Thursday, 4th October 2012
Matt Sorum has talked about Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott's vocals on the Kings Of Chaos version of Deep Purple classic Never Before.
Matt was recently interviewed by Powerline Music Magazine and was asked about his and the band's involvement in the 'Re-Machined - A Tribute To Deep Purple's Machine Head' album.
The Kings Of Chaos version of 'Never Before' is available in the fan pack and the CD was released earlier this week (order links below).
Powerline Music Magazine - Matt Sorum Interview Quotes
"I had a new band that I wanted to kind of experiment recording with and I thought it would be a good opportunity. Get us into the studio, record a track, see what the vibe is. So, that's what we did. And we knocked it out. The only problem was that Joe Elliott was out on the road and how were we gonna get the vocals. But the miracles of modern recording - he was able to record it on a laptop and email it to me, then mixed it and I think it sounds killer."
"The only difference that we did from the original version we took it down a half step, and Ian Gillan [Deep Purple vocalist on Machine Head] was like, man, what a set of pipes. Not that Joe couldn't sing that. Joe's like, 'That might sound heavier, too.' So we tuned down like a half step to get a little bit of a heavier vibe. It really reminded me of Joe's older style. like the way he sang on some of his earlier records before Pyromania and stuff. So Joe just gave it a rock n' roll feel. It was really cool. It wasn't as produced as Def Leppard. You know, Def Leppard is heavily produced and Joe just gave it a rough and ready track."
Read the full interview at - powerlinemag.com
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