Nikki Sixx Is 'Pretty Excited' About Next Week's Big Announcement
Are we getting new music from the bassist?
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Are we getting new music from the bassist?
On Friday (May 21), the recently unveiled rock supergroup L.A. Rats made good on their promise to release a cover of the classic Geoff Mack country ditty "I've Been Everywhere," a song repopularized by Johnny Cash in the 1990s. The Rats' version makes it a hard-edged rock 'n' roll number. The Ice Road. Listen to the song near the bottom of this post. "We wanted to bring that fire that's Johnny Cash," Sixx explains in a quote shared by Blabbermouth. "But it's also, how do we flip it? So John 5 and I brought in this Zeppelin-y half-time thing from the beginning with Rob talking on the outro....
albums — over at our store. There's a new metal supergroup in town. Rob Zombie, Nikki Sixx, guitarist John 5 (Rob Zombie, ex-Marilyn Manson) and drummer Tommy Clufetos (Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne) have formed a band called L.A. Rats and unleashed their first single, a cover of the country staple "I've Been Everywhere." The track appears on the soundtrack for the upcoming Netflix film, The Ice Road, so it's unclear whether the band of metal mainstays came together for just this one song, or if this is the beginning of a whole new project. Either way, the cut is a pretty interesting...
Nikki Sixx, Rob Zombie, John 5 Form New L.A. Rats Supergroup According to Music Row, the quartet have recorded a cover of Geoff Mack's 1959 hit "I've Been Everywhere" for the soundtrack to the upcoming Liam Neeson-starring Netflix movie The Ice Road. Zombie later confirmed these details via social media. Earlier today Sixx, Zombie, 5 and Clufetos all posted the same logo featuring the L.A. Rats name on their social media accounts, captioned only with the date "5.21." The day before, Sixx tweeted that he was in L.A. to "record a few new tracks, drop something new this week and finish my book...
Rob Zombie, Nikki Sixx Lead New Soundtrack Supergroup L.A. Rats The past year has opened the door for artists to collaborate more than ever and one of the newest pairings has given us the hard rocking supergroup L.A. Rats, consisting of Rob Zombie, Nikki Sixx, John 5 and Tommy Clufetos. The group is set to make their musical debut tomorrow (May 21) with a cover of the Geoff Mack-penned classic "I've Been Everywhere." The song has been penciled in as one of the key cuts to be featured on the new soundtrack for the Netflix film The Ice Road starring Liam Neeson. The film is set to arrive on Ju...