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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 03/09/2006 : 01:58:29
FRANK BLACK TO RELEASE DOUBLE CD ³FASTMAN/RAIDERMAN²
Los Angeles, CA Thursday, March 9, 2006 -- Following the critical success
of 2005¹s ³Honeycomb,² which Rolling Stone called ³a mind-blowing collection
of tasty laid-back tunes,² Pixies¹ icon Frank Black will see the release of
his ambitious new double-CD, ³Fastman/Raiderman,² on June 20 (Back
Porch/EMI).
Paired again with producer Jon Tiven, the 27-song CD was recorded over a
two-year period at studios in Nashville and Los Angeles, and slams a bit
harder than the laid-back ³Honeycomb.²
³Fastman/Raiderman² features some of the most celebrated players in music,
including Levon Helm from The Band, Tom Petersson from Cheap Trick,
Heartbreaker drummer Steve Ferrone, the legendary Al Kooper, honky-tonk hero
Marty Brown, songwriting enigma P.F. Sloan, and Simon Kirke from Bad Company
and Free, as well as ³Honeycomb² ³returnees² Steve Cropper, Reggie Young,
Buddy Miller, Spooner Oldman and Chester Thompson, to name just a few.
For Black, the recording of ³Fastman/Raiderman² was a bit of a homecoming.
³On ŒHoneycomb¹ I was walking on eggshells,² he admits about his renowned
³back-up² band. ³These guys are still legends, but now that we¹d hung around
a bit, I was more at ease.²
Songs on ³Fastman/Raiderman² include the somewhat bizarre ³Kiss My Ring,²
the almost hallucinogenic ³Dog Sleep,² and the overlay of the lyrically
obscure and the body-punch, visceral groove of ³In the Time of My Ruin.²
³Highway to Lowdown,² ³Sad Man¹s Song,² and ³Where the Wind Is Going² were
originally recorded for ³Honeycomb² but didn¹t match that album¹s laid-back
feel so have been in hibernation until now. ³Fitzgerald² and ³Elijah² look
back to when Black and the Pixies were just beginning to turn rock music
inside out from their home base in Boston, and ³My Terrible Ways² is a true,
tragic story of heroism in the devastation in Mississippi from Hurricane
Katrina.
One of Black¹s favorites is the track ³Raiderman² which was recorded one
lazy summer night at Tiven¹s house in Nashville. It boasts an accompaniment
from a chorus of cicadas chirping in the backyard and Tiven¹s dog Sammy, who
made himself heard right before the second verse. ³That provides a nice
backdrop to this tale of a Polish coal miner who lost his legs to the coal
train,² Black says. ³He ends up being a security man after he gets fired by
the coal company, chasing the Raiderman away Š²
As Black is fond of doing, some of the new songs were recorded in a single
24-hour marathon session with musicians coming and going in three shifts and
only one two-hour break for some shuteye.
³We gutted it out on sheer adrenaline,² Tiven remembers. ³By the end things
were getting surreal and we were just going with the untamed forces of the
universe. If you¹re halfway between waking and sleeping, you can do things
with a song that might not normally seem possible.²
Black plans to put together a band that can support the songs on
³Fastman/Raiderman² and hit the road later this year. First, he¹ll join his
Pixies¹ bandmates on a European summer tour.
 I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid |
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| billgoodman |
Posted - 03/18/2006 : 02:51:19
quote:
Originally posted by Jason
One thing I miss about the pre-Pixies reunion days is Frank's self-written press releases.
yeah, he can write a good piece, don't you think.
What do we have to drink when listening to this record?
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| Jason |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 21:56:56
One thing I miss about the pre-Pixies reunion days is Frank's self-written press releases. |
| TheScooper |
Posted - 03/14/2006 : 20:10:15
uncomfortable? with her voice? actually...singing next to her would make me feel pretty insecure
thanks mr. tiven |
| Jontiven |
Posted - 03/14/2006 : 17:56:46
No Shemekia on this record, sorry to say. It was recorded, but ultimately Frank didn't feel comfortable with the song as a duet, and we reverted to its original form.
Either way, it's a wonderful cut. Perhaps someday he will have second thoughts about this, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
bye,
Jon Tiven |
| TheScooper |
Posted - 03/14/2006 : 14:51:23
mr. tiven--
I don't know if this has been asked, but did the Shameka Copeland duet make the cut? |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 03/14/2006 : 06:34:19
You should really get that cough checked...
 "If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 03/14/2006 : 00:49:05
quote:
Originally posted by prozacrat
I'm glad it's 100% accurate. A FB album shouldn't need hype.
http://www.prozacrat.com
cough....pixies reunion....cough....honeycomb....cough...hype
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| prozacrat |
Posted - 03/13/2006 : 17:01:34
I'm glad it's 100% accurate. A FB album shouldn't need hype.
http://www.prozacrat.com |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 03/13/2006 : 12:10:24
quote:
Originally posted by Jontiven
The press release is 100% accurate. "My Terrible Ways" was inspired directly from a CNN story. And it is a compelling one.
bye,
Jon Tiven
Yeah, but still misleading, about Kiss My Ring. (joke)
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 03/13/2006 : 06:24:46
quote:
Originally posted by prozacrat
Sounds like they wanted to put something relevant in the press release and embellish it a bit. But hell, with all the bad shit and good shit that's gone one down south because of Katrina, I'm sure something happened that was worth writing a song about it. There are a lot of people I wouldn't trust writing a song regarding that subject matter, but Frank Black is not one of them. St. Francis Dam Disaster turned out pretty damn good, it was just a little less contemporary.
http://www.prozacrat.com
May I say, Amen.
"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
| Monsieur |
Posted - 03/13/2006 : 05:55:21
quote:
Originally posted by Jontiven
The press release is 100% accurate. "My Terrible Ways" was inspired directly from a CNN story. And it is a compelling one.
bye,
Jon Tiven
Wow!
The journalists know your dawg's name?
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
| Jontiven |
Posted - 03/13/2006 : 05:01:00
The press release is 100% accurate. "My Terrible Ways" was inspired directly from a CNN story. And it is a compelling one.
bye,
Jon Tiven |
| prozacrat |
Posted - 03/12/2006 : 23:25:53
Sounds like they wanted to put something relevant in the press release and embellish it a bit. But hell, with all the bad shit and good shit that's gone one down south because of Katrina, I'm sure something happened that was worth writing a song about it. There are a lot of people I wouldn't trust writing a song regarding that subject matter, but Frank Black is not one of them. St. Francis Dam Disaster turned out pretty damn good, it was just a little less contemporary.
http://www.prozacrat.com |
| spunXtain |
Posted - 03/12/2006 : 17:24:58
quote:
Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
³My Terrible Ways² is a true,
tragic story of heroism in the devastation in Mississippi from Hurricane
Katrina.
I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid
You've got to be shitting me...
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| NimrodsSon |
Posted - 03/09/2006 : 19:39:51
Ooooh!!!! I can't wait! (for the record and the tour!)
¡Viva los Católicos! |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 03/09/2006 : 12:51:39
quote:
Originally posted by Jontiven
"Kiss My Ring" is the same version, but remixed. There were no re-records.
bye,
Jon Tiven
who wrote that stinking lying press release!
Okay it's not lying, but it's misleading! Thanks for clearing that up
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| Jontiven |
Posted - 03/09/2006 : 08:27:08
"Kiss My Ring" is the same version, but remixed. There were no re-records.
bye,
Jon Tiven |
| misterwoe |
Posted - 03/09/2006 : 07:50:08
I'm so excited! I hope I don't miss FB while I'm in Greece...Maybe I'll get to see him there. YES!
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole. |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 03/09/2006 : 07:21:18
Reading this pressrelease it almost looks like Kiss My Ring
was re-recorded. Cause it mentions other songs being from the Honeycomb sessions, but not KMR
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| prozacrat |
Posted - 03/09/2006 : 06:04:04
Can't....sleep.... until.... I get...... this..... album.......
http://www.prozacrat.com |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 03/09/2006 : 03:10:09
Well, sounds like the best of both worlds. Pixies tour AND some solo promo :D |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 03/09/2006 : 02:34:43
Merci Monsieur Fromage Mille. Interesting, to say the least.
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