Joe Elliott's Down 'N' Outz - The Further Adventures of...

Back with a 2nd album on April 21st...

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Down 'n' Outz, coverers of Mott The Hoople and associated acts, will release their second studio album — The Further Adventures Of — on April 21 through Bludgeon Riffola, via Mailboat Records.

Following on from 2010 debut My ReGeneration, The Further Adventures Of... delves deeper into the Mott back-catalogue — reigniting catchy but more overlooked numbers like 'Marionette', 'One Of The Boys' and single 'Rock N' Roll Queen'.

"It's definitely more obscure," Down 'n' Outz founder, Mott lover and Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott tells us. "The game plan was to go where we couldn’t go with the first album. I just wanted these songs to get a fresh coat of paint and be heard."

Discussing the track selection process this time around, Elliott says: "I thought, 'what's my desert island playlist of Mott stuff?' I didn't want to do Roll Away The Stone, All The Young Dudes... the obvious ones. I wanted to go deeper and make it a proper record."

While I'm not all that familiar with the original Mott versions, I enjoyed this first one quite a bit, so I imagine I'll pick up this new one too at some point.

Not sure if this is the official cover or just random artwork associated with the release...

Got the first one for free in Classic Rock Magazine and I liked it. It also helped that I am a fan of Mott the Hoople

manny wrote:

Got the first one for free in Classic Rock Magazine and I liked it.

Same here. I eventually upgraded to the regular version for 3 additional tracks not found on the free promo.

These days Joe sounds much better doing this style; I liked the first one and will plan on picking this one up. I think my favorite song they've done is their cover of Elton John's "Love Lies Bleeding," which is on the DVD and available as a bonus track.

glassprison wrote:

These days Joe sounds much better doing this style; I liked the first one and will plan on picking this one up.  I think my favorite song they've done is their cover of Elton John's "Love Lies Bleeding," which is on the DVD and available as a bonus track.

Now THAT, I'd be interested in hearing. Other than that, probably not so much.

I also was first exposed to this band through Classic Rock magazine's sampler. I liked it. Listening to the new album now. More of the same good stuff.