

George has got a very English sense of humor. So, it's amazing."Īs for what it's like having George Lynch as part of his family now, Faulkner said: " George is great.

And we're looking forward to seeing how her life shapes up and who she becomes. She loves DEF LEPPARD she headbangs to DEF LEPPARD, which is an amazing thing.
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"Fast forward two years, we're back on stage, and there's this little human being down there with a leopard skin jacket on and chucks and a pair of ear defenders, and she was rocking out. "Two years ago, we were on stage in Las Vegas for the last show of the 'Firepower' tour," he continued. I sound like a bit of a crybaby, but it was just a lot of emotion. And I looked down off the side of the stage, and there was this little human being that wasn't there before.

, I shed a tear because it was so emotional.

It's about this little being that you're responsible for. Asked in a new interview with Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio how being a dad has changed his life, Richie said: "It's incomprehensible, really. Champagne Supernova (Originally by Oasis)ġ1.DOKKEN's legendary axeman George Lynch became a grandfather for the fifth time when his daughter, Mariah Lynch, and JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner, who is her boyfriend, welcomed their first child, a baby girl, in July 2020. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (Originally by R.E.M.)ġ0. Nowhere To Run (Originally by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas)ĩ. Apologize (Originally by OneRepublic & Timbaland)ħ. Ordinary World (Originally by Duran Duran)Ħ. I Feel The Earth (Originally by Carole King)Ĥ. You Got The Love (Originally by Rufus & Chaka Khan)ģ. One Of Us (Originally by Joan Osbourne)Ģ. Heavy Hitters will be available on both CD in a deluxe digipak and on limited edition colored vinyl starting December 18, courtesy of Deadline Music, a subsidiary of Cleopatra Records, Inc.!ġ. We just wanted to add some heaviness, a little George Lynch soulful playing and then let Wil fly with that phenomenal voice.” ‘Ordinary World’ is such a great melodic and emotional song, a song I think George and I have always loved. Pilson, meanwhile, says “The purpose of this whole record, besides having a lot of fun making it, was to take amazing hit songs and interpret them in a way that was true to the greatness of the original but that also brought something new and fresh to the song. It was an honor and a challenge to cover it in that we had to thread the needle between respecting the original vision of the arrangement but putting our stamp on it as well.” If you’ve ever wondered what an amped-up, full-throttle version of Carole King’s “I Feel The Earth Move” or Prince’s “Kiss” or Oasis’ “Champagne Supernova” or Madonna’s “Music,” then this is the album for you!Īs a special treat, the band has released the first single from the album – a powerful rendition of Duran Duran’s “Ordinary World” – featuring Martin on vocals, offering just a small taste of what’s in store.Īs Lynch himself explains, “I was never a huge Duran Duran fan but I always loved this song. But this new batch of recordings, entitled appropriately enough Heavy Hitters, stands apart not only for its outstanding roster of players and vocalists including head Bulletboy Marq Torien, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore, Kansas native Wil Martin (Earshot) and drummer Brian Tichy (Whitesnake/Ozzy) but for the jaw-dropping song selection. Guitar-shredding virtuoso George Lynch has reteamed with former Dokken bandmate Jeff Pilson for a set of new studio recordings that turn pop music classics into powerful metal anthems! The two have previously made metal magic together as a duo on the 2003 album Wicked Underground, which was recently reissued on vinyl, as well as with other projects such as T&N and The End Machine.
