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Frontiers News - Forty Deuce Updated
(Jun.24.2005 02:45)
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Guitar master Richie Kotzen
has revealed his own point of view on the tracks included on
FORTY DEUCE debut album “Nothing To Lose” to be
released on Frontiers Records on August 29th 2005
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“Oh my God”
is my personal favorite song on the cd... I love the lyrics...
Very typical me... I remember when we wrote this song at my house:
Taka was singing "oh my God, I fucked up again". Ari,
Taka and I were talking about being drunk and all the mistakes
we made in the past and how we never learn from our mistakes.
Mostly in relationships. That night we wrote the song together.
It pretty much wrote itself. Taka and I share lead guitar duties
and on this song I did the solo.
”I Still” is
one of the more powerful songs on the cd and I think it’s Ari
and Taka’s favorite, as well as Thr3e's... It is a great song
to play live and the riff kicks ass...
”Start it Up”
is the last song we wrote for the cd... I wanted to write
something that was really simple but still uptempo and aggressive.
We are doing a show in a few weeks and it will be the first time
we perform that song live, hopefully the audience will dig it
as much as we do. I played the guitar solo on this one as well...
”Complicated”
was the first Forty Deuce song ever written. Taka had most
of the guitar parts worked out and Ari and I wrote the lyrics
and we all worked on the melodies together. After we recorded
this song we figured we were on to something cool and we then
wrote “Heaven” and “Standing in the Rain”.
”Say” is
a song that we have been using as the opener to our live show....
The way it starts is very aggressive and sort of introduces the
energy of the band.... So far its been going over great
”Heaven” is
a very unique song. There are not a lot of rock songs in this
time signature. It is the second Forty Deuce song ever written.
I can remember being in the atrium at Headroom studio, singing
that melody to the chorus and we were all very inspired about
finishing the song. Just like ”Complicated” Taka had the main
riff worked out and we all went from there. I love what Taka
played in the guitar solo on this song... Very memorable!
”Stand Up” was
written some where in the middle of our sessions.... We wanted
to have a positive song that had a bit of hope in the lyrics....
A lot of our stuff lyrically is dark or aggressive and this song
is one of the more positive tracks
”Next to Me”
was written around the same time as start it up.... I had
the riff and played it for the boys and everyone dug it so we
moved on it... I played the lead guitar on this one as well...
”Standing in the Rain” is by far the best mid temp song on the cd in my
opinion.... Really think this is a beautiful song in a very dark
way.... Taka came in with most of the music ready and some melodies
... I came up with a few ideas with the melody line and Ari and
i wrote the lyrics along with Taka.
”Wanted” is
one of the more mainstream sounding songs on the cd.... Its about
someone who moves on to become successful but leaves someone
behind in the process... Sort of a sad song I suppose... This
one usually gets a great response live.
”Nothing to Lose”
is the official ballad off the cd.... I guess you always need
one on every record..... I think this song has a lot of me in
it in the chord changes and melodies.....in is a bit light compared
to the rest of the cd but I think its a great closer..... We
also made the intro to the cd out of this song so it sort of
works like book ends to the Forty Deuce record.... Over all I
think we made an awesome record.... We really have our own sound
due to the fact that Ari, Taka and myself are all writing everything
together... It is really awesome to be a part of a new band from
the very beginning..... I hope we get a chance to tour very soon!
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