Some things never change, thank the god of rock. Thirty years after forming Whitesnake, David Coverdale – now 56 – is back after a ten-year break to thrust the Big Salami back in our faces. Big balls prevail.
This ‘anniversary’ album is every inch the cockrocker’s handbook, predominantly created by a man undeterred by age and encouraged, no doubt, by the appalling travesty that was The Darkness, whose only good turn to music was to inspire the indignant, mass return of all real metal bands. This, of course, led to guitar rock’s omnipresence in the naughties. No bad thing. It is now hip to like metal.
Andy Burrows, you may know him as the drummer from Razorlight, releases a solo album, The Colour of My Dreams, on May 26. The album will be released to raise awareness and funds for the Jack's Place Appeal at Naomi House.
The Colour Of My Dreams was reportedly written and recorded at home by Andy during recent time out from Razorlight duties, after discovering a book of poems by an old family friend. Using just Garageband Andy began setting the poems to music, producing a lo-fi mix of childs-eye view poems and simple acoustic guitar.