{"id":16542,"date":"2021-09-07T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=16542"},"modified":"2021-09-05T22:21:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T22:21:18","slug":"rolling-stones-guns-n-roses-covers-discussed-with-compulsions-front-man-rob-carlyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=16542","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Stones, Guns N\u2019 Roses covers discussed with Compulsions front man, Rob Carlyle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>While talking about the importance of staying unpredictable as an artist,\u00a0Rob Carlyle<\/strong>, front man for\u00a0The Compulsions<\/strong>, was recently asked by\u00a0Podcast Chit Chat<\/strong>\u00a0about the band\u2019s drastic reworkings of \u201cDead Flowers\u201d by\u00a0The Rolling Stones<\/strong>\u00a0and \u201cDust N\u2019 Bones\u201d by\u00a0Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/strong>\u00a0on the New York group\u2019s newest full-length,\u00a0Ferocious<\/em>. Below is an excerpt of\u00a0Rob<\/strong>\u2019s chat with host,\u00a0Bob Huhn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Huhn:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAnd another way that you show your unpredictability is [with the covers on\u00a0The Compulsions<\/strong>\u2019 latest album,\u00a0Ferocious<\/em>]. One\u2019s a\u00a0Rolling Stones<\/strong>\u00a0\u2018Dead Flowers\u2019 cover, and then you do a\u00a0Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/strong>\u00a0\u2018Dust N\u2019 Bones\u2019 cover. You just did your own take on them. They\u2019re completely different from what you\u2019d expect for a cover. And it shows some balls to do that because everyone thinks, \u2018Oh, I know that song. But that\u2019s not the way it goes.\u2019 But it worked out well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carlyle:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cYeah, yeah \u2013 and they were both challenges for different reasons. \u2018Dead Flowers\u2019 has been covered so many times and some of the covers are really good. So, to try and do your own thing with it, that definitely took some balls, like you said. And then very few people seem to cover\u00a0Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/strong>\u00a0because they\u2019re really good at doing the definitive version of their tracks. It\u2019s hard to imagine, at least for me, their songs being done any other way. But \u2018Dust N\u2019 Bones\u2019 definitely seemed a little more elastic to me. The lyrics are so, I keep using the word \u2018creepy\u2019 only because they\u2019re talking about burying things in the backyard and stuff like that, so it seemed like doing a creepy, almost\u00a0Tom Waits<\/strong>-version of that song made sense. And the other thing challenging about both those bands is that their fan bases are so diehard that if you dare to tread on that territory, you\u2019d better deliver the goods. And from all the reviews that we\u2019ve gotten and the feedback that I\u2019ve gotten, I think we passed with flying colors.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can now hear the rest of the conversation\u00a0here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Compulsions\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0third album, ‘Ferocious’<\/em>, was released on November 13, 2020. The 10-track release, which includes covers of \u201cDead Flowers\u201d by\u00a0The Rolling Stones<\/strong>\u00a0and \u201cDust N\u2019 Bones\u201d by\u00a0Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/strong>, was met with instant critical acclaim, including \u201cI Prefer Compulsions Versions Of\u00a0Guns N\u2019 Rose<\/strong>,\u00a0Rolling Stones<\/strong>Songs\u201d (Get Ready To ROCK!<\/strong>), \u201cIzzy Stradlin<\/strong>,\u00a0Gilby Clarke<\/strong>\u00a0Fans Will Flat Out Love\u201d (Sleaze Roxx<\/strong>), \u201cThink Early \u201970s\u00a0Rolling Stones<\/strong>\u00a0Transported To The Present Day\u201d (Fear & Loathing<\/strong>) and \u201cThe Rock \u2019N\u2019 Roll Record We Were Craving\u201d (RPM Online<\/a><\/strong>), among many, many others.<\/p>\n

Ferocious<\/em>\u00a0features front man\u00a0Rob Carlyle<\/strong>\u00a0expertly backed by a rogue\u2019s gallery of highly formidable players:\u00a0Brian Delaney<\/strong>\u00a0(New York Dolls<\/strong>),\u00a0Craig Dreyer<\/strong>\u00a0(Warren Haynes<\/strong>,\u00a0Keith Richards<\/strong>),\u00a0Frank Ferrer<\/strong>\u00a0(Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/strong>),\u00a0Alec Morton<\/strong>\u00a0(Raging Slab<\/strong>),\u00a0Hugh Pool<\/strong>\u00a0(New York Blues Hall Of Fame<\/em>),\u00a0Nicki Richards<\/strong>\u00a0(Madonna<\/strong>,\u00a0Mariah Carey<\/strong>,\u00a0Whitney Houston<\/strong>),\u00a0Ron \u201cBumblefoot\u201d Thal<\/strong>\u00a0(Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/strong>,\u00a0Sons Of Apollo<\/strong>) and\u00a0Earl Slick<\/strong>\u00a0(David Bowie<\/strong>,\u00a0John Lennon<\/strong>), among many notable others.\u00a0Ferocious<\/em>\u00a0is available now on all digital platforms via\u00a0Compulsions Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For regular updates on\u00a0Rob Carlyle & The Compulsions<\/strong>, keep an eye on\u00a0thecompulsionsnyc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 While talking about the importance of staying unpredictable as an artist,\u00a0Rob Carlyle, front man for\u00a0The Compulsions, was recently asked by\u00a0Podcast Chit Chat\u00a0about the band\u2019s drastic reworkings of \u201cDead Flowers\u201d by\u00a0The Rolling Stones\u00a0and \u201cDust N\u2019 Bones\u201d by\u00a0Guns N\u2019 Roses\u00a0on the New York group\u2019s newest full-length,\u00a0Ferocious. Below is an excerpt of\u00a0Rob\u2019s chat with host,\u00a0Bob Huhn. Huhn:\u00a0\u201cAnd […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[7094,7102,7092,7093,7095,7101,316,7097,7096,7091,7099,7100,7098],"class_list":["post-16542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-alec-morton-raging-slab","tag-among-many-notable-others-ferocious-is-available-now-on-all-digital-platforms-via-compulsions-records","tag-craig-dreyer-warren-haynes","tag-frank-ferrer-guns-n-roses","tag-hugh-pool-new-york-blues-hall-of-fame","tag-john-lennon","tag-keith-richards","tag-mariah-carey","tag-nicki-richards-madonna","tag-rob-carlyle-expertly-backed-by-a-rogues-gallery-of-highly-formidable-players-brian-delaney-new-york-dolls","tag-ron-bumblefoot-thal-guns-n-roses","tag-sons-of-apollo-and-earl-slick-david-bowie","tag-whitney-houston","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16542","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=16542"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16546,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16542\/revisions\/16546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}