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Whole Lotta Love

Album: Outta Ya Mind

Released: Apr 17, 2007

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Whole Lotta Love
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2 cool for school
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GIRLZILLA
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General Info

Genre: Rock
Location ALBUM OUT NOW!, AU
Profile Views: 113703
Last Login: 11/2/2010
Member Since 11/23/2005
Website www.theandroids.com
Record Label Sony/BMG
Type of Label Major
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.. .. .. .. .. .. ...... ..SIGN UP FOR THE ANDROIDS NEWSLETTER .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....READ ARTICLE.... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....MORE DETAILS.... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....MORE INFO.... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. TO HEAR THE ANDROIDS ON YOUR RADIOS VOTE AT:.. .... ..Hot 30.. Phone: 1800 1511 00.. Online: ....www.2dayfm.com.au/shows/hot30...... SMS: 1999 30 30.. .. ..The List.... Phone: 1300 369 099.. Online: ....www.thelist.net.au/request.asp...... SMS: Text "Add" and song to 19 76 23 28.. .. ..TO WATCH THE ANDROIDS ON YOUR TELEVISIONS VOTE AT:...... ..Video Hits.... Online: ....www.videohits.com.au/request.php...... .. ..Channel V.... Online: ....channelv.com.au/V/Requests.aspx...... Email: ..whatuwant@channelv.com.au .... SMS: 1999 6969.. Phone: 1902 220 330.. .. ..Max.... Online: ....maxtv.com.au/Max/Default.aspx...... .. ..MTV.... Online: ....www.mtv.com.au...... .. ..VH1.... Online: ....www.vh1.com.au/ontv/...... .. ..Eclipse TV.... Online: ....www.eclipsemusictv.com.au/ ...... ..'Don't Miss You' single in stores and online June 2.... ...... ..WHOLE LOTTA LOVE.. IN STORES THIS SATURDAY 12/5!! .. .. .. After a three year break, ..The Androids.. return to the fast lane with a thumping rock radio song called ..Whole Lotta Love....... It is typical of ..The Androids.. style; draw the listener in with a gorgeous singalong pop melody and then slam in some party-wrecking guitar chords. Right from the start of their career, ..The Androids.. had one basic philosophy: take no prisoners (but have fun while you;re doing it). .. .. ..Whole Lotta Love.. is the first single off their second album ....Outta Ya Mind...., which is due in winter. .. .. It coincides with ..The Androids.. return to live action. They're opening on ..P!NK..'s 33 shows until June, and then launch their own headliner tours around the country. Trips to the UK, Europe and the United States are being negotiated. .. .. So how did ..The Androids'.. new single share its title with that ..Led Zeppelin.. anthem which launched the term heavy metal? .. .. Explains band singer, guitarist and songwriter Tim Henwood, "I was playing guitar with ..Rogue Traders.. who of course had that huge hit ....Voodoo Child..... I was explaining to James Ash of the ..Traders.. how Jimi Hendrix had a song with that title, and he had no idea! He's such an avid dance music fan that he'd never heard the Hendrix song. .. .. "I thought that was so hilarious, so I decided I'd write a song with a title of another well known rock anthem. It was purely a flippant thing. I meant to change the title but never got around to it. I wrote it with James Kempster, with whom I played in Mark Seymour's band." .. .. Tim adds, "..Led Zeppelin's.. version was about sex. Mine is about loving other people and breaking down barriers." .. .. Don't take for granted what you got in your life.. Who do you turn to when nothing feels right Someone who holds you and makes you believe.. It's alright, it's alright.. People telling you what's right and what's wrong.. You've been hearing it for way too long.. Don't spend your whole life thinking you don't belong.. It's alright.. We gotta whole lotta love!" .. .. The ....Outta Ya Mind.... album sees ..The Androids.. focus on their strengths. The world of ..The Androids.. is a land of teen angels with dirty faces, where the kids are always alright, and ..Kiss.., ..Foo Fighters.., ..Smashing Pumpkins.., ..Slade.. and ..Cheap Trick.. rule the jukebox. .. .. The band burst onto the scene a few years ago with the single ....Do It With Madonna.... from their self titled debut album. They were formed by Tim Henwood and drummer Marty Grech. Both had begun to play around Melbourne clubs in their early teens and become best of friends. .. .. Tim also played with ..The Superjesus.. for a time, and co-wrote the bulk of their ....Jet Age.... album. He quit to devote his time to ..The Androids.., which also includes bassist Matt Tomlinson and guitarist Sam Grayson. .. .. Their Androids's reputation for aggressive take-no-prisoners live shows hit saw them play their dream gig; opening for their idols ..Kiss.. in Melbourne. When ....Do It With Madonna.... became a Top 10 hit in Britain, the band toured there to huge success. "We were getting mobbed on the street," Tim remembers. They played the Millennium Dome to a crowd of 80,000. .. .. Remembers Marty, "..The Androids.. really found ourselves during that UK tour. We had the best time of our lives." .. .. But things went quiet afterwards, while ..The Androids.. unplugged themselves from their former record label, management and record production team. During that time, Tim went off to play with ..Rogue Traders.., Marty bought a bar and Matt and Sam played with other groups. They also began working on a second album, which they scrapped when they realised it was probably too self indulgent. .. .. But in early 2006, all the planets began aligning again. They signed with a new record label in ..SonyBMG.. and new management with ..Peppermint Blue... Going back to reacting to their instincts gave ..The Androids.. a will to survive. Work on ....Outta Ya Mind.... started in Melbourne's Sing Sing studios. Co-producing with Tim was U.S. producer Klaus Derendorf, who previously worked with ..Aerosmith.. and ..Santana... .. .. The sessions sizzled so much that recording and mixing was completed in four weeks. .. .. "We knew we wanted to make a contemporary rock album that we could take back to the world," says Tim."We had 30 songs to choose from - almost three albums' worth - and each one of those songs had to justify their existence on the record." .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. ..
Members
..Tim Henwood .. ....Lead Singer and guitar.. ........Marty Grech.. ....Drums.. ........Matt Tomlinson.. ....Bass.. ........Sam Grayson.. ....Guitar and backing vocals ....
Influences
Cheap Trick, Devo, Blondie, The Police, Foo Fighters, QOTSA, KISS, AC/DC, Midnight Oil, Aerosmith, Slade, Rose Tattoo, Adam Gilchrist, Alice Cooper, The Beach Boys, Shane Warne, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Horsehead, David Bowie, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Sounds Like
The Androids ‘Outta Ya Mind’ Heady rush. Speed and post punk sass. Melbourne’s ‘The Andriods’ fuse a contemporary freshness with strong traces of commendable retro; a rare place, these days, where were a ferocious enthusiasm for life on some kind of edge is married to a sense of melody that survives even the most frantic riffing. There’s a simplicity here that now seems rare. You might see it in the song titles – there is even a ‘Whole Lotta Love’, for Chrissake, which is accompanied by ‘2 Cool For School’, ‘On the Radio’, ‘Teenage Romeo’, ‘You’re So Hardcore’ and the highly self explanatory title track. Those believing that a certain naiveté is strongly hinted here would certainly have a point. I do not know the exact geographical locale of ‘The Androids’ but, listening to this lively collection, I can’t help but think of some lost chick lined beach where beery barbies last deep into the night and small town disputes bubble and fizz in the undertone. This is a place where Ramones meet Undertones, where Dickies meet Green Day; a place where Avril Lavigne might dream. What is curious is the fact that such a band should be largely ignored in the UK, which is a scene desperate for a band that achieves a simplistic vision with such a natural elegance. In a land where post teen loitering appears to be locked in the staid expression on McFly, we should be welcoming a band such as The Androids, who add a cinematic vision – and a genuine talent for primal melody – to juvenile thrash. The answer may lie in the unhappy dismissal the UK appears to hold for the vast and various scenes from the big Australian cities. When one thinks of the punk legacy, from The Saints, Radio Birdman to half of AC/DC, arguably the greatest unpretentious rock out band of all time, it seems off to see bands like The Androids cast adrift. I have played this, in the car, in front rooms, at discos and it always forces a smile. That’s the true retro nature of this exceptional album…carrying the listener to the beauty of lost innocence. And, boy, in these austere days of belt tightening realism, do we need to relax a little. Chill out, slap on Androids and enjoy the view. - Mick Middles (The Guardian) (largest daily newspaper in UK)