KINGDOM COME's mainman, Lenny Wolf talked to Greece's Rockpages about the band's latest record, Rendered Waters. Here's an excerpt:

Q: On the new album, Rendered Waters, we can listen to some remakes of some early Kingdom Come classics such as 'The Wind', 'Should I', 'Pushing Hard' and others. There is an even a remake of the STONE FURY classic, 'Tear Down The Walls'. What was the idea behind those re-recordings?

A: "Well, after thinking about this concept over, for the past 3 or 4 years, one of the things that stood out for me, in playing a lot of these songs live, was how different these songs sound now from the original versions. Some of the songs are slower and heavier and the guitar sound has changed the most I think from the earlier records. I think people’s listening habits have changed a lot over the past few years. Some people like the older 80s versions and that's fine. For me personally when I listen to the 80s style guitar sounds (for the most part) I get a toothache. I wanted to be able to produce a record now in 2011 so when I put it on and listen to it in my car I get a stiffy. Also for our younger fans, and basically anyone who has seen the band live, or has been buying our past few albums, we wanted to give them a different take on some classic Kingdom Come tracks with this newer band. What’s really the hardest part about re-recording older tracks is not to change the song so much that you don’t recognize it at all or change the basic structure of it so it’s completely ruined. This was much harder than writing the new tracks that appear on Rendered Waters by far."

Q: There are also three new songs, 'Blue Trees', 'Is It Fair Enough?' and 'Don’t Remember'. Were those written specifically for this project, or were they left over from an older recording session?

A: "No, these songs were all written in 2010. I never have a plan to create anything new but when the inspiration strikes me, I write. I’m not a guy that listens to what everybody is doing now, or what’s popular and use that as motivation to create new music. I don’t think in terms of 'maybe I should sound this way'. Writing songs is a very pure natural progression for me. I just create based on the events in the world around me. Basically, if anyone wants to find out anything about me, he only has to listen to my songs. They are the most brutal and honest statements about myself that I could possibly give you. I write out of the spirit of the moment. Those songs were written during a period in which I was jamming with Michael Schenker (SCORPIONS, UFO, MSG) and Herman Rarebell (Scorpions) in the UK preparing for a music convention in Frankfurt last year. The ideas and riffs for the new tracks stemmed from these jam sessions. I basically just finished them up in my studio when I returned and they did morph into the three new tracks on Rendered Waters."

Read the full interview at this location.

Rendered Waters tracklisting:

'Can’t Deny' (newly recorded version)

'The Wind' (newly recorded version)

'Blue Trees' (brand new song)

'Should I' (newly recorded version)

'I’ve Been Trying' (newly recorded version)

'Pushing Hard' (newly recorded version)

'Seventeen' (newly recorded version)

'Is It Fair Enough' (brand new song)

'Living Out Of Touch' (newly recorded version)

'Don’t Remember' (brand new song)

'Break Down The Wall' (newly recorded version)