{"id":15411,"date":"2021-05-10T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T05:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15411"},"modified":"2021-05-10T08:07:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T08:07:15","slug":"gilby-clarke-the-gospel-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15411","title":{"rendered":"Gilby Clarke \u2013 \u2018The Gospel Truth\u2019 (Golden Robot Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>While he will always be known as the guy who replaced Izzy in Guns n\u2019 Roses, Gilby Clarke has always been much more than just the Ronnie Wood to Slash\u2019s Keef. When he left Guns n\u2019 Roses in 1994 he went on to release arguably the best solo album by any member of the band with \u2018Pawnshop Guitars\u2019, proving he was always more than just a hired hand.<\/p>\n

Gilby went on to release 4 quality solo albums in the late 90\u2019s\/early 00\u2019s to much critical acclaim, yet little commercial success. The following years have seen the singer play with Slash\u2019s Snakepit, Heart and MC5, as well as fronting the Rock Star Supernova project.<\/p>\n

Now, 20 years after his last solo offering \u2018Sawg\u2019, Gilby returns with his new album \u2018The Gospel Truth\u2019. It was self-produced, written and laid down at his LA recording studio Redrum Recording, before lockdown was even a thing.<\/p>\n

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The thing I like about a Gilby Clarke album is you know what you are going to get. Let’s be honest here, he ain\u2019t reinventing the wheel with his low-slung rock n\u2019 roll tunes, but he has never claimed to. Gilby is just having fun writing and recording top quality tunes influenced by his heroes, pure and simple.<\/p>\n

And the essence of loud guitars and rock n\u2019 roll is evident from the off on the opening title track. With a killer, driving bassline, a cool ramshackle riff and those unmistakable raspy vocals, its low-slung rock n\u2019 roll at its finest, delivered in the same vein as \u2018Cure Me… or Kill Me…\u2019 from that classic debut album. The cool female backing vocals add some soul to the rock n\u2019 roll goodness here, which only helps to make a cracking opener.<\/p>\n

\u2018Wayfarer\u2019 follows, probably my current favourite song. Overly cool bass, handclaps and organ take us down a bluesy, well-travelled road. Again, some great backing harmonies that give a west coast vibe, you will keep returning to this one, believe me.<\/p>\n

Motley Crue legend Nikki Sixx and Jane\u2019s Addiction drummer Steven Perkins add their respective talents to \u2018Tightwad\u2019, a solid enough punky rocker where, funnily enough the bass is not as prominent or as cool as in the opening one-two.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, \u2018Violation\u2019 is full of punky attitude and NY garage rock goodness. A New York Dolls kinda riff gives way to honkytonk piano accompaniment to create a backstreet anthem that gets better the more you crank it. Funnily enough, this works just as well with \u2018Rock N Roll Is Getting Louder\u2019, where the killer bass groove returns. Add cowbell, a lyrical theme of motorcycles and guitars, then shake it but don\u2019t stir it, and you have an instant classic Gilby track.<\/p>\n

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The warm production is perfect for the laid-back groove of \u2018Rusted and Busted\u2019. Again, a slow burner that benefits from repeated plays. Overdriven power chords, handclaps and that unmistakable vocal drawl, blend together in harmony, what\u2019s not to like here? Closer \u2018She Won\u2019t Fight Fair\u2019 is a goodtime glam stomper. A cool riff and powerhouse drums drive the song along towards an anthemic chorus with just a hint of Adam and The Ants in the backing vocal department if I\u2019m not mistaken.<\/p>\n

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\u2018The Gospel Truth\u2019 is a solid return to form from Gilby Clarke. No cover versions, no ballads, just 10 killer, groove heavy rock songs, influenced by the songwriter\u2019s love of English bands like The Faces and The Stones. Sure, it ain\u2019t no \u2018Pawnshop Guitars\u2019, but it is a fine collection of effortlessly cool songs, delivered with the fire and passion of a road worn rock n\u2019 roll veteran with nothing to prove and much still to give.<\/p>\n

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Author: Ben Hughes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While he will always be known as the guy who replaced Izzy in Guns n\u2019 Roses, Gilby Clarke has always been much more than just the Ronnie Wood to Slash\u2019s Keef. When he left Guns n\u2019 Roses in 1994 he went on to release arguably the best solo album by any member of the band […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[726,560,585,1818,6730,6729,978,6731],"class_list":["post-15411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-ben-hughes","tag-gilby-clarke","tag-guns-n-roses","tag-new-album","tag-olden-robot-records","tag-pawnshop-guitar","tag-rock-n-roll","tag-the-gospel-truth","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15411"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15478,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411\/revisions\/15478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}