{"id":21051,"date":"2023-01-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21051"},"modified":"2023-01-21T19:07:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T19:07:23","slug":"ian-hunter-assembles-historic-lineup-for-defiance-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21051","title":{"rendered":"<strong>IAN HUNTER ASSEMBLES HISTORIC LINEUP FOR\u00a0<em>DEFIANCE PART 1<\/em><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROCK \u2018N\u2019 ROLL LEGEND RETURNS WITH STAR-STUDDED NEW ALBUM\u00a0<\/strong><br>\u00a0<br><strong><em>DEFIANCE PART 1<\/em>\u00a0SEES COLLABORATIONS FROM LATE, GREAT\u00a0JEFF BECK, JOHNNY DEPP, JOE ELLIOTT (DEF LEPPARD), BILLY F GIBBONS (ZZ TOP), TAYLOR HAWKINS (FOO FIGHTERS), DUFF McKAGAN (GUNS N\u2019 ROSES), TODD RUNDGREN, SLASH (GUNS N\u2019ROSES), JEFF TWEEDY (WILCO), ROBERT TRUJILLO (METALLICA), WADDY WACHTEL (STEVIE NICKS, KEITH RICHARDS), BRAD WHITFORD (AEROSMITH),\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong>DANE CLARK (JOHN MELLENCAMP),<\/strong><br><strong>BILLY BOB THORNTON &amp; J.D. ANDREW (THE BOXMASTERS) and<\/strong><br><strong>DEAN DELEO, ROBERT DE LEO &amp; ERIC KRETZ (STONE TEMPLE PILOTS)<\/strong><br>\u00a0<br><strong>FIRST SINGLE, \u201cBED OF ROSES,\u201d FEATURING MIKE CAMPBELL AND RINGO STARR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ian Hunter | &quot;Bed of Roses&quot; Official Video\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B1B-oHjTiI0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>DEFIANCE PART 1<\/em>\u00a0ARRIVES VIA SUN RECORDS ON FRIDAY, APRIL 21<\/strong><br>\u00a0<br><strong>PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/duffpress.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2e8abf58842c9dbf295c1e805&amp;id=4dfe0443b3&amp;e=71d8d4f580\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rock \u2018n\u2019 roll legend\u00a0<strong>Ian Hunter<\/strong>\u00a0has announced the release of his landmark new album,\u00a0<strong>DEFIANCE PART 1<\/strong>, arriving via the Sun Records label on Friday, April 21, 2023. Pre-orders are available now\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sunrecords.lnk.to\/DefiancePt1\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sunrecords.lnk.to\/DefiancePt1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>Easily among the most star-studded original albums ever recorded, DEFIANCE PART 1 sees Hunter joined by the late, great\u00a0<strong>Jeff Beck<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Johnny Depp<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Joe Elliott<\/strong>\u00a0(Def Leppard),\u00a0<strong>Billy F Gibbons<\/strong>\u00a0(ZZ Top),\u00a0<strong>Taylor Hawkins<\/strong>\u00a0(Foo Fighters),\u00a0<strong>Duff McKagan\u00a0<\/strong>(Guns N\u2019 Roses),\u00a0<strong>Todd Rundgren<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Slash<\/strong>\u00a0(Guns N\u2019 Roses),\u00a0<strong>JeffTweedy<\/strong>\u00a0(Wilco),\u00a0<strong>Robert Trujillo<\/strong>\u00a0(Metallica),\u00a0<strong>Waddy Wachtel<\/strong>\u00a0(Stevie Nicks, Keith Richards),\u00a0<strong>Brad Whitford<\/strong>(Aerosmith),\u00a0<strong>Dane Clark<\/strong>\u00a0(John Mellencamp),\u00a0<strong>Billy Bob Thornton<\/strong>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<strong>J.D. Andrew<\/strong>\u00a0(The Boxmasters) and\u00a0<strong>Dean DeLeo<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Robert De Leo<\/strong>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<strong>Eric Kretz<\/strong>\u00a0(Stone Temple Pilots).\u00a0\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>\u201c<em>It was a fluke,<\/em>\u201d Ian Hunter says. \u201c<em>This was not planned. Really, I\u2019m serious. I really couldn\u2019t believe some of them. I mean, it\u2019s amazing what\u2019s happened. It\u2019s been such a buzz.<\/em>\u201d<br>\u00a0<br>Now in its seventh decade, Ian Hunter\u2019s illustrious career has long been marked by collaboration, from the golden age of Mott the Hoople to his fabled partnership with Mick Ronson and 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0century renaissance with his crack backing combo, the Rant Band. Now, with DEFIANCE PART 1, the legendary singer-songwriter, author, and rock \u2018n\u2019 roll star takes creative solidarity to an unprecedented new level with spectacular accompaniment from a truly awe-inspiring roster of special guests, famous fans, and lifelong friends.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>The album first came together in early 2020 with the dawn of the pandemic era. An inveterate hard worker, Hunter took the lockdown as a creative opportunity, writing a series of new songs which he tracked in his Connecticut basement alongside his longtime collaborator, guitarist\/producer\/multi-instrumentalist\u00a0<strong>Andy York<\/strong>. Working with little more than a computer, guitar, V5 piano, and \u201ca very small keyboard,\u201d Hunter and York created a collection of bare bones demos but with quarantine rules still in effect, were unable to flesh them out further by hitting the studio with the Rant Band. Manager Mike Kobayashi and renowned rock \u2018n\u2019 roll photographer Ross Halfin suggested reaching out to some of Hunter\u2019s fellow legends who might perhaps use some of their own lockdown to contribute a track or two. To Hunter\u2019s delight, the project quickly escalated, with a galaxy of stars clamoring to be involved. With time on their hands due the pandemic, his fellow musicians took the demos and stems that Hunter and York put together in his basement and added unforeseen power and creativity through their own trademark talents.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201c<em>Everybody\u2019s sitting around,<\/em>\u201d says Hunter. \u201c<em>It\u2019s Covid. Nobody\u2019s going anywhere. We started sending them out. Slash started doing something. Robert Trujillo from Metallica. Ringo Starr, Mike Campbell. Joe Elliott is on a few tracks. Johnny Depp said \u2018Jeff Beck\u2019s with me and we\u2019d like to do a couple of songs.\u2019 I know Todd Rundgren, I toured with Todd way back, he\u2019s done an amazing job. Billy Gibbons. Billy Bob Thornton and JD Andrew from The Boxmasters. It\u2019s never ending. I mean, every day we\u2019d get a phone call, this guy wants to do it, that guy wants to do it. It was like, I can\u2019t believe this.<\/em>\u201d<br>\u00a0<br>Despite its genesis during the pandemic, DEFIANCE PART 1 is remarkably upbeat, ablaze with the life-affirming energy and unbridled passion that has marked Hunter\u2019s music since the start. Indeed, \u201cPavlov\u2019s Dog\u201d is Hunter at his ferocious best, a snarling rocker featuring the surviving members of Stone Temple Pilots \u2013 brothers Dean DeLeo (guitar) and Robert DeLeo (bass) and Eric Kretz (drums). Songs like \u201cI Hate Hate\u201d and the album\u2019s rebellious title track \u2013 the latter showcasing the one and only Slash on guitar with Metallica\u2019s Robert Trujillo carrying the groove using the late Jaco Pastorius\u2019 signature fretless bass, the same instrument played by the legendary jazz musician on Hunter\u2019s groundbreaking second solo album, 1975\u2019s ALL AMERICAN ALIEN BOY \u2013 offer indisputable evidence that Hunter\u2019s voice remains as uncompromising and provocative as ever before.<br>\u00a0<br>Having spent the better part of two years on the project, Hunter isn\u2019t done yet. As its title promises, DEFIANCE PART 1 will be followed by the arrival of DEFIANCE PART 2. The second chapter will feature an equally stunning range of special guests while projecting an entirely different thematic approach and songwriting aesthetic.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>With the wind at his back, Ian Hunter has somehow managed to pull off something impossible. DEFIANCE PART 1 is a full-speed-ahead rock \u2018n\u2019 roll record rarely heard in this day and age, recorded with a crew of irrefutable rock \u2018n\u2019 roll all-stars and released on the definitive rock \u2018n\u2019 roll label.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201c<em>There are a lot of reasons for calling this album DEFIANCE,<\/em>\u201d says Ian Hunter. \u201c<em>It\u2019s like, people my age shouldn\u2019t be making records, blah, blah, blah. But we\u2019ve still got a bit left.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CONNECT WITH IAN HUNTER<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/duffpress.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2e8abf58842c9dbf295c1e805&amp;id=0f70f4c8ef&amp;e=71d8d4f580\" target=\"_blank\">IANHUNTER.COM<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/duffpress.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2e8abf58842c9dbf295c1e805&amp;id=65ccddfb25&amp;e=71d8d4f580\" target=\"_blank\">FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/duffpress.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2e8abf58842c9dbf295c1e805&amp;id=823c179a06&amp;e=71d8d4f580\" target=\"_blank\">INSTAGRAM<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/duffpress.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2e8abf58842c9dbf295c1e805&amp;id=f73634e307&amp;e=71d8d4f580\" target=\"_blank\">TWITTER<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/duffpress.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=2e8abf58842c9dbf295c1e805&amp;id=5ceb0636d5&amp;e=71d8d4f580\" target=\"_blank\">YOUTUBE<\/a><br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROCK \u2018N\u2019 ROLL LEGEND RETURNS WITH STAR-STUDDED NEW ALBUM\u00a0\u00a0DEFIANCE PART 1\u00a0SEES COLLABORATIONS FROM LATE, GREAT\u00a0JEFF BECK, JOHNNY DEPP, JOE ELLIOTT (DEF LEPPARD), BILLY F GIBBONS (ZZ TOP), TAYLOR HAWKINS (FOO FIGHTERS), DUFF McKAGAN (GUNS N\u2019 ROSES), TODD RUNDGREN, SLASH (GUNS N\u2019ROSES), JEFF TWEEDY (WILCO), ROBERT TRUJILLO (METALLICA), WADDY WACHTEL (STEVIE NICKS, KEITH RICHARDS), BRAD WHITFORD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[8116,8107,8114,8115,8105,652,3627,8110,8106,8104,8112,8117,8111,8109,8108,2607,8113],"class_list":["post-21051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-billy-bob-thornton-j-d-andrew-the-boxmasters-and-dean-deleo","tag-billy-f-gibbons-zz-top","tag-brad-whitfordaerosmith","tag-dane-clark-john-mellencamp","tag-duff-mckagan-guns-n-roses","tag-ian-hunter","tag-jeff-beck","tag-jefftweedy-wilco","tag-joe-elliott-def-leppard","tag-johnny-depp","tag-keith-richards-2","tag-robert-de-leo-eric-kretz-stone-temple-pilots","tag-robert-trujillo-metallica","tag-slash-guns-n-roses","tag-taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters","tag-todd-rundgren","tag-waddy-wachtel-stevie-nicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21051","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=21051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21053,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21051\/revisions\/21053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}