IN THE LAST ROUND drummer Vinny Appice spoke with the Nothing Shocking podcast about the status of the band’s upcoming third album. He said (as transcribed BLABBERMOUTH.NET“We got an EP that just came out “A day in the life”a BEATLES: song It’s a slight twist on that version. It was doing well. And the rest of the EP had a new song and two live songs from Europe that we did. And the album will be released in March, I think on March 31 earMUSIC:. It’s a German label. They’re a really, really good label, actually planning things around it. And then we’ll be doing some dates too, going out and doing gigs and promoting the album. We have to work around DEF LEPPARD:‘s schedule as they are coming out again with a big tour.
“So it’s all good,” he added. “IN THE LAST ROUND perfect: It’s a great group. We have a lot of fun on stage [and] off the stage. And that’s when it’s cool. When it’s no longer fun, it becomes work. I’m still having fun, thankfully.”
“A day in the life” arrived on November 11 via earMUSIC:. The effort was numbered and limited to 3,000 copies worldwide.
As for how? IN THE LAST ROUNDthe cover of “A day in the life” got together, guitarist Vivian Campbell — who is also a member DEF LEPPARD: – told SiriusXMof “Truck Nation with Eddie Trunk”“Going back to the spring of 2020 when everything shut down, by then we had talked about doing a cover song and had already started cutting the first six tracks for the third album which will be out early next year.
“IN THE LAST ROUND is always live streaming and we look at each other in the studio while we’re doing it; we have a push-pull dynamic,” he continued. “Well, “A day in the life” the only exception to this is that’s our song did not do so. We kind of did it DEF LEPPARD: road by building on the track and reverse engineering it. It was just out of necessity because this was March, April, May 2020 and we couldn’t travel. we couldn’t be together So we basically built the track that way and did it remotely. And that was an interesting thing for us because, like I said, it’s never been something we’ve done before or since.”
When asked if he was a fan THE BEATLES grow up Campbell said:THE BEATLES were great for all of us. The first song I ever learned to play on guitar was that ‘He loves you’. I remember working out the chords when I was a kid on vacation one summer. And I was so confused with myself because I actually figured it out.
“[‘A Day In The Life’] was a pretty ambitious song to admit,” he admitted. “Honestly, I don’t know how we actually got into that song. We were discussing what a suitable and interesting cover can do for us. We didn’t want to do something out of the genre, so it wasn’t like we were trying to AC/DC song or something from the world of hard rock. We decided we wanted to tackle something that would be a little out of left field. I have to say it probably was [bassist] Phil Sousa Who thought of it? “A day in the life”but we certainly didn’t need to be encouraged because, as I said, we’re all massive, massive BEATLES: fans And it’s such an ambitious song to take on, with time changes and key changes and so on, especially to do it the way we had to do it, in this distant way. But it was good to the extent that it actually gave us some incentive to do something and move forward. As I said, this was the spring of 2020, and all of a sudden, all plans were put on hold. So it was good for us to continue to push the group forward and continue that progress.”
This past summer, Winnie told Metal rules that IN THE LAST ROUND‘s third studio album was directed by Chris Collierwho worked before TO THE GIRL and: WHITE:among other groups. IN THE LAST ROUND‘s first two albums were produced by the former DOKKEN: and current FOREIGN bass player Jeff Pilson.
the news of IN THE LAST ROUNDthe cooperation of earMUSIC: shared in February Appendix: when appearing on “Wasting Time With Jason Greene”. Winnie also revealed that IN THE LAST ROUND finished recording six more new songs in late January Danny “The Earl” Cockerof Desert moon studios in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It was formed in 2012 Appendix:, Campbell and bassist Jimmy Bain – Ronnie James Dioon the co-authors and co-authors of “Holy Diver”, “Last in line” and: “Sacred Heart” albums IN THE LAST ROUNDThe original purpose of was to celebrate Ronnie James Dio‘s early work, reuniting members of the original DIO: composition. After playing shows that featured a set list exclusively of material from the first three DIO: albums, the band decided to move on and create new music in the same vein.
IN THE LAST ROUNDdebut album of “Heavy Crown”released in February 2016 via Frontiers Music Srllanding on #1 BillboardHeatseekers table. Initially, the release was preceded by tragedy when Bane He died unexpectedly on January 23, 2016 at the age of 68. IN THE LAST ROUNDrespecting what they knew would happen Bane‘s wish for the group to keep moving was brought up Susan and committed to continued touring in support of the album before starting work on the next release in 2019. “II”which was also made available via Frontiers Music Srl.
In February 2021. Susan told Pat’s Soundbytes Unplugged podcast about the new musical direction IN THE LAST ROUND Item: “The songs are another progression from the last album, The Difference “Heavy Crown” and: ‘II’and now ‘II’ and whatever this next album is called. But it has undoubtedly evolved further. it has evolved more, but we always try to maintain the characteristics IN THE LAST ROUND there. I mean you can’t shake those things, you can’t shake Winnieit’s drumming, you can’t shake it Vivianis playing. And I would like to say the same thing about myself, and of course [singer] Andrew: [Freeman]”.
For some early recording sessions IN THE LAST ROUNDThe third album was released in January 2020 Steak House studio in North Hollywood, California.
