In a brand new interview with Daybreak Osborne of TotalRock, ’80s onerous rock queen Lita Ford spoke about her long-awaited new studio album. Ford‘s upcoming follow-up to 2012’s “Dwelling Like A Runaway” was as soon as once more helmed by guitarist/producer Gary Hoey, who contributes some guitar taking part in to the disc. Requested if she already has a title for the brand new LP, Ford mentioned (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Sure. [Laughs] However I am attempting to attend till we get a document label signed. And so as soon as I do, then I can inform you all the things.”
Concerning when followers can anticipate to see the album launched, Lita mentioned: “I do not know. Quickly, I hope. Fingers crossed. We’re engaged on it.”
Ford went on to say that the album is autobiographical. “I needed to reside it earlier than I may write it,” she defined. “It sounds a little bit creepy and all the things, but it surely’s fairly cool. It is a darkish fairytale, ala — I do not know — ala ‘Shrek’. And I like ‘Shrek’. I do not know if you happen to’re aware of the ‘Shrek’ films. I imply, there isn’t any inexperienced individuals in it or something like that, and there isn’t any ogres. Properly, I suppose there are ogres.”
In keeping with Lita, her new album will embody a collaboration with German steel queen Doro Pesch. “It is ready to come back out,” Ford mentioned. “And I am dying. It is so good. It is not a ballad, and it isn’t a quick tune. It is only a actually highly effective, mid-range tune. And it’ll cut back you to tears.”
As for a way the tune with Doro happened, Lita mentioned: “After I bumped into Doro, she was receiving an award in Los Angeles, and she or he says to me, ‘Lita, we’ve to do a tune collectively.’ And I mentioned, ‘I’ve obtained it. I’ve obtained the title. I do know what the title is.’ As a result of generally you simply seize titles, and you do not even know why. It is simply one thing that sounds wonderful. And so I wrote it down in my little e book of titles. And shortly after that, Doro had got here alongside and she or he mentioned, ‘Let’s write one thing.’ And I obtained the title. So, I went forward and wrote the tune. And Doro didn’t write the tune, however she positive sang the hell out of it. She got here out and nailed it. So it was an awesome honor to work with Doro once more.”
Ford additionally revealed that her new album will include a collaboration with singer/songwriter/producer Jean Beauvoir (CROWN OF THORNS, PLASMATICS). She mentioned: “Jean, he is like household as a result of we type of grew up within the punk rock period collectively, [him] from the PLASMATICS and [me] from THE RUNAWAYS. And generally you are simply on the proper place on the proper time with the appropriate individuals. And Jean and I wrote this tune collectively. And, yeah, it is magic. It is a duet, but it surely’s produced by Jean, and he simply knocked it out of the park. It is a magic, magic tune.”
Final July, Ford informed Joe Rock of Lengthy Island’s rock station 102.3 WBAB about her upcoming LP: “The studio, for me, has all the time been attempting to show all people what I wanna hear. And quite a lot of that’s as a result of they mainly do not know themselves as a producer or an engineer. I’ve had among the best engineers and I’ve had among the best producers, and this album — we’re completed with it now — [was produced by] Gary Hoey. Gary Hoey is a good musician, nice guitar participant. And Gary and I — I can throw any thought at Gary, and he would try to make it occur. And the factor about being within the studio is you try to make issues occur, and if they do not occur, then they do not occur. You possibly can solely attempt. And so we obtained actual artistic with guitars and we performed — there’s quite a lot of nice guitars on this new document. I am actually enthusiastic about it.”
Lita went on to say that the creation of her new album was fully in her management. “There have been no songwriters that I needed to work with as a result of any person else needed me to work with them,” she defined. “That is strictly Lita and what Lita needed to do. And it is a idea document. There is a massive story behind it. And so it is gonna open quite a lot of doorways for lots of issues. And lots of people are gonna have the ability to relate to this document. And it has some nice musicians. Bobby Rock performed drums on it. Jean Beauvoir wrote one of many songs with me. And it is only a nice document. And Gary Hoey, in fact, produced it. Max Norman, who combined it — Max Norman did quite a lot of stuff for Ozzy [Osbourne] and MEGADETH, and he is only a steel man. So it is all in the appropriate palms. I’ve obtained all of the badass individuals behind me. Acquired a brand new supervisor, and it is all good.”
In Might 2022, bassist Marten Andersson (STEELHEART, LIZZY BORDEN, LYNCH MOB) formally joined Lita‘s touring band. Andersson changed Marty O’Brien who turned the touring bassist for DAUGHTRY.
In a 2023 interview with “THAT Rocks!”, the YouTube collection hosted by Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson, Lita acknowledged about her subsequent LP: “The issue is we have had so many issues occur over the previous couple of years. Our supervisor died; George Marshall died [in] ’22. After which my songwriting associate died. And it is simply been devastation. However we take all that ache and all the things and we simply put it proper again into the album. After which we recorded the drum tracks in Minneapolis throughout Black Lives Matter and COVID. Every thing was locked down and the place was boarded up and the fellows had shotguns and Rottweilers. After which we went in and did drum tracks. And it was superior. Simply reminiscences of simply pure badassery.”
Concerning what her plans are for reside reveals in assist of her upcoming LP, Lita mentioned: “Properly, what I wish to do is put collectively a theatrical present, form of like a rock guitar opera type of factor. It has been carried out earlier than and completely different bands have carried out it earlier than, however I believe on this case, it could be a little bit completely different and simply to convey the entire present to not life only for audio, however for visible causes additionally.”
In January 2021, Lita informed SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” that her new album accommodates “among the greatest guitar taking part in” she has heard “in a long time.” She added: “And I am not blowing smoke up my very own ass, however Gary and I simply nailed it with the guitar taking part in on this document.
“I am an enormous fan of individuals like Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter from Alice Cooper‘s ‘Welcome To My Nightmare’. I imply, there’s some actually nice duo guitar gamers — [JUDAS PRIEST‘s] Glenn Tipton, Ok.Ok. Downing… These guitar gamers do not exist anymore — they only do not exist. If you happen to wanna hear them, you need to return in time a little bit bit and dig them up into your favourite library, favourite music catalog. However I believe Gary and I actually nailed it on this subsequent document. It is, like, oh my God. I am crying — I am simply, like, crying listening to these items. It is so badass.”
Ford‘s final launch was 2016’s “Time Capsule”, a set of songs that had been recorded by Lita up to now, however by no means earlier than made out there.
9 years in the past, Lita launched an autobiography, “Dwelling Like A Runaway: A Memoir”, through Dey Road Books (previously It Books),an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
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