Description
2011 re-issue with new artwork, 2 bonus track, a poster and a dvd
Duff McKagan. A man with a big reputation through his involvement with major bands. Guns n Roses and Velvet Revolver you know the drill. But this isnt about mega headlines, superstar status and volcanic ego mania. Loaded isnt a band merely to fill in time, to allow the famed bassist to massage a hyper publicity drive. This is all about music! When this band started in 1998, I was at college studying business, recalls McKagan, who actually plays guitar and sings with this lot. But I was sickened by all the crap music going around at the time. Seriously, I hated all these big bands who were coming through. So, I put together Loaded to play rock music the way I wanted to do it. We had no great gameplan or philosophy. We just wanted to get into the rehearsal room, begin writing songs and play music we felt. To some, Loaded might appear to have a punk rock influence. Actually, this is closer to the mark than you might believe. Forget about the musicality being close to punk, its the attitude, as McKagan is keen to explain: When I was about 14, I saw The Clash play at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. That was in 1978, and it was amazing. I was expecting this superstar band to come onstage. Instead, the opposite occurred. The Clash were telling everyone that, Were all in this together. The musicians, the fans, were part of one family. That ideas never left me. McKagan has hand-picked the members of this band, feeling that each brings something special into the camp. Its not as if I bumped into all of them on the street and things happened by accident. I saw Geoff Reading play drums with Green Apple Quickstep (a cult mid-1990s Seattle band) and he was just an animal behind the kit. I knew then that I wanted to work with him at some point. Mike Squires and Jeff Rouse (guitar and bass, respectively) I watched with their band Alien Crime Syndicate, and again they really impressed me. – Its not that Ive taken these guys out of other bands, either. Its not like that in Seattle. Good musicians tend to play in more than one band. And our producer, Martin Feveyear, is also part of the band in many respects. Hes also our tour manager and our live sound engineer! Its the Seattle way. A small town mentality. The band released albums in 1999 and 2001, namely Live Episode and Dark Days, before other commitments meant Loaded were put on the back burner to some extent, although they never split up. No way! Weve been playing Xmas charity shows in Seattle on an annual basis over the last few years, says McKagan. These have been growing in popularity as well. Then last Xmas, we started to talk seriously about doing a record, which is what has led us to this place. Now, Ive been stockpiling songs for Loaded all the time. Id write something and store it away for future use, so the idea of doing a new album has always been in my mind. We all knew it would be fun to go into the studio (Jupiter in Seattle) and do a new album, but its actually been so inspirational. This isnt a stellar Pink Floyd kinda effort. But it perfectly represents what we do so well. Loaded is the band to make you realize how seriously the music industry takes itself.
Track listing:
1. Sick
2. Sleaze Factory
3. Flatline
4. IOU
5. The Slide
6. Translucent
7. Mothers Day
8. I See Through You
9. Forgive Me
10. No Shame
11. Blind Date Girl
12. Wasted Heart-electric version
13. No More
14. Roll Away
15. Wasted Heart
Dvd listing:
Live at The Garage, Glasgow,UK, September 22, 2008
1. Sick
2. Queen Joanasohpina
3. IOU
4. No More
5. Dark Days
6. Superman
7. Sleaze Factory
8. Executioners Song
9. 10 Years
10. Translucent
11. I Wanna Be Your Dog
12. No More-video