New York, NY (Top40 Charts) ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE - the project featuring MEGADETH bassist and EMP LABEL GROUP's President
David Ellefson and ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello - is currently in the studio in Hollywood, California recording material for their new album, with the producer Jay Ruston (ANTHRAX, STEEL PANTHER, STONE SOUR).
David Ellefson commented: "What started out as simple bass ideas quickly developed into some really great songs together. Our fans would probably never suspect that a couple of metal bass players would have songs like these inside of us. It's exciting to write melody with diversity while still pushing the limits of lead-bass playing. Frank's singing, and both of us playing guitars and other instruments, gave us a whole new dimension for creative opportunities."
Frank Bello added: "We thought it would be cool to let fans hear something they wouldn't expect from us — which is what ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE is".
Regarding how ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE came together, Ellefson told recently Guitar World: "We were doing bass clinics for our endorsement of Hartke bass amplification a few years back when the 'Big Four' were playing shows together. I just said to Frank, 'We should really write some of our own material we can play for these clinics. Something unique just for us.' So at Bass Player Live! at the Key Club in Hollywood, Frank got us talking to ANTHRAX producer Jay Ruston, who is also a bass player, and he got excited to get on board to record some songs for us. We agreed to do just a few songs we could release in EP format. This would make the workload easier with all of our schedules and even allow us to continue releasing more songs moving forward as well. Jay brought in Jeff Friedl on drums and even suggested Gus G. to play the solos I wanted to have on the track 'Here Again'."
Check out the video for "
Tell The World", taken from the ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE's EP, released in 2014: https://youtu.be/oicV6yAQQjU
More information on ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE at https://www.facebook.com/altitudesandattitude
ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE Line-up:
David Ellefson
Frank Bello
Jeff Friedl
EMP Label Group: https://empmerch.com - https://emplabelgroup.com
