batch, I got lucky because one of the ones that I brought in ("Best Of Me") was picked as the lead single. I wrote the music and Stephen wrote the lyrics to it. Everyone had a hand in making the song what it is. I certainly couldn't have done it without these guys.

Sleaze Roxx: I'm curious, the riff on "Best Of Me" sounds eerily familiar, not in the sense that it sounds like a retread, but it has that classic Ratt sound to it. Was that intentional on your part?

Carlos Cavazo: Well, thank you. When we were writing for the album we talked, and the goal was to come up with stuff that was true to the classic Ratt sound and come up with great new songs that weren't '80s sounding but could also fit in with what is current today, and I think we did a pretty good job in that regard. I think we have a good '80s sound with new great songs, is what it is to me. It kind of fell into place because we are from the same era, everything just fell into place. Warren and I love the same guitarists, we like the same stuff, there's chemistry there and I think you can hear it on the album as well as live.

Sleaze Roxx: How was it working with producer Elvis Baskette, who has worked with Nu-Metal bands, and how did you narrow it down to him?

Carlos Cavazo: Warren and Bobby Blotzer selected him I believe. I liked working with him, he had a lot of great ideas. He got the best out of us that's for sure.

Sleaze Roxx: How different is it going from a band where you were the lone guitarist to sharing duties with Warren DeMartini?

Carlos Cavazo: It was strange when I first came into the band. I was just learning the lead parts for some reason. I had to go back and relearn everything. I was so used to being the sole guitarist that it was new. With Ratt's music there's two guitars constantly playing something and the parts I learned were the ones that I played off the top of my head when I heard the record. Those were Warren's parts I guess! On the new album we both share leads, I think he plays more of them than I do, about 10% more. When we recorded the solos we were both in the studio together and when we had an idea we'd lay it down. Some of the solos we even did together, like the harmony parts, and some of them he'd play at the beginning, I'd take the end or the middle, and likewise.

Sleaze Roxx: So it was whatever fit the particular song then?

Carlos Cavazo: Yeah we'd talk about it a little bit. 'You do something here, I'll do something there', stuff like that.

Sleaze Roxx: How are the solos being divided up in live setting? I ask because I haven't seen Ratt since you joined.

Carlos Cavazo: Basically Warren was giving me all of the solos that Robbin would do live and couple others. I'd rather have him do the solos on the older stuff because one, they are his, and two, that's the stuff that people remember when we play the songs and they want to hear that. I'm a different type of player and I have a different sound, I can't say they'd sound exactly the same as how he'd do them, you know.

Sleaze Roxx: Without a doubt there's likely a summer tour in the works. There's a rumor that you guys will be hitting the road with Cinderella? Can you confirm that?

Carlos Cavazo: We haven't looked into anything yet. They're tossing around different things. There has been talk about doing something with Cinderella, Scorpions and possibly Aerosmith. We're not sure right now, so I can't give you a definitive answer right now as far as who we'll be going out with. We're just throwing a few things out there and we'll see what we come up with.

Sleaze Roxx: Fair enough. What are a couple of standout tracks on Infestation?

Carlos Cavazo: On the new record? One of my favorites is a song Bobby Blotzer brought in, "Look Out Below", and I obviously like the stuff I brought in. I also like one that Stephen and Warren brought in, the only slow song on the album, it's called "Take Me Home." It has a really good feel to it and I've been listening to that one a lot lately.

Sleaze Roxx: What about two classics that you really love playing live?

Carlos Cavazo: A classic that I really enjoy playing live is "Lay It Down." I really, really like that song.

Sleaze Roxx: What's your current relationship with Frankie Banali and Rudy Sarzo?

Carlos Cavazo: I've always had a great relationship with Rudy, I love Rudy, he's like my best friend. I had a falling out with Frankie and Kevin DuBrow there at the end, and Rudy as well. I don't wish anyone any ill will, they've been my friends for 25 years, they're like my family for half my life. I just felt, for me, it was time to move on. I hadn't spoken to this guys... I hadn't spoke to Kevin for four years prior to his death. Last I spoke with Frankie was at Kevin's funeral service, we're not on a speaking terms Frankie and I. I do wish him the best you know.

Sleaze Roxx: Oddly enough your brother Tony Cavazo and Rudy's brother Robert Sarzo played in Hurricane with now Foreigner singer Kelly Hansen. What's your brother up to these days?

Carlos Cavazo: My brother does a couple things these days. He plays in a country band with actor W. Earl Brown who starred in the series Deadwood. He plays in his backing band Sacred Cowboys. He also has a couple of rock bands going on at the same time. He's staying busy that's for sure.

Sleaze Roxx: It's great to hear that he's still active.

Carlos Cavazo: Yeah, he is. I still hope to do something with him in the future. I still jam with Tony and Steve Cuadros of the band Snow, the band that I was in before Quiet Riot.

Sleaze Roxx: Which leads me to this question. Is there a chance that Snow will ever do anything together again?

Carlos Cavazo: We talk about that every once in a while, we're not going to reinvent the wheel or nothing like that. We might do a couple of reunion shows and play some of the old songs and reminisce with some of the old fans. There's nothing in the works at this time, we talk about it and it will likely happen down the road I'm sure. We'll have to find a singer, he's AWOL and I think he's had some health problems and I don't think he could do it anymore.

Sleaze Roxx: With that I thank you and before I go I'd like to say that Infestation is a solid album.

Carlos Cavazo: Thank you for your support and definitely come out and see us this summer.

Denna dag släpps Craxy Lixx andra platta New Religion.
Finns att köpa på Ginza, Cdon & Amazon


01. Rock and a Hard Place
02. My Medicine
03. 21 ‘Til I Die
04. Blame it on Love
05. Road to Babylon
06. Children of the Cross
07. The Witching Hour
08. Lock up Your Daughter
09. She’s Mine
10. What of Our Love
11. Desert Bloom
12. Voodoo Woman

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Crazy Lixx bildades år 2002 i Malmö av sångaren Danny Rexon och gitarristen Vic Zino. Efter att ha jobbat sig uppåt och bland annat spelat på Sweden Rock släpptes debutplattan Loud Minorty i November 2007. Den fick ett fantastiskt mottagande från både media och fans och nådde en 2:a plats på Svenska hårdrockslistan. Mitt under julrushen lyckades den dessutom knipa en placering på Svenska albumlistan.


Efter Loud Minority turnéns framgångar fick gitarristen Vic Zino erbjudande om att ta över gitarren i Hardcore Superstar, så sättningen på nya plattan består av sångaren Danny Rexon, trummisen Joél Cirera, basist Loke Rivano, och den suveräna gitarristen Andy Dawson.

Bandet spenderade hela 2008 och 2009 med att turnéra Europa runt, jobbade hårt med att skriva nytt material för det nya albumet och med att definera sin egen stil. De har tidigare blivit jämförda med band som Def Leppard, KISS och Skid Row men har nu mognat och utvecklats på ett personligt och melodiskt “Sleeze-Arena/Hårdrocksvis”.
Det färdiga reslutatet innehåller tolv extremt starka låtar, inspelade i legendariska Polar Studios i Stockholm tillsammans med producenten Cris Laney (Europe, Crashdïet, Candlemass).

“Vårt mål med den nya plattan var att förbättra oss på alla plan, och det har vi verkligen gjort. Vi kan knappt hålla oss tills vi får spela dessa låtar live!” säger Danny Rexon.

 

Tänkte bara informera om att Crashdïets nya album Generation Wild släpptes idag.
Finns att köpa online på Ginza & Cdon för 149 spänn.

Tracklist:

1. ARMAGEDDON
2. SO ALIVE
3. GENERATION WILD
4. REBEL
5. SAVE HER
6. DOWN WITH THE DUST
7. NATIVE NATURE
8. CHEMICAL
9. BOUND TO FALL
10. BEAUTIFUL PAIN

Ingen kan ju riktigt ersätta Dave, men enligt mig gör Simon Cruz en jävligt bra insats.
Överträffade fan mina förväntningar!
Dock gillar jag inte riktigt omslaget.. men man kan inte få allt.