KING'S X Frontman To Guest On HYDROGYN Album

All you Dug fans, take note...

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140768

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"We're all huge fans of KING'S X, particularly Jeff Westlake and myself," Jeff Young explained. "And we're all friends with Michael Wagener, who produced the last two KING'S X albums (2005's 'Ogre Tones' and 2008's 'XV'). Michael connected us with Doug and he was definitely down for it. We sent him the basic track right away, and he loved 'Big Star'. Initially, we only asked him to contribute vocals, but the more I thought about it... Remember, James Lomenzo is playing on every track on 'Judgment'. I went back to James and said, 'We should probably have Doug play bass on this, which will make the whole thing a little bit of a bigger guest spot.' Also a major KING'S X fan, J-Lo was all about that. I asked Doug, and he was totally down for contributing the bass part. He laid his part down and it just sits in the track so well. His groove is amazing and it just really helped to lift 'Big Star' to exactly where it needs to be.""

I'm more shocked at the news that former Megadeth members Jeff Young and Jame Lomenzo are in the band Hydrogen. Who knew?!?

MetalGuy71 wrote:

All you Dug fans, take note...

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140768

Quote :

"We're all huge fans of KING'S X, particularly Jeff Westlake and myself," Jeff Young explained. "And we're all friends with Michael Wagener, who produced the last two KING'S X albums (2005's 'Ogre Tones' and 2008's 'XV'). Michael connected us with Doug and he was definitely down for it. We sent him the basic track right away, and he loved 'Big Star'. Initially, we only asked him to contribute vocals, but the more I thought about it... Remember, James Lomenzo is playing on every track on 'Judgment'. I went back to James and said, 'We should probably have Doug play bass on this, which will make the whole thing a little bit of a bigger guest spot.' Also a major KING'S X fan, J-Lo was all about that. I asked Doug, and he was totally down for contributing the bass part. He laid his part down and it just sits in the track so well. His groove is amazing and it just really helped to lift 'Big Star' to exactly where it needs to be.""

I'm more shocked at the news that former Megadeth members Jeff Young and Jame Lomenzo are in the band Hydrogen. Who knew?!?

Me! Me! I did!

"Big Star" isn't a great song, though. Unless they've updated it quite a bit. It was originally on their debut, Best Served With Volume, which isn't all that amazing. Very demo-ish. They're a much better band since then, so hopefully the song is a lot better now.

Cool, I want to hear this.