Former Butcher Infants singer Carla Harvey has unveiled the one/video “Hell or Hollywood” as the newest providing from her new mission The Violent Hour. The only contains a visitor guitar solo from Zakk Wylde.
The brand new track, which follows earlier single “Sick Ones” featuring John 5, has a particular ’80s arduous rock vibe, and is accompanied by a music video filmed on the famed Rainbow Bar & Grill in Hollywood, California. Within the clip, actors painting Lemmy Kilmister, Janis Joplin, and Kurt Cobain.
“Taking pictures the ‘Hell or Hollywood’ video on the Rainbow was a full-circle second for me,” said Harvey. “As a child rising up within the Midwest, I noticed the Rainbow in rock mags and iconic Weapons N’ Roses movies…it exuded that gritty, harmful, rock ’n’ roll life-style I craved. After I moved to LA, I virtually lived there. I made my first associates on the Rainbow, discovered my first bandmates there, and acquired into loads of bother. The Rainbow is greater than a backdrop; it’s a dwelling, respiratory piece of rock historical past.”
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She added, “This video tells the story of chasing a dream to LA (each the pleasures and the pitfalls) and toys with the query: do it’s a must to promote your soul for rock ’n’ roll? Is that this Hell or Hollywood? The reply reveals itself on the finish of the video. It was vital for me to have Lemmy (performed by Luke Edwards of Killed by Dying) within the video as one in all my “tempters” due to his iconic presence on the Rainbow. You’ll spot a Janis Joplin too (actress Shannon Corbett) and I needed to throw in a little bit tongue in cheek humor as nicely with a Kurt Cobain lookalike (Gabe Maska) as a result of let’s be actual, if Kurt confirmed up on the Rainbow, you’d positively be in hell.”
Harvey’s fiancé, Anthrax/Pantera drummer Charlie Benante, who composed the music and carried out a lot of the devices on The Violent Hour’s upcoming debut EP, added, “Carla grew up loving Weapons N’ Roses, and since they have been so closely influenced by Aerosmith, I wished to put in writing one thing that paid tribute to each. The riff on ‘Hell or Hollywood’ is the type that stands by itself — even with out vocals, it’s acquired a swagger to it. And having Zakk Wylde on the solo? He introduced this uncooked, six-string grit that rips by way of the observe. You hear it and immediately know — it’s him.”
Benante and Wylde are each enjoying in Pantera, alongside basic members Philip Anselmo and Rex Brown, with a summer US tour set to kick off in July (tickets available here). Harvey, in the meantime, is currently on tour because the singer of industrial-dance veterans Lords of Acid (pick up tickets here).
Watch the video for “Hell or Hollywood” under, and keep tuned for extra particulars on The Violent Hour’s debut EP.
