Singer LONDON LEGRAND 'Would Love' To See BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION Reunion

Blogs N' Roses recently conducted an interview with SOULS OF WE/ex-BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION singer London LeGrand. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Blogs N' Roses: How did you and George [Lynch] decide to start [SOULS OF WE]?

London: I was writing some stuff on the acoustic guitar for ROCKSTARS ON MARS. These guys are a bit younger so they bring that whole rock n roll stigma. We had people going to rehab, getting arrested, crazy ex-girlfriends. So after about a year I was burnt and I needed a break. We hadn't even gone into the studio yet. I happened to run into George about a week after I had decided I needed to chill for a while. I said, "Hey man when are you going to let me into the studio man?" We have always had that repertoire. He said, "Yeah, let me get you a CD and see what you can do." When I put the headphones on everything was together. It was such a breath of fresh air. I just picked up a pen and it started flowing. The "Let the Truth Be Known" song probably took about 30 minutes to write. It was like something took over. We started to write together and then I got invested in it. There was no where to go with it but forward. He liked what he was hearing, so we continued to collaborate.

Blogs N' Roses: What was it like collaborating with George?

London: George is easy. He is a nice guy. I have been doing this since I was 17 years old. I don't know if it was because he was so secure with himself as a player, but he had no attitude. He wasn't an egomaniac. I remember this one time where I sat down at the board with the engineer. I said, "It sounds like the solo should be here." The engineer turned around and looked at George like, "Are you seriously going to take this advice?" George said, "Move the solo." They listened to it and liked how it sounded. He was just real easy to work with. He gave me free rein. He has been working on that album for a few years and I don't know if I was in the same situation that I would be that cool.

Blogs N' Roses: Was it different working with George compared to the guys from BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION?

London: BRIDES were cool too. They gave me some stuff and let me go with it. I hadn't done anything they had seen before. It wasn't like I hit them with a demo tape or a resume. They just asked me to sing in the band. Then they let the ball roll from there. A lot of the songs they had written were already done. Because of that, all I had to do was go in and sing. With George, a majority of the songs were not yet written. I was surprised he was willing to let me do what I wanted to do. I wanted to make the music a little more sleazy and kind of like what I grew up with. His playing is more Hendrix-y, more bouncy. I was sitting there listening and I couldn't put my finger on the sound. Then I remembered. I used to listen to a lot of MOTHER LOVE BONE growing up. To me it sounded like MOTHER LOVE BONE in the year 2008. I have always loved Andrew Wood. When people were slamming me because of my furry jackets all that was was Andrew Wood. I just built on top of that sound and he [George] seemed to like it. It is like an oxymoron. You have George's guitar playing, clean and elegant. And then you have the guy walking in with the dirty combat boots. It kind of balances out to something unique.

Blogs N' Roses: Will we see BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION back together in any format?

London: It would be amazing. I don't know. In order to really give 110% to the fans, and they deserve it, we would need to have Nikki [Sixx] in the band. He is a huge part of the group. I think Nikki feels the same way. All of us from those days have had time to think. We realize that we were at different parts of our lives and that isn't who we necessarily are now. Maybe it makes us realize how much we should have appreciated it. I know that if the BRIDES got together at this point in my life we would have been a closer band. The communication would also have been better. The songs would have been a lot better. I would love for it to get back together. I am not sure it will, but I know that my phone number is the same and if anyone wants to give me a call, I would love to hear their voice.

Read the entire interview from Blogs N' Roses.