Old Lions Still Roar
| Old Lions Still Roar | |
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| Phil Campbell's studio album | |
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Publication |
October 25, 2019 |
| Label (s) | Nuclear Blast |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
41 min 8 s |
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Todd Campbell |
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Old Lions Still Roar ( Engl. : Old lion roar yet ) is the first solo album by Welsh guitarist Phil Campbell . It was released on October 25, 2019 via Nuclear Blast .
Emergence
Long-time Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell had the idea for his solo album since 1999 . However, due to the tight schedule of his band at the time, he was never able to realize this. Only when Motörhead broke up with the death of the singer Lemmy Kilmister did Campbell find the time to implement his idea. At the beginning of the 2010s he set up a recording studio in his house and collected riffs and licks over the years . Around 2016, the recordings began, which took place without any time pressure. Phil Campbell made it a point to write ten different sounding songs that had nothing to do with his old band Motörhead.
Campbell then sent the finished song ideas to various musicians whom he would like to have as guests on his album. He only received commitments. In addition to his three sons, with whom he runs the band Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons , greats of the metal and hard rock scene like Rob Halford ( Judas Priest ), Alice Cooper or Dee Snider ( Twisted Sister ), but also musicians from the pop area like Mark King ( Level 42 ). Phil Campbell left the lyrics to the respective singer. Leon Stanford interviewed Campbell and wrote a text about his early days in the music business. Dee Snider, on the other hand, wrote on These Old Boots about all the old musicians involved in the project who are still in business after a long time.
Phil Campbell did not want his former Motörhead colleague Mikkey Dee with him to break away from his past with his solo album. Also, Campbell previously assumed that Dee would be too busy with his new band Scorpions and would not have time for him. Phil Campbell would not have wanted his other former Motörhead colleague Lemmy Kilmister on his solo album if he had still been alive. They've both done so many songs together in the past, but Campbell wanted to do something different.
The album was produced by Todd Campbell, while Soren Anderson mixed the album . The album title goes back to one of Phil Campbell's sons, who suggested Old Lions Still Roar as the song title. According to Phil Campbell, the title would fit the solo album perfectly, as there would be "a lot of old sacks". An animated music video has been released for the song These Old Boots . A lyric video was released for the song Swing It .
Track list
Phil Campbell plays guitar on every song. Abbreviations: v = vocals , g = guitar , b = bass , k = keyboard , d = drums .
| No. | title | occupation | length |
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| 1 | Rocking chair | Leon Stanford (v), Todd Campbell (g), Will Davies (b) | 4:24 |
| 2 | Straight up | Rob Halford (v), Tyla Campbell (b), Dane Campbell (d) | 4:28 |
| 3 | Faith in Fire | Ben Ward (v), Tim Atkinson (b), Robin Griffith (d) | 3:53 |
| 4th | Swing It | Alice Cooper (v), Chuck Garric (b), Dane Campbell (d) | 3:51 |
| 5 | Left for Dead | Nev MacDonald (v), Tyla Campbell (g), Mark King (b), Dane Campbell (d), Danny Owen (k) | 5:23 |
| 6th | Walk the talk | Danko Jones (v), Nick Oliveri (b), Ray Luzier (d) | 3:57 |
| 7th | These old boots | Dee Snider (v), Todd Campbell (g), Mick Mars (g), Chris Fehn (d) | 5:05 |
| 8th | Dancing Dogs (Love Survives) | Whitfield Crane (v), Tyla Campbell (b), Dane Campbell (d) | 3:26 |
| 9 | Dead Roses | Benji Webbe (v), Will Davies (b), Matt Sorum (d) | 4:00 |
| 10 | Tears from a Glass Eye | Joe Satriani (g) | 2:41 |
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Reviews
According to Holger Stratmann from the German magazine Rock Hard , Phil Campbell's solo album differs "only in nuances from his Bastard Sons family clan". Songs like Swing It or These Old Boots would have "cut a good figure on a Motörhead album", while the song Rocking Chair would have "what it takes to be a radio hit". However, the two ballads would be more "yawning". Stratmann awarded 7.5 out of ten points. Frank Thiessies of the German magazine Metal Hammer wrote that "ironically, it is not the songs with the really big names that move the most", with These Old Boots with Dee Snider being an exception. In addition to Leon Stanford, Nev MacDonald, Whitfield Crane and Benji Webbe would convince. Thiessies awarded 4.5 out of seven points.
Chart placements
Old Lions Still Roar was number 43 in the German album charts. The album reached number 34 in Switzerland and number 75 in the UK.
Awards
The by radio station Planet Rock awarded Music Prize The Rocks 2020 was Old Lions Still Roar in the category Best British Album and These Old Boots nominated for best British single.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Matthias Mineur: Solöhead . In: Metal Hammer , November 2019, page 32
- ↑ a b c d e Jörg Staude: Old sacks among themselves . In: Rock Hard , November 2019, page 36
- ↑ PHIL CAMPBELL "OLD LIONS STILL ROAR". Rocknewz, accessed October 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Chart sources: DE CH UK
- ↑ Holger Stratmann: Phil Campball - Old Lions Still Roar . In: Rock Hard, November 2019, page 112
- ^ Frank Thiessies: Phil Campbell - Old Lions Still Roar . In: Metal Hammer, November 2019, page 93
- ↑ The Rocks 2020 - Vote here. Planet Rock , accessed February 9, 2020 .
Web links
- Old Lions Still Roar at Allmusic (English)