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 in 2007. It is available through Amazon.com for pre-order now.
JACK, ITS CAPT. RON....I LOVE YOU MAN... I MISS THE DAY, I WISH WE COULD HAVE THE OLD TIMES BACK. THE 1ST CONVERSATION WE EVER HAD WAS ABOUT THE DECLINE OF QUALITY FROM THE NEW-AGE. NOW ITS DESTROYED EVERYTHING. I WISH YOU WELL IN THESE BAD TIMES COMING. I HOPE I GET TO SEE YOU AGAIN FRONT ROW CENTER.GROW YOUR HAIR BACK.
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