The
journey down REVOLUTION ROAD began
when producer Alessandro Del Vecchio and Avenue Of Allies label owner Gregor Klee sat together on the
riverside of the Ticino in Northern Italy in the spring of 2011 and talked about
some of their favourite singers who didn’t release new material
during
the last couple of years.
One
of the names that came up during the conversation of the two Classic Rock fans
was Stefan Berggren. The distinctive
sound of the voice of the former lead singer of Snakes In Paradise and Company
Of Snakes was missed by both of them and surely quite a few more followers of
the Swedish vocalist and the bands he sang in.
Shortly
after the exchange of some ideas for the new project Alessandro contacted
Stefan, who immediately expressed interest in a cooperation. During the fall and
winter of 2011 / 2012 an album began to take shape with Stefan submitting some
of his own compositions to the pool of 20 songs for the record, that also
included song contributions from Alessandro and his writing partners Paul Logue (Eden’s Curse), Carmine Martone and Francesco Marras.
The
final song selection, made by executive producer Gregor Klee, sets great store in
delivering a track list of the highest order for all lovers of Classic Hard Rock
with a touch of Melodic Rock and AOR.
With
Alessandro Del Vecchio (Edge Of
Forever, Hardline, Lionville, Fergie Frederiksen) in the producer’s seat all of
the songwriters also took part in the recording sessions performing as a band on
each tune of the record. Carmine
Martone and Francesco Marras
delivered some smokin’ hot guitar work with amazing solos, Paul Logue provided the bass tracks and
Francesco Jovino (U.D.O., Sapphire
Eyes, Hardline, Skill In Veins) layed down the solid drum groove. Alessandro,
who was of course also responsible for the keyboards and some mean Hammond B3
playing, also invited Voodoo Circle main
man Alex Beyrodt (Sinner, Primal
Fear) to bring the marvelous “Ain't Gonna
Give My Heart Away”, a particular highlight of the album, to another level.
As guests on guitar Stefan brought in his former Snakes In Paradise colleagues,
Stefan Jonsson and Thomas Jakobsson as well as Marcus Jidell (Royal Hunt, Doogie
White, Alfonzetti).
The
recording debut of REVOLUTION ROAD
with its magnificent production of a terrific variety of songs and the more than
solid musical performances by seasoned players is the very welcome return of Stefan Berggren, a high class Rock
shouter, who is finally back with an album that will convince any Rock
fan.
REVOLUTION
ROAD
musicians:
Stefan
Berggren:
Lead vocals, backing vocals,
acoustic guitar on "Shooting Star", “Pretending Hearts” and “Balloon”
Alessandro
Del Vecchio:
Keyboards, Hammond and backing vocals
Francesco
Marras:
Lead and rhythm guitars
Carmine
Martone:
Lead and rhythm guitars
Paul
Logue:
Bass
Francesco
Jovino:
Drums
Guest
musicians :
Alex
Beyrodt:
Guitar solo on "Ain't Gonna Give My Heart Away"
Thomas
Jakobsson:
Additional rhythm guitars on "Pretending Hearts”
Marcus
Jidell:
Lead guitar solo and additional rhythm guitars on "Love's Got A Hold On Me"
Stefan
Jonsson:
Lead guitar solo & additional rhythm guitars on "Shooting Star”,
lead guitar and rhythm guitar solo on “Pretending Hearts”
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