"Skeleton Key", the new video from the collective foursome known as
SOULS OF WE — featuring legendary guitarist
George Lynch (
DOKKEN,
LYNCH MOB) and charismatic frontman
London Legrand (
BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION) — can be viewed below.
Lynch and
Legrand came together by a chance meeting on Melrose in Hollywood. "Back when
George was putting together
LYNCH MOB, I read in a magazine that he was looking for a singer," explains
Legrand. "I made a homemade audition tape on my jam box and sent it to his manager, but I never got a call back. Anyway, years later I'm standing on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood and I see
George. I decided I didn't have anything to lose, so I walked up to him and said, 'How come you never got back to me on that tape?' He looked confused at first and then started laughing. We hit it off immediately and he invited me to come check out a new batch of songs he was working on. He gave me a tape of music, and that night I went home and finished three songs."
Rounding out
SOULS OF WE's recording lineup was powerhouse drummer
Yael (
TOM MORELLO,
ALEX SKOLNICK) and bassist
Johny Chow.
Lynch and
Legrand originally started crafting the songs that would ultimately make up
"Let The Truth Be Known" five years ago. However, the project was temporarily put on hold for a couple of years while
Lynch worked on various projects and
Legrand joined
BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, the band featuring
Nikki Sixx of
MÖTLEY CRÜE and
Tracii Guns from
L.A. GUNS. After the
BRIDES split,
Legrand and
Lynch rekindled their partnership and finished work on their most ambitious project yet.
"Let The Truth Be Known" was self-produced in various studios around Los Angeles and mixed by
Mudrock (
AVENGED SEVENFOLD,
GODSMACK). The record features several guest musicians including, drummer
Morgan Rose (
SEVENDUST) and bassist
Fred Leclercq (
DRAGONFORCE). "We went in to this project with no funding, no label, no producer and no band," explains
Lynch. "We were just doing demos and making the music that we wanted to make. There was no one looking over our shoulders and no deadlines."
Check out audio samples at
www.myspace.com/soulsofwe.