NEW YORK (EMI Music) - Between the years 1994-2002,
Filter lead singer Richard Patrick and Dean and Robert DeLeo of
Stone Temple Pilots have shared many a stage and crossed many a path. When Richard asked the DeLeo brothers for musical input on the fourth
Filter album, it was a musical collaboration that would go further then any of the three believed. They've joined forces, with drummer Ray Luzier, to create an exciting musical union: ARMY OF ANYONE.
Now, music fans will get to experience the band's creative vision when ARMY OF ANYONE's self-titled debut album is released November 14 on the new music company recently launched by management company The Firm. Recorded at The Village studios in Santa Monica with producer Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, KISS, Jane's Addiction), the album will be previewed by the first single "Goodbye." Already streaming online at AOL Radio, it's set to impact radio today, August 23.
ARMY OF ANYONE's album overflows with passion and excitement, exhibiting a quartet of experienced musicians who are starting again and rediscovering the joy of music in its purest form. "It Doesn't Seem to Matter" evolves from a celestial, chiming opening to a surging motorcycle roar. "Generation" begins with a baying siren before staccato guitars create an urgent, explosive vibe that's only interrupted by the atmospheric bridge sections and cathartic chorus. "Goodbye" contrasts delicate ambience with tumbling kinetic energy, while "Disappear" intersects folksy strums with psychedelic guitar trickles without sacrificing any of the band's lead-heavy bottom-end.
"A Better Place"-the first musical collaboration between Richard and the DeLeo brothers-turned out to be prophetic, and the beginning of something new. And within a few days in the studio, the three musicians decided they would take this working relationship to the next level, and ARMY OF ANYONE was born. Within less than a year's time, the group had recorded more than 30 songs in Patrick's home studio. They narrowed it down to 11 and went into the studio to record.
"You want to work with exceptional players," says Richard. "Amazing songwriters and people who are at your level or above. You want to surround yourself with guys who will bring out your best."
Dean adds, "This album is a good representation of what we can do. But I think the more important question is what can't we do?"
And Robert summed it all up with the following message on the band's website, "I am very touched by the response you have given our musical efforts. I say that equally to STP fans, Filter fans and new ones alike. After all we named this band around ALL of us....ARMY OF ANYONE. We are all invited!!!"
The ARMY OF ANYONE album will be distributed by EMI Music in the U.S. and licensed for territories around the globe. This new venture will take the unprecedented step of splitting all profits with the artists signed to the venture rather than the traditional royalty structure.
