CONTRABAND

 

OUT in U.S.A. June 8th 2004

 

The CD will be released with 3 different colours covers:

RED

White

Black

 

 

There should also be available an explicit lyrics version with the parental advisory and a clean version, plus special editions in UK where they will release: a DVD pack, a vinyl version and cds will have one bonus track (bodies)

 

Here you are the track list!

 

Sucker train blues (4.27)

Do it for the kids (3.55)

Big machine (4.25)

illegal i (4.17)

spectacle (3.41)

fall to pieces (4.30)

headspace (3.42)

superhuman (4.15)

set me free (4.07)

you got no right (5.35)

slither (4.08)

dirty little thing (3.57)

loving the alien (5.49)

 

Sucker train blues : they rhythm guitar is done on a ’56 telecaster, slash says that it was chosen as opening song because it is the most GnR like song and it represents  a bridge between present and past.

 

Do it for the kids: it has a double meaning, the kids of the song could both be the kids in the public and Scott’s children

 

Big machine: The song went out easily, duff started playing and matt joined and then slash with solos and rhythm

 

Illegal i: it was born one day that matt was late for practice and duff started playing drums

 

Spectacle: old song that once daff was singing then Scott gave it a different lyric

 

Fall to pieces: it’s a ballad but it’s a different one as it’s a power ballad with a lot of loud guitar

 

Headspace: it was born in 15 minutes, Scott had and idea on the topic and just sang the lyrics

 

Superhuman: for duff it is the perfect song for a strip bar and also his favourite song in contraband

 

Set me free: oldest song of the group written when they not even were a band it was born from a matt idea. It is the soundtrack for the movie “the Hulk”

 

You got no right: this song was first performed at the smashbox on 30 oct 2003 the tune is played on a takamine and recorded via microphone and pickup

 

Slither: the first single from contraband. SLASH wrote the riff and then matt and duff got in for the intro and the bridge, when Dave joined the band slash had already recorded also rhythm guitar so he only had to fill the holes

 

Dirty little thing: duff says it is about Paris Hilton

 

Loving the alien: the ballad, full of sentiment and passion, slash plays a gibson es335 through a fender amplifier with some reverb