The wait for another record will end this summer with the arrival of Exit Wounds, the latest effort from the Jakob Dylan-led outfit.Įxit Wounds, the seventh studio Wallflowers album, is due out July 9. Scott Dudelson/Getty ImagesSo long ago, we don't remember when, The Wallflowers released a new album. A new acoustic version incorporates Rob's vocals as well. "Unwell," a top-10 hit in 2003, was recently interpolated by superstar DJ and producer Steve Aoki for a new song called " Used to Be," featuring vocals by Kiiara and Wiz Khalifa. "Who we're going to be ten years from now depends on how we treat people now, and I think the Trevor Project and RADical Hope are pinpointing a huge group that we might lose if we don't let them know how special they are and how normal they are." "What we're really talking about is the mental health of our future generations," Rob said. RADical Hope addresses America's youth mental health crisis, while The Trevor Project is the world's largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ youth.ĭuring a conversation about the NFT auction on the app Clubhouse last Thursday night, Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas, who wrote "Unwell," spoke about why he wanted to tie the song to the current state of mental health in the country. Then, a donor kicked in an additional $50,000 directly to RADical Hope in support of the whole project.
The band's first NFT offering, which included the rights to high-res digital images of the original lyric sheets for their hit song, "Unwell," was sold for $24,000, proceeds from which went to the charities RADical Hope and The Trevor Project. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (Elton John)Ĭopyright © 2021, ABC Audio. "No Quarter" (Led Zeppelin) - featuring Frankie Banali "You Gotta Fight for Your Right (to Party)" (The Beastie Boys) "Godzilla" (Blue Oyster Cult) - featuring The Okai Sisters "American Girl" (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) "Trampled Underfoot" (Led Zeppelin) - featuring Frankie Banali
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Here's the full Hookers & Blow track list: bassist Mike Duda and singer Nadja Reed, who is Dizzy's wife. The band's current lineup also includes Danzig drummer Johnny Kelly, longtime W.A.S.P. We have been doing this (whatever it is) for almost 20 years and the record speaks for itself." Grossi says in a statement, "With SO many of these one time cash-grab 'ALL STAR' projects that literally release a record that in most cases is recorded remotely and most of the time the 'band' never even steps on stage with each other Hookers & Blow are proud to be the real deal.
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Hookers & Blow has lined up a series of 2021 concerts, beginning next month with a run of Texas shows kicking off May 19 in Austin. The album will be available for pre-order soon. Late Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali is featured on both Led Zeppelin songs, while sibling rockers The Okai Sisters lent their talents to a version of Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla." The 12-track album, which will be released later in 2021, features renditions of such classic rock tunes as The Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb" and "Rocks Off," Led Zeppelin's "Trampled Underfoot" and "No Quarter," David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust," Eddie Money's "Shakin'," Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' "American Girl," The Zombies' "Time of the Season," and Elton John's "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting." Courtesy of Hookers & Blow Hookers & Blow, the covers band led by longtime Guns N' Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi, has finished recording its debut studio album and has unveiled the full track list.