LILLIAN AXE Guitarist Talks About Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame Induction, Forthcoming Album

May 14, 2010

LILLIAN AXE's Derrick LeFevre (vocals),Steve Blaze (guitar),Sam Poitevent (guitar),Eric Morris (bass) and Ken Koudelka (drums) will be inducted as the first hard rock band in the Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame. LILLIAN AXE will forever be remembered alongside such greats as Fats Domino, Buddy Guy, Louis Armstrong, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Allen Toussaint, to name a few.

"I've always felt that not enough attention has been given to the rock bands," leader Blaze tells TheNewsStar.com. "It's always gone to the traditional Louisiana styles of music — R&B, jazz, zydeco, all the things that were tourist-friendly. To be in that group with guys like Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Little Richard, it validates hard rock music more than anything. Hopefully after this more of the rock bands will get a shot."

LILLIAN AXE has begun recording its tenth album, "Deep Red Shadows", at Sound Landing Studios for a July 20 release via Love & War Records. The CD is being produced by guitarist Steve Blaze and will be mastered by Ty Tabor of KING'S X, who will also make a special guest appearance on the album.

"The new songs are kind of brooding and heavy with gothic melodic overtones," Blaze says. "I wanted to do some things a little differently than we've done in the past, but it's still powerful and dramatic with a lot of big melodies and harmonies. It's some of the best stuff we've done in a long time."

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).