![]() ![]() The topics of the songs are all over the place. We just changed it kind of because the new record is wide open with song matters. Jacob: Birmingham is known as the Magic City. We’re thinking it will be out early 2008.īBG!: Is “Tragic City Symphony” a song on the album, or is that just a random title? We’re still listening and making sure we are completely happy with everything. Just for the record, we never said we were an 80s band.īBG!: What’s the first single for your new album? Critics look at our picture and see that our influences are Motley Crue and Def Leppard, they decide we are an 80s band. We don’t want to go out with flannel shirts and jeans on. ![]() When you listen to our songs…a lot of critics and industry people that don’t know anything about music… they look at the way that we look: we definitely have a rock star image. A lot of times when we talk about our sound and we say we like big arena rock, people automatically say “Oh, they’re like an 80s band.” We love 80s music, don’t get me wrong, but we hate when people automatically put that label on us because we like big rock. That’s a big sounding record, thanks to production and reverb. The reverb on the drums, the songs are so big sounding…it could mean Alice in Chains, Dirt. Their most recent record American Idiot sounds like one of the biggest arena rock records I’ve ever heard. That doesn’t necessarily mean Motley Crue and Def Leppard – of course we like Motley Crue and Def Leppard – but when I say big rock n’ roll, I’m also talking about Green Day. Everyone has different tastes.īBG!: So how do you explain the sound of your upcoming album? It turns out that management and the label and other people liked the songs, so they ended up going on the record anyway. We loved them when we wrote them, but when we recorded them, we felt we could do better. Every now and then, there will be a song we fall in love with, but once we play it live and listen to it recorded we’re like “You know what? That’s not a very good song, and we could do better!” There was a couple songs on Slave to the Machine that we felt that way about. ![]() We sent them to our manager, and we get together with our diehard fans and we sort out everyone’s favorite songs. Just because you write ten songs doesn’t mean the album is done. Then, if you listen to those ten songs, maybe only two or three of them are worth a shit. It’s one of those things: like a lot of bands will write ten songs when they are making a record, and say that’s enough for a record. It’s definitely been a building process.īBG!: How long have you had your new album Tragic City Symphony in the can?ĭavid Lynam (drums): Like a week ago, we wrapped production on the last song. We also went out with Godsmack, Puddle of Mudd and Saliva – and that opened up a lot of people’s eyes to who we are and what we do. Jacob Lynam (vocals and guitar): We released the record ( Slave to the Machine) nine or ten months ago on DRT, it came out everywhere, so that was the first time a lot of people had heard of us other than the south east states, then we went on tour with Hinder, and played shows with Cinderella, RATT and Poison. How are you gaining such a strong following? Transcription follows.īring Back Glam! I just recently learned of your band. During the interview, Jacob and David talk about their rock philosophy, their connection to Bon Jovi and joining the Motley Cruise - just don't call them an 80s band. In 2006, the band released Slave to the Machine, and hit the road with some of the biggest bands touring America today. After three independent releases, Lynam jumped to the major leagues and signed with DRT Entertainment. The band is hard at work, putting finishing touches on their new album Tragic City Symphony. ![]() Plus, there's some nut job that rushes the stage.īring Back Glam! recently spoke with Jacob and David Lynam of Birmingham, Alabama-based Lynam. At the start you can hear the wind whipping from Diamond Dave swirling his big cape. Here's a really cool video I found of Van Halen performing "Hot For Teacher" in the UK on their 1984 tour. I'm sure my coworkers are sick of hearing about it all. I've been talking about buying my Van Halen tickets all week. We're almost on the floor without buying the (nearly) illegal Live Nation promotion. (Don't worry though, inflation hits everything and when I renewed my Rocklahoma seat license for next year, the price rose three-fold). In fact, if you want to talk straight ticket prices, it's costing Eric and I more to see the reunited VH than it did for four days of Rocklahoma this past July. This morning, I purchased two seats to the Indianapolis tour stop.Įric and I will drive 100 miles each way for the show, and I hope it's worth it. I waited patiently for Van Halen tickets to go on-sale at a concert venue closest to my home. ![]()
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