KINGSKIN are in this months CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE. Our title track ‘SLUG’ is on the cover mount cd and we’ve been highlighted as being in the Top 20 best new bands of 2010, good times. Please buy it for your own listening pleasure
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SLUG - our latest album, recorded with the legendary Steve Albini in Chicago!
Now available through Amazon and Itunes (click image above to be taken to Amazon)
Kingskin will be popping into Total Rock radio studios for a chat and to play songs off the new record slug. Its on Thursday the 17th @ 4pm, you can tune in at www.totalrock.com
The first three days of working with Steve were great fun! If there exists a sound you want that would be perfect for the tune, he can find it for you no trouble, sometimes even if you don’t know your looking for that sound. The guy is a machine! I also had a bizarre conversation with Steve…(cont…)
…about playing at Butlins and Pontins, who would have thunk?! I thought those were places just for skanks and struggling musicians like myself.
Tuesday was supposed to be Steve’s day off but he kindly let us come in for a couple of hours to polish off the basic tracks. It proved to be a wise decision to retire the previous evening as we rattled off the remaining tracks in no time. We finished up early and for the first time got to go out and see a piece of Chicago, we only made it as far as the Heavy Metal restaurant at the corner of the street. This was a cool place with really friendly punters, Jack daniels on tap (!) and giant American burgers named after legendary metal bands. I had the Metallica, they never tasted so good. Hello to Rick and Raul the 2 police officers who bought us shots all night.
It’s now almost a year in to 2009 English time. I’m super excited that I’ll be spending new years day working on a kick ass record with my best mates. Pass the vodka!
Monday was spent recording basic tracks. We had already nailed 2 songs the previous evening and had 9 left to complete. We managed to bash out 7 tracks, most of which were first takes, all that rehearsing paid off. (cont…)
Although this day was very exciting, towards the end of the day we were all starting to feel it, and the takes were coming a little slower. At this moment our vibe man Gareth was deployed. The man did an excellent job of whipping us into shape. In one instance, I walked through to the live room to find Gareth slapping Trev into shape literally!! Going through those last takes with the G man dancing around with us while we jammed, and gurning in my face was a joyous occasion I will never forget.
We finished the day with 2 basic tracks left to complete, staggered up to the apartment above the studio and collapsed for the night.
