{"id":14399,"date":"2020-12-12T21:59:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T21:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=14399"},"modified":"2020-12-12T21:59:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T21:59:05","slug":"two-giants-of-metal-george-lynch-jeff-pilson-reteam-for-a-killer-covers-album-heavy-hitters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2020\/12\/12\/two-giants-of-metal-george-lynch-jeff-pilson-reteam-for-a-killer-covers-album-heavy-hitters\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Giants Of Metal GEORGE LYNCH & JEFF PILSON Reteam For A Killer Covers Album ‘Heavy Hitters’!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0Guitar-shredding virtuoso George Lynch has reteamed with former Dokken bandmate Jeff Pilson for a set of new studio recordings that turn pop music classics into powerful metal anthems! The two have previously made metal magic together as a duo on the 2003 album\u00a0Wicked Underground<\/em>, which was recently reissued on vinyl, as well as with other projects such as T&N and The End Machine. But this new batch of recordings, entitled appropriately enough\u00a0Heavy Hitters<\/em>, stands apart not only for its outstanding roster of players and vocalists including head Bulletboy Marq Torien, Fishbone\u2019s Angelo Moore, New Zealand native Wil Martin and drummer Brian Tichy (Whitesnake\/Ozzy) but for the jaw-dropping song selection. If you\u2019ve ever wondered what an amped-up, full-throttle version of Carole King\u2019s \u201cI Feel The Earth Move\u201d or Prince\u2019s \u201cKiss\u201d or Oasis\u2019 \u201cChampagne Supernova\u201d or Madonna\u2019s \u201cMusic,\u201d then this is the album for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


As a special treat, the band has released the first single from the album – a powerful rendition of Duran Duran\u2019s \u201cOrdinary World\u201d – featuring Martin on vocals, offering just a small taste of what\u2019s in store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


As Lynch himself explains, \u201cI was never a huge Duran Duran fan but I always loved this song. It was just so majestic and emotional. It was an honor and a challenge to cover it in that we had to thread the needle between respecting the original vision of the arrangement but putting our stamp on it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Pilson, meanwhile, says \u201cThe purpose of this whole record, besides having a lot of fun making it, was to take amazing hit songs and interpret them in a way that was true to the greatness of the original but that also brought something new and fresh to the song. \u2018Ordinary World\u2019 is such a great melodic and emotional song, a song I think George and I have always loved. We just wanted to add some heaviness, a little George Lynch soulful playing and then let Wil fly with that phenomenal voice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Stream the single:<\/strong>https:\/\/orcd.co\/george_lynch_jeff_pilson_ordinary_world<\/a>
Heavy Hitters<\/em>\u00a0will be available on both CD in a deluxe digipak and on limited edition colored vinyl starting December 18, courtesy of Deadline Music, a subsidiary of Cleopatra Records, Inc.!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Order the album:<\/strong>https:\/\/orcd.co\/george_lynch_jeff_pilson_heavy_hitters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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