TRIUMPH Tribute Album Is ‘Close To Being Finished

Ex-SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach and STARSHIP singer Mickey Thomas are among the many musicians who will seem on the upcoming TRIUMPH tribute album. The trouble is being overseen by producer Mike Clink, who helmed TRIUMPH‘s 1986 album “Sport Of Kings” and likewise labored on early GUNS N’ ROSES recordings.

TRIUMPH Tribute Album Is ‘Close To Being Finished

In a brand new interview with ABC Audio, TRIUMPH bassist Mike Levine mentioned that the album is “near being completed.”

“[The LP] acquired delayed like every part else throughout COVID as a result of no one needed to go to the studio, however all people appears to need to play once more,” Mike defined. “So he is getting close to the end line with it. So we’re hoping to see that early subsequent 12 months.”

Among the many different musicians who will seem on the album are longtime John Fogerty touring drummer Kenny Aronoff and BON JOVI guitarist Phil X, who beforehand performed with TRIUMPH in 1992 and ’93 after founding singer/guitarist Rik Emmett left the band.

Levine beforehand mentioned the TRIUMPH tribute album in a 2021 interview with The Steel Voice. On the time, he mentioned: “We had been speaking with [Clink], and we had been speaking about perhaps doing a tribute album. So [we told him], ‘You’ll be able to produce it, however you are the man who’s gotta wrangle all of the tributees; it is not gonna be our job to try this.’ And the document firm purchased in and gave us a funds to do it.’ So Clink has been slowly amassing the expertise and getting the tracks achieved. It is being recorded in L.A. There’s gonna be some nice visitor artists on it — nice musicians. It is gonna be a extremely cool undertaking when it is achieved.”

As for the assorted musicians’ method to overlaying TRIUMPH materials, Levine mentioned: “Our solely parameter from a band standpoint is do not do it like we did it. Do your personal tackle it. We do not wanna hear any individual simply copy what we did. We’d as properly simply ship you the mattress observe to place a vocal on it. We would like an interpretation. And a variety of the cash goes to a charity referred to as MusiCares. It is an enormous, large group that helps artists in hassle. It is type of like a charity we’ve got right here [in Canada] referred to as Unison that helps business folks which can be having a tough time.”

As beforehand reported, TRIUMPH‘s long-awaited characteristic documentary “Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine”, premiered within the U.S. final month by way of Nugs.internet.

“Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine”, produced by Emmy and Peabody award-winning Banger Movies (ALICE COOPER, IRON MAIDEN, RUSH and ZZ TOP),covers TRIUMPH‘s humble beginnings as staples of the GTA circuit within the mid-’70s to their heyday as touring juggernauts, promoting out arenas and stadiums all throughout North America with their legendary spectacular stay reveals — and method past.

Levine, Emmett and drummer Gil Moore fashioned TRIUMPH in 1975, and their mix of heavy riff-rockers with progressive odysseys, peppered with considerate, inspiring lyrics and virtuosic guitar enjoying rapidly made them a family title in Canada. Anthems like “Lay It On The Line”, “Magic Energy” and “Battle The Good Battle” broke them within the USA, they usually amassed a legion of fiercely passionate followers. However, as a band that all of the sudden cut up on the zenith of their reputation, TRIUMPH missed out on a possibility to say thanks to these loyal and devoted followers, a base that’s nonetheless energetic at this time, three a long time later.

Again in 2016, Moore and Levine reunited with Rik as particular visitors on the “RES 9” album from Emmett‘s band RESOLUTION9.

After 20 years aside, Emmett, Levine and Moore performed on the 2008 editions of the Sweden Rock Competition and Rocklahoma. A DVD of the historic Sweden efficiency was made obtainable 4 years later.