KANE ROBERTS: Former ALICE COOPER Guitarist Issues Lyric Video For ‘Wonderful’ Track
April 4th, 2019
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Studio City, California-based guitarist Kane Roberts, formerly of the Alice Cooper band, has released an official lyric video for the track ‘Wonderful’, can be viewed below.
Kane Roberts issued fifth solo full-length studio album The New Normal on January 25th, 2019 through Frontiers Music Srl.
Roberts commented: “My music has evolved over the years, even though I was out of the spotlight. Stepping into this new project, there are new styles and sounds evident, but I haven’t made some false effort to distance myself from the past. People will notice a blend of influences from classic rock and metal to the hot bands that are emerging more recently.
“Zeppelin to Volbeat to Arch Enemy… they’re all bringing crushing energy to rock / metal while creating truly awesome music. I was lucky to have found Frontiers because they allowed me three years to make this album and sort through my truest feelings and vocal / guitar skills to create something meaningful to me. There is a real concern for preserving the creative process at Frontiers and to my way of thinking there’s no better place for me right now.”
The New Normal features a number of guest contributions, including Alice Cooper, Arch Enemy vocalist Alissa White-Gluz, Nita Strauss, Babymetal drummer Aoyama Hideki, Katt Franich, and Roberts’ former Alice Cooper bandmates Kip Winger, Paul Taylor and Ken Mary.
Speaking about the collaborations, Roberts said: “I noticed artists that were busting down doors and at the same time kickstarting new ways of thinking about life and creativity. I knew I wanted to try to work with some of them. Nita Strauss is a killer guitarist. She really tore it up on the song ‘King Of The World’. Her work on it woke me the fuck up and forced me to explore new guitar techniques to compliment her insane skills!
“Alice Cooper… no one individual has scorched the earth like my former boss. I started getting into recording ‘Beginning Of The End’ and realized I needed Alice to sing a duet with me. Not just a line, not just an intro, but sing throughout the song. I took the shot that he might be available at some point to get involved and when I called, he said ‘I’m in Hollywood. I’ll be right over.’ Full on stroke of luck.
“My approach to much of the album was cinematic in the hope that sounds and lyrics would create imagery and emotion beyond what I had done before. Keeping with that idea, I had Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy) fall from the sky like some pissed off dark angel in the middle of the song with Alice and I and burn the place down. Her attitude and singing prowess is stunning and I was so jazzed when she agreed to participate.
“I was obsessed with getting drum monster Aoyama Hideki from Baby Metal. After he heard the song, he immediately came on board and played with controlled fury like only he can …AMAZING!
“I also was also able to work with Brent Smith (Shinedown) and Lzzy Hale (Halestorm) on songwriting and they were of course a blessing to the entire process.
“Upon hearing a few of the early recordings, Michael Alago – the A&R guy that discovered Metallica and White Zombie, to name just a few – offered to executive produce the project for me and got a lot of things done for that otherwise would have been impossible for me to accomplish.
“Last, but certainly not least, no one plays bass like Kip Winger or sings quite the way he can. Didn’t think twice about asking him to join up and he delivered, like always.”
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The track listing is as follows;
01. ‘King Of The World’ (feat. Nita Strauss and Kip Winger)
02. ‘Wonderful’
03. ‘Beginning Of The End’ (feat. Alice Cooper, Alissa White-Gluz, Aoyama Hideki and Kip Winger)
04. ‘Who We Are’ (feat. Katt Franich)
05. ‘Forever Out Of Place’ (feat. Kip Winger)
06. ‘Leave This World Behind’
07. ‘The Lion’s Share’ (feat. Kip Winger)
08. ‘Leave Me In The Dark’
09. ‘Above And Beyond’ (feat. Kip Winger)
10. ‘Wrong’
A music video was released for the track ‘Beginning Of The End’, which can also be viewed below.
Fourth solo studio record Unsung Radio – pairing 1999’s Under A Wild Sky with a second disc of previously unissued material – was released in November 2012.
Promotional photograph by Mike Goedecke.
