Eddie Parise well known of Australian band Baby Animals is the new bassplayer for the cottonsoeterboekband.
Eddie replaces Wim den Boer who'd sadly passed away earlier this year.
Eddie will play on the forthcoming album "across the atlantic".

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I N T E R V I E W
Interview Alan Cotton

Hello Alan, thanks for answering a few questions from the French webzine AuxPortesDuMetal.com First of all, tell us a bit about the band members, where they come from and how they decided to form that band?

Vocalist Robert Soeterboek is from Rotterdam, bassist Wim den Boer is from Krimpen, drummer Wilfried Broekman comes from Utrecht and I am guitarist Alan Cotton, originally from Alabama but currently living in Colorado. I had decided to put a new band together and somebody had recommended Robert to me. I gave Robert a call and we hit it off immediately. Soon after that he jumped on a plane and we started writing together. Everything just fell into place after that. Very natural.

To tell you the truth, the name of the band was totally unknown to most of us. Wasn't this a dangerous bet?

Not really. We knew some people would recognize Robert's name from his work with Ayreon and here in the States, my name from Alex Gregory's band and session work. So we didn't worry about it to much.

It turned out that it was a "coup de coeur" on our site, as I gave the album a 17/20. Was this reaction what you experienced worldwide?

The response has been really amazing everywhere. From here in the US to England and all across Europe. I must say the people in France have been so supportive of the band and we have made so many great friends there like you. We just had the idea to make a rock and roll record. We weren't trying to follow any trends or what's fashionable at the time. Just play the music we love and hopefully people would pick up on that. Probably the most fulfilling part of this album is hearing people say how the music has touched them in some way. If you can bring some happiness to a person's life, even if it's for only 32 minutes, well, that's success to me.

The only negative thing I came up with was the length of
the CD I did make a stupid joke that you guys still lived in a vinyl era. (lol)

Ha-ha, I didn't see that but that's great. All our favorite albums only had 8-9 songs on them. The first Bad Company album had only 8 songs on it and I think Zeppelin's In Through The Out Door had 7 songs on it. We promise the next album will have more songs on it.

Speaking about the vinyl world, what are your main influences? You personally? And the other guys?

Well, all the great guitar players, from Jimmy Page, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Tommy Bolin, Robin Trower, Rory Gallagher... they were all major influences on my playing growing up. As far as the band goes, of course we all love Deep Purple, Skynyrd, Bad Company... all the classic bands.

Your guitar sound is great, always very precise, not doing to much, always present. You also have a south-ish sound don't you?

Thank you so much for the kind words. I always try and play what the song calls for, not the other way around. When you do a lot of studio work like I have, you're called upon to play many different styles but this music is what I feel most at home with. I grew up in the South, so that's my background. Southern music has always had a large European influence to it as well.

I really enjoyed Robert's voice. He sounds a lot like one of my favorite singer, David Coverdale. Do you think he'd appreciate the comparison?
The thing about Robert is that's his natural voice. He's such a fantastic, soulful singer. He's not trying to imitate or copy somebody else so I don't think he minds the comparisons. The band often gets compared to Deep Purple meets Lynyrd Skynyrd. Some of the greats. We are flattered and always take it as a compliment.

The keyboard sound is also unbelievable. Is it a real Hammond organ Joost is using?

Good ears. Yeah, Joost is using a real Hammond on the album. He's such a great player. Hopefully he's going to be on the next album and hit the road with us as well. It's just going to depend on our schedule.

The album contains a good lot of excellent songs, who did the song writing?
I usually come up with the music, and Robert writes all the melodies and lyrics.

Do you think the State of Colorado will adopt your song as an anthem? It deserves it, really, why write about a place like Colorado?

That would be great and definitely an honor. I'm currently living in Colorado so it is my adopted state. I had come up with the idea for the music and had just played it for Robert, and then we took a break sitting out in my front yard looking at Pikes Peak Mountain when Robert said "I have it". It literally came together that quickly.

I also enjoyed a lot "Little Sister" and "Pretty Maureen", makes you really feel like you want to meet her (lol)

I really like all the songs on the album so it's hard for me to pick a favorite. That's also why I'm proud of the album, no two songs sound exactly alike. Each song sounds different but together they fit perfectly.

My preferred song with "Colorado" is for sure "The Game". That's a real hit. Did you get any airplay in the US with this? Who wrote that one?

"Set Me Free" was the single here in the States so it got the most airplay followed by "Colorado". I wish we had also released "The Game" as a single because so many people like it. I wrote the music and Robert wrote the lyrics and melodies. It's another song that just came together quickly. Robert and I tend to write very fast together.

What's the plan for you guys now?

Well, right now I'm in the studio working on ideas for the next album. Robert will be back over here next month to finish the writing and shortly after that we should be in the studio tracking. We are trying for a late 2009 or early 2010 release date.

Any plan for a tour? Outside the US?

Because of the delays in getting the first album out, we decided to wait and do a full tour behind the second album. We will have to wait and see who we head out on the road with but have already received offers for some festival shows here and across Europe. Robert and I have talked about it and we are going to try and play at least a few dates in France.

Thanks again for your time, hope to see you live one day, keep rocking.

Thank you and thanks to your readers for taking the time to read this interview. It's webzines like Auxportesdumetal that's helping keep music alive. To any of your readers who haven't checked the band out yet, please stop by our myspace page or website. We would love to hear from you and as always, please support the webzines that support the music you enjoy. Hope to see you all on the road soon.

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Si je vous propose d'aller écouter un CD du Cotton Soeterboek Band, vous allez surement vous trouvé un rendez-vous piscine ou réunion de copropriété. Et bien comme quoi il ne faut jamais se fier aux apparences puisque ce CD "Twisted" n'est pas moins qu'un mini coup de coeur. Alors d'où qu'y sortent ceux là vous me direz? Et bien je vous présente Robert Soeterboek, le chanteur, il a notamment participé à Ayreon et Alan Cotton, guitariste sudiste (Alabama), qui forment donc leur Band et n'ont pas trouvé mieux que ce nom pas super racoleur. Ils sont rejoint par Joost van den Broek aux claviers puis par Mike Davis à la basse et Reynold Carlson à la batterie (remplacés depuis l'album par, respectivement, Wim den Boer et Wilfried Broekman). Voila pour les présentations. Ils avait sorti un EP en 2006 et ils nous présentent enfin leur premier album. Et là, je dois dire qu'on tombe immédiatement sous le charme. En tout cas si vous aimez les voix chaudes et puissantes style Coverdale, si vous aimez à la fois le métal british style Magnum mais aussi le métal sudiste style Lynyrd Skynyrd, et surtout les claviers style Jon Lord alors vous allez, comme moi, tomber raide de ces morceaux au son carré, aux refrains accrocheurs, au chant superbe de Robert, et au son de piano si caractéristique de Deep Purple et des vieux Whitesnake (époque Micky Moody/Bernie Marsden aux guitares). Sur le premier morceau "Colorado", c'est saisissant, le refrain est excellent, l'hallu totale. Sur "Gray and Blue" puis le plus langoureux "Leave Me Blue", ils nous emmènent dans le sud des USA, la guitare assure, l'orgue Hammond s'en donne à coeur joie. Encore un refrain qu'on est pas prêt d'oublier. J'adore le morceau suivant "Little Sister", la voix y est encore plus chaude, bluesy, di diou ! ça sonne comme du bon vieux Whitesnake (je crois que je l'ai déjà dis ça). Je connais pas sa copine Maureen, mais je le regrette en écoutant "Pretty Maureen". C'est basique mais une fois plus, je ne peux empêcher ma tête de bouger d'avant en arrière, mon voisin d'embouteillage me regarde bizarrement. Je parie qu'il connait même pas The Cotton Soeterboek Band le gros naze. Et ça continue comme ça sur "Set Me Free" et "Still Of The Night" ( tiens ça vous rappelle rien ce titre ?), des bons refrains, des riffs carrés, un gros synthé, et une voix magnifique. En plus sur "Still Of The Night", le pianiste lâche un peu son orgue et passe à un bon vieux piano "Lynyrd-ien", c'est très, très bon. Plus bluesy encore. On atteint ma chanson préférée de l'album, "The Game", avec un refrain monstrueux chanté dés l'intro. J'adore ! Le guitariste finalement n'en fait pas des tonnes (pour lui c'est "cotton" - facile celle la) c'est peu être ça aussi la classe, qui sait, aujourd'hui on trouve des rois du shredding à tous les coins de rues. Il assure, des gros riffs, et quelques rares soli. Le dernier morceau donne le titre à l'album, mid-tempo, et termine cet album (déjà ?) aussi bien qu'il avait commencé.
En résumé: la belle gifle à laquelle on ne s'attendait pas du tout ! Entre Whitesnake, Magnum et Lynyrd Skynyrd, vous trouvez surement une place pour ce petit (seulement 32mn, quelqu'un pourrait peut être les prévenir que sur un CD on peut en mettre plus que sur un bon vieux vinyle de l'époque) bijou de hard rock (British, FM, Sudiste, ...). Du pur plaisir de road music auquel il est difficile de résister, et ce, dés la première écoute. Maintenant certains pourront casser pour plagiat ou manque d'originalité, mais moi finalement je trouve ça très bon. Donc j'applaudis des 2 mains...
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The Cotton Soeterboek Band

The Cotton Soeterboek Band is basically an all-star cast with the band members seeing time in bands like Maestro Alex Gregory, Star One, Ayreon, Rob Halford Band, After Forever and Driver. With such a diverse set of styles from the members’ previous bands. I really wasn’t sure what to make of TWISTED. If you take a look at the album cover it really doesn’t look like a Hard Rock or Heavy Metal release, I thought it looked like more of a Folk Rock type thing. You should never judge a CD by it’s cover because you can get surprised and I was! The Cotton Soeterboek Band is all about ’70s style Hard Rock, Blues, and Southern Rock all rolled together to give it that overall Classic Rock sound. Add the groovy rhythm section to the Blues based guitar of Alan Cotton, add Joost van den Broek’s keys/organ and the deep melodic vocals of Robert Soeterboek and you get a cool ’70s combination of early Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Bad Company and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Opening track ‘Set Me Free’ sounds almost like Deep Purple combined with Bad Company Hard Rock with it’s thick guitar/organ riffs and deep soulful vocals from Soeterboek while ‘Pretty Maureen’ is a little more hook oriented and sounds like an early David Coverdale on the vocals. What I immeadiately hear from the first two tracks is that this is a really tight band of solid musicians and the interplay between the guitar and the keyboards set the tone for the entire album. The title track slows down and is extremely bluesy and I can’t stop hearing a little Robert Cray and Stevie Ray Vaughn in the music, ‘Twisted’ sounds so familiar like I’ve heard it before on all the local classic rock radio stations. ‘Colorado’ keeps the blues base but is much more melodic with a cool soulful Coverdale delivery complete with vocal harmonies and a slow hand guitar. The keys add a depth to the song rather than trying to compete with the guitar it all sounds so natural, ‘Colorado’ is my favorite from the album.
‘Leave Me Blue’ is a cool Skynyrd/Allmans style ballad that shows off the band’s Southern side while ‘Little Sister’ picks up the Hard Rock groove like early Whitesnake. The power in ‘Little Sister’ is in the chorus where the vocal harmonies, guitar and keys all combine to hit you with a wall of sound. By the time the upbeat ‘Gold And Gray’ hits the speakers, I’ve already decided that Soeterboek really does sound like David Coverdale at his deepest. ‘Gold And Gray’ could be the twin song to ‘Colorado’ with it’s upbeat melody and tempo but it also has that Southern Rock vibe to it and you can hear the Lynyrd Skynyrd influence. More Hard Blues Rock hits with ‘Still Of The Night’ and incorporates regular piano in with the music kind of like the Allmans and Skynyrd do, the piano solo is smooth. Ending song ‘The Game’ is more of the Blues based hard Rock that started the album off and ends the album on a high note. The only drawback to TWISTED is that it’s such a short record clocking it at just over 31 minutes. The music was so good throughout the entire album that I was looking for a little more.
Bottom Line:
I’ve had the album for a long time and it’s sat in the growing pile of CDs on my desk getting lost in the shuffle. I should have played this disc as soon as I got it because it is a really awesome album that reminds me of all the great bands that I hear on the radio everyday…..it’s like a modern time capsule of the best of ’70s Rock. I really enjoyed it and I wish I could go back to this past December and pull out an album from my Top 30 so I could slot this one in. Definitely a band to keep an eye on in the future and definitely an album worth seeking out.
Favorite Songs:
‘Colorado’, ‘Gold And Gray’, ‘Set Me Free’, ‘Leave Me Blue’
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Band: The Cotton Soeterboek Band
Title: Twisted
Label: Caf Fine Records
Ok, it’s time to dust down those flared jeans and denim shirts as this album ‘Twisted’ is a throwback to the times when real classic rock was at its very best in the 70’s, and hell doesn’t this band do it justice, big style!
The band are ‘The Cotton Soeterboek Band’, named after its two main members Robert Soeterboek and Alan Cotton, so if the likes of early Whitesnake and Deep Purple in its ‘Burn’ era do it for you, then you’re in for a real treat because this is the nearest you’ll hear to these bands.
‘Set me free’, with its choppy guitar riff and neatest of touches on keyboards transport you back there, the harmonies so familiar they switch on that button in your head, and you just can’t help but tap your foot and nod your head in unison, that sound makes you feel so at home.
‘Pretty Maureen’, (surely a first for song title with that name in!) oozes class with its bluesy touches on guitar that eases the song along, whilst Soeterboek seems to have been born to sing it, his voice uncannily perfect for what is needed here. There’s only one other person that could have done this job, but he’s probably busy with his own band now getting ready for this year’s Donnington Festival!
The title track ‘Twisted’ has got a raunchy feel to it, due to the drawn out vocals and keyboards, the guitar sounding as its been lifted straight out ‘Foxy Lady’ in parts that gets your hips swaying … if you’re a girl that is!
Surprisingly there’s only one slowish track here, ‘Leave me blue’, beginning with a finger-picked guitar and piano, before it picks up a bit due to the guitar solo mid way through and another good riff shoved in here and there. Again it’s the harmonies that shine as they do throughout the whole album which is a miss on quite a few occasions these days.
The band show their southern rock side with ‘Gold and Gray’, which gets those toes a-tapping and maybes the odd “Yee-haw” if you really get carried away, where ‘Still of the Night’ (not that one), with the funky blues piano being the main ingredient, really goes for it from start to finish, a good old-fashioned rock love song just on the right side of sloppiness!
Things eventually come to an end with ‘The Game’, another track that harks back to those 70’s times that had everyone going and still does now judging by some of the newer bands and the way they are setting their stalls out.
This can only be a good thing as it’ll open the doors for younger fans to explore the earlier bands they’ve missed out on, so if they cotton on to this band maybe the album will make waves in the right places because on evidence of it, it deserves to get a listen to by a wider audience, maybe via the rock radio stations out there.
The only downside to the album is that at just over 30 minutes long, its possibly 3 songs too short for such a good one, so maybe their next release could be just that bit longer if they push themselves as they seem very capable to do it. 
Review by: Bob
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THE COTTON SOETERBOEK BAND - Twisted (Caf Fine/Underclass)
Vous aimez le hard rock teinté de blues ? Jetez donc une oreille sur "Twisted", le premier essai publié par The Cotton Soeterboek Band, très proche dans l’esprit de groupes comme Deep Purple, Whitesnake ou Lynyrd Skynyrd. Comme son nom (pas très heureux, il faut bien l’avouer…) l’indique, cette nouvelle formation est née de la collaboration entre le guitariste américain Alan Cotton et le chanteur hollandais Robert Soeterboek, peut-être connu par certains pour avoir travaillé avec Arjen Lucassen sur quelques albums du projet Ayreon. Oeuvrant donc dans un hard rock très traditionnel et seventies, notre duo de malfaiteurs s’est entouré d’une section rythmique solide et d’un clavier qui a beaucoup écouté John Lord, le maître es clavier de Deep Purple.
Loin d’être désagréable, car composé de quelques morceaux bien sentis (« Set Me Free », « Twisted », « Little Sister », « Still Of The Night »), "Twisted" se révèle au bout du compte un peu fade en comparaison des récentes sorties des légendes précitées. Il suffit de penser par exemple au "Good To Be Bad" de Whitesnake pour réaliser que les deux combos n’évoluent tout simplement pas dans la même division. Pour autant, il est impossible de ne pas reconnaître un talent certain à ces musiciens, ne serait-ce que pour les vocaux du chanteur, Robert Soeterboek. Lorgnant sans vergogne du côté de David Coverdale (le côté animal en moins), son chant plein de feeling constitue l’une des meilleures armes du combo. Je suis en revanche plus réservé sur le guitariste, Alan Cotton, qui, s’il se distingue par son travail en rythmique, demeure bien timide sur ses parties solo. Il prouve pourtant sur des titres comme « Colorado » ou « Set Me Free » qu’il possède une certaine finesse dans son jeu bluesy. Or il est bien difficile, lorsque l’on évolue dans ce créneau musical, de se passer d’un véritable tueur à la guitare, du style Ritchie Blackmore, Gary Moore ou encore le duo Bernie Mardsen/Mick Moody, pour les nostalgiques du Whitesnake première période (le meilleur disent certains, je ne les contredirai pas sur ce point). Les mélodies, déjà entendues, nous amènent à penser qu’il est préférable d’écouter les groupes de référence dans ce genre musical, plutôt que de s’attarder sur les compositions de ces musiciens corrects, mais sans originalité.
Un autre détail gênant (mais qui revêt quand même son importance) sur cet album réside dans sa durée, qui dépasse de justesse les trente minutes. Neuf petites chansons, dont pas une ne va au-delà de quatre minutes, voilà qui me semble un peu léger dans le cadre d’un premier album censé servir de carte de visite. Il n’empêche que l’on passe quand même un moment sympa en écoutant ce groupe, qu’il faudrait voir en public avec une bonne bière à la main, au comptoir d’un pub. A des années-lumière des modes actuelles, The Cotton Soeterboek Band livre un premier essai de rock bluesy globalement réussi. Reste qu’il faudra en donner un peu plus la prochaine fois, pour convaincre pleinement.
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THE COTTON SOETERBOEK BAND: TWISTED
Caf Fine Records
Ayreon rajongók számára bizonyára ismerősen cseng Robert Soeterboek neve: a reszelős hangú énekes egészen a korai idők óta rendszeresen hallható volt a projektben, így hát amikor Arjen Lucassen úgy döntött, hogy egy kisebb turnét is bevállal a Star One égisze alatt, szinte természetes volt, hogy Robert is bekerült a csapatba. Nem lehetett könnyű dolga, hiszen Damian Wilson és Russell Allen mellett ő volt az egyetlen férfiénekes, ráadásul a műsor összeállításakor Arjen mester igen mélyre nyúlt az Ayreon életműben is. Aki viszont közelebbi ismeretségbe került a turnéról készült DVD-vel, láthatta, hogy Robert élőben ha lehet, még jobb, mint lemezen: tulajdonképpen az egész teamben ő volt a legnagyobb rakenroll állat!
Ezek után szinte természetes, hogy az egyszeri Ayreon-Star One fan alapból kíváncsi lesz arra, mire képes barátunk Lucassen géniusza nélkül. Nos, Robert, hangjának ismeretében cseppet sem meglepő módon, old school hard rockkal terrorizálja hallójáratainkat, fő tettestársai pedig egy angol-amerikai gitáros, Allan Cotton (akiről gondolom, nemcsak én nem hallottam eddig soha) és Joost van der Broek billentyűs, akit szintén Ayreonos körökből, sőt, Sun Caged nevű saját progmetal bandájából is lehet ismerni (melyből utóbb kivált). Egy megbízható ritmusszekcióval, melyet a lemez felvételei óta lecseréltek, Roberték bevonultak az észak-hollywoodi Piranha stúdióba és vélhetőleg még aznap fel is vették 9 nótájukat 33 percben. Ez a spontaneitás érződik is a 70-es éveket idéző soundon és dalokon: első körben valóban kellemesen simogatja a fület a Nagy Évtized legnagyobbjait idéző muzsika; ugyanakkor hozzá kell tenni azt is, hogy bizony a következő hallgatások során cseppet szürkül is, amit hallunk – ez pedig egy ennyire rövid lemezanyagnál nem kimondottan szerencsés.
Véleményem szerint jobb lett volna, ha egy rock-blueskocsmában veszik fel a lemezt, biztos vagyok ugyanis benne, hogy stúdiózás után klubozgattak is egy kicsit a környéken és hogy néhány improvizatív és szólisztikus betéttel, feldolgozással tarkítva jóval izgalmasabb lehetett a CSB repertoárja. Stúdiólemezként ez a dalcsokor viszont max. egy felső középkategóriának felel meg, amely persze azért igen magas színvonalat jelent, de hosszú távon sajnos baromira nem köt le.
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Hello everybody. Sorry about the lack of updates but it has been pretty busy in the Cotton Soeterboek camp lately. I've been in the studio the last month working on new song ideas for our second album and things are going great. Robert will be back here in Colorado in May so we can finish writing. We will keep everbody posted.
Also, we have some great new reviews just in from our friends at Auxportesdumetal, Heavy Metal Addiction, The Mayfairmallzine, VS Webzine and Shockmagazin. We should be getting those posted shortly and as always, please support the magazines that support the music you enjoy.
Alan Cotton.

Interview with Alan Cotton, Guitarist of The Cotton Soeterboek Band, who are an awesome 70's Hard Rock / Southern Rock Group from Colorado, USA. Interviewed by Glenn Milligan, late January 2009.
Who are your individual influences musically and what turned you onto your particular instrument?
As far as influences, Jimmy Page, Ronnie Montrose, Gary Moore, Robin Trower, Gary Rossington, Michael Schenker, Billy Gibbons, Eric Clapton. Basically all the guitar greats influenced me in some way. I would say Jimmy Page would have to be the main person who has had the biggest influence on me. Not only is he a great guitar player, but also such a phenomenal song writer and producer.
How did the band come to be?
I had decided to put a new band together and somebody recommended Robert Soeterboek to me. I gave him a call and we hit it off right away. Shortly after that, he jumped on a plane and we started writing together. We released an EP in 2006 and Twisted came out towards the end of 2008. Bassist Wim den Boer and drummer Wilfried Broekman joined the band soon after we completed the recording of Twisted. We couldn't be happier since they have joined and can't wait to hit the road for a real long tour.
What is your part of the USA like for Rock music with regard to clubs and live venues etc?
It's actually quite good here in Colorado. As far as venues, there's Red Rocks, Pepsi Center, Fiddler's Green, The Filmore. A lot of bands out of Colorado have been getting signed to Major labels recently so things have been picking up.
What are your fave songs on the album and why and what influenced them?
Hmm, I tend to like them all, but if I had to choose, I like ‘Set Me Free’. It's just a happy upbeat song that puts a smile on your face. ‘Little Sister’ is a nice slinky hard rock and soul tune. ‘The Game’ is a little heavier and more European sounding than the rest of the album and I like it a lot also.
What plans do you have to hit the UK and Europe?
Because of the delays in getting ‘Twisted’ out, we decided to do a large tour in support of the second album. We will definitely be doing some shows in the UK either at the end of 2009 or beginning of 2010.
What have been your favourite gigs so far and why?
When we get to the UK, I will let you know, because I'm sure that will be one of our highlights.
Who have you been compared to and how does that make you feel?
We often get compared as Deep Purple meets Lynyrd Skynyrd. Haha. We play blues based hard rock but we do try and bring our own take on the music. Some bands don't like comparisons but I think it's an honor. Those are some of the greatest bands of all time.
Why did you decide to sign to Caf Fine Records?
Caf Fine Records is actually a company Robert and I started. Running Caf Fine Records is a full time job for me. After the EP came out, we got offers from some labels but nothing we really felt that great about so we decided to put Twisted out by ourselves. We ended up signing a distribution deal with NL Distribution so ‘Twisted’ is available at finer record stores and online retailers all through out Europe.
What would we find in your record collections and what records do you look up to for inspiration?
I've been listening to a lot of Rory Gallagher lately. In my collection you will find everything from Bach to Bukka White.
Are there plans for a follow up to the album soon, if so when and what can you tell us about any new songs that will appear on it?
I have just begun writing the next album this week. Things are going great. We try not to write the same song twice so it should be a pretty eclectic mix but their will definitely be some faster and heavier songs on the new album.
If you had the chance what artists would you like to tour or play one-off gigs with and why?
Any of the bands I mentioned earlier, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Skynyrd. It would be an honor just to watch any of those bands on stage every night.
What were the most memorable moments of recording and writing for the 'Twisted' album and why?
The whole idea was simple, just make a good Rock and Roll album like they use to. Just try to capture the magic of the moment. I would say writing Colorado was really special for us. That's a song I had just played for Robert, and we took a break and were looking at Pikes Peak from my front yard and he said "I've got it". It was just one of those songs that comes together instantly.
Why did you decide to call the album 'Twisted'?
We enjoy that song and thought it sounded nice haha.
How did the album cover come to be, who came up with the design as it’s so effective?
Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. We worked with an art director out of the Ukraine who came up with the initial ideas and sketches and then a design firm out of Texas actually finished the graphics.
What are you all most proud of so far?
I would say just holding the finished album in my hands. It's actually a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes getting a cd released.
A big thank you for taking out the time to answer the Q's.
First of all a big thanks to Glenn and Metalliville for supporting new music and thank you for taking the time to read this interview. We are so glad to meet so many people from all over the world that share the same passion as us, a love for music. Please help support the music you enjoy and also support webzines like Metalliville that make interviews like this possible.
Thank you so much for the interview and your kind review of Twisted. We really do appreciate it. When we are in the UK, the beers are on me brother! Alan.
A Big Thank You to Nicky Baldrian for setting up the Interview
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