DOUG PINNICK, BRIAN TICHY Guest On New STEVE STEVENS Album

January 14, 2008

KING'S X frontman Doug Pinnick and drummer Brian Tichy (BILLY IDOL, ex-OZZY OSBOURNE) are among the guest musicians who appear on the new solo album from BILLY IDOL guitarist Steve Stevens. Due on January 29 via Magna Carta, "Memory Crash" boasts such tracks as "Water on Ares", "Hellcats Take the Highway", "Small Arms Fire", an interpretation of ROBIN TROWER's "Day Of The Eagle" (featuring Pinnick),and the rousing/psychedelic "Cherry Vanilla". The CD is described as "a journey through another dimension, It's virtually musical cinema." "I have a lot of weird little segues going on with this record," Stevens says. "I've always loved that about the prog records, like 'Dark Side Of The Moon'. You enter this little theater of the mind. It's a true headphone experience."

A freaked-out, Hendrix-meets-Stevens vibe is prevalent in the interpretation of ROBIN TROWER's "Day Of The Eagle", a tune Stevens says Pinnick "takes to church with a SLY STONE spin."

Jimi wasn't the only influence that crept up on Stevens. He revisited a cast of legendary characters, from PINK FLOYD, LED ZEPPELIN, KING CRIMSON, and YES, to EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER, BO DIDDLEY, and JEFF BECK. Yet, despite the presence and interplay of diverse and distinct musical elements, Stevens never surrenders his own creative identity.

"I spent a long time before making this record watching old archival footage and retrospectives on bands like PINK FLOYD and YES, just soaking up what made them tick," Stevens says. "But this record is not a retro gimmick at all. It's still very much a Steve Stevens record."

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