CIRCUS DIABLO Cover ADAM AND THE ANTS On Debut Album

February 17, 2006

CIRCUS DIABLO, the new project featuring THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy, former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick and former THE CULT touring bassist Billy Morrison (with help from VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum),have posted the following message on their official web site:

"During the recent recording of their debut record, CIRCUS DIABLO decided to record a version of the ADAM AND THE ANTS song 'Ants Invasion'. Longtime advocates of THE ANTS, the band booked an extra day in the studio and recorded and mixed their own version of the song in one day. According to Ricky Warwick, the band's rhythm guitarist, the track will no doubt end up on the forthcoming album. 'Nothing like a classic ANTS song, redone all heavy and dirt,' he said. 'We love it! We'll have to make sure that we send a copy to Adam and see what he thinks!'"

Meanwhile, Morrison has posted the following update at this official blog:

"It's quite amusing really! We started off just deciding to record two songs at Matt's [studio], just to hear what they sounded like with a real drummer. And it's turned into a crazy dash to finish 10 songs fully recorded and mixed to finish off a debut album!! We are back in the studio again this week — yesterday we tracked two more songs, and today and tomorrow is about mixing them. By our estimation, we will probably be able to finish all 10 songs by next week. Completely self-financed and self-produced, the CIRCUS DIABLO album has really built itself. We didn't initially plan on doing it like this, but I'm really glad we ended up deciding to record all the songs. Speed recording 101!!! Most big budget albums take three months to record. A lot of tweaking, smoothing and massaging goes on, and a lot of the time, all the mistakes, character and 'live feel' gets lost along the way. Because of the way we have approached this record, we will have done it all in under three weeks total and it has retained a really great vibe to it. No Auto Tune or Beat Detective has been used — and we are all in agreement that the finished mixes sound all the better for it. Computers really aid the recording of modern albums, but sometimes you can end up 'LOOKING' at music. And music should be LISTENED to, not watched!!!"

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