'80s hard rock queen
Lita Ford has recruited
P.J. Farley from
TRIXTER/
RA as her new touring bassist.
Farley joins a band that also includes
GUNS N' ROSES guitarist
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and
BUMBLEFOOT (the band) drummer
Dennis Leeflang.
A photo of
P.J. performing with
Lita Ford on June 13, 2009, in Jackson, California can be viewed below (picture taken by
Brian Heaton).
Lita Ford will release
"Wicked Wonderland", her first new U.S. studio album in 14 years, early this fall on her own
JLRG Entertainment label. After a 15-year break from music, living on an island in the Caribbean raising her two sons,
Lita will also hit the road this summer playing select festivals and motorcycle rallies in America and Europe.
"It's harder and sexier than anything I've ever done," says
Lita of the record, which was co-produced by
Ford, her husband and former
NITRO singer
Jim Gillette, and
Greg Hampton, the songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer known for his work with
ALICE COOPER, his band
SCIENCE FAXTION (with
Bootsy Collins and
Buckethead and
Brain from
GUNS N' ROSES) and other rock notables.
Lita is backed on the record by drummer
Stet Howland, formerly of
W.A.S.P.,
Hampton on bass, rhythm guitar and keyboards,
Gillette on background vocals, and its vivid cover art is by
ROB ZOMBIE bassist and solo artist
Piggy D.
The songs brim with a passionate adult eroticism and über-hard rock sound highlighted by
Lita's trademark searing guitar riffs. The album includes a keen and timely slice of social commentary on
"Patriotic SOB", sexy rave-ups like
"Piece (Hell Yeah)", duets with
Gillette on numbers like the aptly titled
"Indulge", and
"Betrayal", which will be featured in the upcoming video game
Brütal Legend, in which
Lita also voices one of the characters alongside
Jack Black,
Lemmy Kilmister of
MOTÖRHEAD and
Rob Halford of
JUDAS PRIEST. The recordings find her rocking, playing and singing with an amped-up fury and power like never before that's also informed by her personal growth as a wife and mother as well as legendary rocker.
Photo credit:
Brian Heaton
(Thanks:
limojay)
