SLIPKNOT's SID WILSON To Release Debut Solo Album This Week
September 10, 2011SLIPKNOT DJ Sid Wilson will release his debut solo album, "Sid", on September 13 via iTunes, Amazon.com and various other major online retailers. The CD marks Wilson's first attempt at lead vocals and sees him departing from his usual role as a DJ in both SLIPKNOT and as DJ Starscream.
"Sid" was mixed by Ross Robinson (SLIPKNOT, KORN, LIMP BIZKIT) and Tobias Lindell (EUROPE, MUSTACH) and mastered by Chris Gehringer (CEE-LO GREEN, DRAKE, RIHANNA).
In a recent interview with Billboard.com, Wilson described the disc as "an eclectic mix of all the different styles of music I grew up listening to. There's a strong B-Boy influence in my music, 'cause I'm a DJ. I used to listen to a lot of SKINNY PUPPY and more mainstream things that came out of industrial, like NINE INCH NAILS. I was always influenced by the BEASTIE BOYS a lot and RUN-DMC and the way they mixed their rock influences in their hip-hop stuff." Songtitles set to appear on the CD include the planned first single "Nervous Central" and "Flat Lace", which Wilson wrote five years ago for SLIPKNOT bassist Paul Gray, who died of an accidental drug overdose on May 24, 2010.
"It's just about the different struggles in his life," Wilson told Billboard.com, "and it was just my way of letting him know that I was always there for him and that I was aware of the things he had to deal with. It's definitely difficult (to sing). It's hard for me to even talk about it."
Be on the lookout for the forthcoming EP from Sid, "The Miami Vice Sound Crack", which is rumored to already be completed.
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