JETBOY Release Third Studio Album ‘Born To Fly’
January 25th, 2019
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San Francisco, California-based hard rock group Jetboy issued third full-length studio album Born To Fly on January 25th, 2019 through Frontiers Music Srl.
Born To Fly marks the first full-fledged set of new material from Jetboy since 1990.
Guitarist Billy Rowe commented: “The band wasn’t working on any new material when Frontiers approached us. Mickey and I had written one or two songs a few years back, but that’s about it. For myself, I’ve been very into writing music and got very into recording, so I had a good amount of complete musical songs that I always felt could end up as new Jetboy material, and some of it did. But the majority of the songs on this album were written within a couple of months after we got the offer from Frontiers.”
“Writing and recording this album came so naturally, there was no struggle at all. We feel it happened at the right time and was meant to be.
“The spirit of the band has been at an all-time high ever since we started this new album. We shared ideas via e-mail and then demoed every song before entering the studio. Once we started tracking this album, we all felt something special was going on.”
Born To Fly has been described as a blend of rock ‘n’ roll with a traditional blues-based influence. “The musical inspiration for the Born To Fly album came from a lifelong list of influences from bands we all grew up on from the 1970s,” added Rowe.
“Jetboy has always approached its writing with a simple, stripped-down, no-nonsense rock ‘n’ roll structure, starting with a great riff and a catchy hook.
“This album flowed so organically, everything felt like it was meant to be. We’ve also all really grown as musicians, which really helped capture what we feel is some of our best work to date.”
Vocalist Mickey Finn reckons the “lyrics flowed amazingly fast, with most songs being written in one sitting. My feelings were to stay true to Jetboy’s roots and style, but to also incorporate where we are at today, pleasing old and new fans alike.
“My wife was the inspiration for ‘Every Time I Go’ and my firstborn son inspired ‘The Way You Move Me’. Our life struggles as a band and lifelong friends inspired tracks like ‘Beating The Odds’ and ‘Born To Fly’. ‘Inspiration From Desperation’ covers our political climate in America these days, ‘Brokenhearted Daydream’ reminds us that love is sometimes fickle and hearts get broken, but don’t let it destroy your heart — we have to learn to move on and allow love to come into our lives again.
“So, all in all, lots of inspiring messages on the record, as well as some good old rock ‘n’ roll fun and ‘Party Time!’ lyrics make it a well-rounded listen!”
The song ‘Beating The Odds’ features a spoken-word piece by late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister.
The track listing is as follows;
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01. ‘Beating The Odds’ (feat. Lemmy)
02. ‘Born To Fly’
03. ‘Old Dog, New Tricks’
04. ‘The Way That You Move Me’
05. ‘Brokenhearted Daydream’
06. ‘Inspiration From Desperation’
07. ‘All Over Again’
08. ‘She’
09. ‘A Little Bit Easy’
10. ‘Every Time I Go’
11. ‘Smoky Ebony’
12. ‘Party Time!’
Jetboy’s line-up is as follows;
Mickey Finn (lead vocals and harmonica)
Fernie Rod (rhythm, lead guitar and vocals)
Billy Rowe (rhythm, slide guitar and vocals)
Eric Stacy (bass)
Al Serrato (drums)
Music videos were filmed for the title track, ‘Brokenhearted Daydream’ and ‘Old Dog, New Tricks’. In addition, an animated music video for was released for the song ‘Beating The Odds’. All four clips can be viewed below.
Second studio record Damned Nation was released in August 1990 via MCA Records.
