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IAN GILLAN, TONY IOMMI TO RELEASE "WHOCARES" NEW ALBUM
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 4, 2012 - 19:08 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Deep Purple's Ian Gillan and Tony Iommi (Black
Sabbath) took everybody by surprise in 2011 by releasing a charity
single: "Out Of My Mind", renewing the collaboration that led the
pair recording an album in 1984 "Born Again" under the moniker Black
Sabbath. For the occasion, the two rock legends called a few friends,
asking for some "help". None other than Jason Newsted, Jon Lord and
Nicko McBrain completed the supergroup, earMusic reported.
The single was a joyful and inspired moment. The spark to bring Iommi
and Gillan in a studio, together again was to finance the rebuilding
of a music school in Armenia they had visited together on various
occasions in past years.
Far from being a spectacular charity project, WhoCares was a nice
gesture, done with class, from two musicians with nothing to prove,
willing to support music, where music is considered a luxury.
"As I said once in the song Razzle Dazzle (DP album, Bananas)...
...'it's a real fine line between an orgy of destruction and a
wonderful time'...
The destruction of conformity in this case: Some of these pieces never
really fitted into their contemporary program and got side-lined or
forgotten, and some of the album tracks never had much exposure. As
the track-listing for this album came together I noticed many of
the titles had character similarities; a combination of freshness
as they finally felt the sun on their backs and rebellion in a 'yeah
told you so' kind of way.
And that adds up to a wonderful time. And that adds up to more money
for the music school we are building in Armenia.
And what about WhoCares... this ad hoc benefit band put together by
Tony Iommi and myself on a flight home from Yerevan, where we'd been
deeply humbled by the honours and expectations bestowed upon us. Well
that's it really, in a nutshell, so to speak, what more can I say;
it's all there in the music." (Ian Gillan 2012)
WhoCares' tracklist is being finalized at this very moment.
Among the tracks: the 2 original WhoCares' songs, Deep Purple's
unreleased studio jam "Dick Pimple", a song from Repo Depo (a band
Ian Gillan formed before the Deep Purple reunion which never released
any song official before this CD), 2 unreleased songs from Tony
Iommi featuring Glenn Hughes, obscure collaborations, B-sides lost
on 7"vinyl, exclusive live versions recorded live on radio.
WhoCares will be released on June 22 on earMUSIC.
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 4, 2012 - 19:08 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Deep Purple's Ian Gillan and Tony Iommi (Black
Sabbath) took everybody by surprise in 2011 by releasing a charity
single: "Out Of My Mind", renewing the collaboration that led the
pair recording an album in 1984 "Born Again" under the moniker Black
Sabbath. For the occasion, the two rock legends called a few friends,
asking for some "help". None other than Jason Newsted, Jon Lord and
Nicko McBrain completed the supergroup, earMusic reported.
The single was a joyful and inspired moment. The spark to bring Iommi
and Gillan in a studio, together again was to finance the rebuilding
of a music school in Armenia they had visited together on various
occasions in past years.
Far from being a spectacular charity project, WhoCares was a nice
gesture, done with class, from two musicians with nothing to prove,
willing to support music, where music is considered a luxury.
"As I said once in the song Razzle Dazzle (DP album, Bananas)...
...'it's a real fine line between an orgy of destruction and a
wonderful time'...
The destruction of conformity in this case: Some of these pieces never
really fitted into their contemporary program and got side-lined or
forgotten, and some of the album tracks never had much exposure. As
the track-listing for this album came together I noticed many of
the titles had character similarities; a combination of freshness
as they finally felt the sun on their backs and rebellion in a 'yeah
told you so' kind of way.
And that adds up to a wonderful time. And that adds up to more money
for the music school we are building in Armenia.
And what about WhoCares... this ad hoc benefit band put together by
Tony Iommi and myself on a flight home from Yerevan, where we'd been
deeply humbled by the honours and expectations bestowed upon us. Well
that's it really, in a nutshell, so to speak, what more can I say;
it's all there in the music." (Ian Gillan 2012)
WhoCares' tracklist is being finalized at this very moment.
Among the tracks: the 2 original WhoCares' songs, Deep Purple's
unreleased studio jam "Dick Pimple", a song from Repo Depo (a band
Ian Gillan formed before the Deep Purple reunion which never released
any song official before this CD), 2 unreleased songs from Tony
Iommi featuring Glenn Hughes, obscure collaborations, B-sides lost
on 7"vinyl, exclusive live versions recorded live on radio.
WhoCares will be released on June 22 on earMUSIC.