LITA FORD Says She 'Wasn't That Comfortable' With 'Wicked Wonderland' Album

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Classic Rock Revisited: On your site you said that the real comeback album from Lita Ford is coming soon. What does that mean?

Lita: The last album I did was called "Wicked Wonderland", I put it out with Jim Gillette [ex-NITRO singer], and we were married at the time. It is kind of a Jim/Lita album and not a really true Lita album. I got a lot of schpeel about that. A lot of people have told me that they want a real Lita album, and I know what they mean. They are going to get it.

Classic Rock Revisited: I didn't mind that album. It was really heavy. I liked "Patriotic" a lot. It was a little bit noticeable that you were trying to be something you're not comfortable with.

Lita: I really wasn't that comfortable with that record — not at all, to tell you the truth. There are parts of it that are good but it doesn't sound like a Lita record. When it got released, a lot of my fans felt weird about it and said it wasn't a Lita album. This time I want to do it on my own. The last one turned out to be more of a Jim album. We worked pretty well together. It doesn't suck, it's not a bad album; it's just not a Lita album.

Classic Rock Revisited: Have you been writing music? Right now, what is the plan?

Lita: I am working on some new songs and they are ready to be recorded. I have about twenty songs. They have a lot of heart and soul and they are true Lita songs. I just need to get in and start recording them.

Classic Rock Revisited: You have been through the emotional wringer with your divorce from Jim. As a songwriter does that help when it comes to writing music?

Lita: It really does. It has really helped me to write a lot of stuff. I am writing with some other songwriters and it has helped them, too. There are songs about love, songs about hate and songs about missing someone.

Classic Rock Revisited: Does the attack you give a guitar solo get influenced by what emotions you are going through?

Lita: If you write an angry song, then you want to have an angry solo. It is true. It has to suit the song. If you have a song about crying, then you are going to have a guitar solo that cries, like they did on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". If you have a song about how much you hate someone, then you need to have a hateful solo. You let the guitar do the talking, kind of like how Joe Perry says, "Let the music do the talking."

Read the entire interview from Classic Rock Revisited.