"We like to make records that we can keep simple and reproduce live"
Tesla release their new album “Simplicity” on 6th June through Frontiers Records (http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/back-stage/music-reviews/1552-ni-rocks-recommends-qsimplicityq-by-tesla.html ). As a huge fan of the band since the late 80s, it was amazing to get the opportunity to speak to lead singer Jeff Keith over the phone and record an interview for Rock Radio NI. The main focus of the interview was to get Jeff chatting about five of the tracks from the album.
The interview was broadcast on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 30th May 2014 and was then available for 8 weeks via the On Demand Player. The show from 30th May which includes the interview can be heard at http://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/
A transcription of the interview is posted below.
From the moment I heard the first track from Cimino’s latest album “Angels and Animals” I was hooked. Although the band from Kansas City had released their first EP in 2009 and album in 2012, this latest release from a few months back was my first encounter with the band. Cimino recently signed with Head First Entertainment to handle their PR and we have them to thank for sharing this excellent album with us at Rock Radio NI.
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For many years when people have asked me what my favourite band is, the answer has been the same – Tesla. Sometimes the bemused work colleague or whatever will look at me blankly, other-times when the question comes from someone whose familiarity with rock music extends beyond AC/DC, Guns N Roses, Iron Maiden and Bon Jovi, I’ll get those approving nods and words of agreement. For me personally, Tesla encapsulates all that is great about “classic” rock.
For many years in the 90s, the bands early albums, copied onto TDK D90s (younger readers might need that explained by someone who was in their teens in the 80s!) were the main occupant of the cassette player in my Mazda! (They now top the pile of cassettes beside the old stereo in my garage!).
Why am I telling you all this? Well I thought it best to declare my complete bias before writing anything more in a recommendation for the new Tesla album “Simplicity” which is released by Frontiers Records on 6th June. Not writing a recommendation however would have been sacrilege.