Classic Rock Revisited recently spoke with Dan McCafferty, frontman for legendary Scottish rockers NAZARETH, about the band's new album, Big Dogz. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

Jeb: Congratulations on Big Dogz. This is a real Nazareth album with no filler. The last album, The Newz was the same. You are on a roll.

Dan: "We are really happy with it. The band is going great. Jimmy [Murrison] has been with us seventeen years. Lee [Agnew] joined after Darrel [Sweet] died. We kept writing songs before The Newz but we never really recorded them. The record companies kept telling us that we were too old to make a record. It was all very negative. We decided that was not the case, so we went in and did The Newz, which really, really pleased us. We really liked that album because we don’t like to do albums where the songs are all the same. Jimmy was really coming in as his own as a writer. These guys were really writing great songs. Pete [Agnew] and I were not really that involved in the writing of that album. The songs were very Nazareth. They were scarily Nazareth."

Jeb: You have an extremely unique vocal style. Your voice is just as ferocious now as it was thirty-five years ago. Is it something you work on?

Dan: "I think it is mostly just pure dumb luck. The thing is that I don’t worry about it. I smoked for years; I don’t anymore though. I still have a few drinks with dinner. I think too many singers are too paranoid about their voice. They think it is too smoky or that it is not smoky enough. They are frightened that they are going to lose it and they drive themselves insane. Generally speaking, I have been pretty lucky. Years ago, I had something wrong with my vocal chords and I had to have something done to them but that was it."

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Big Dogz was released in North America on May 10th.

Big Dogz tracklisting:

'Big Dog’s Gonna Howl'

'Claimed'

'When Jesus Comes To Save The World Again'

'Radio'

'No Mean Monster'

'Time And Tide'

'Lifeboat'

'The Toast'

'Watch Your Back'

'Butterfly'

'Sleeptalker'

European bonus disc tracklisting:

'Big Boy'

Simple Solution'

'My White Bicycle'

'Love Hurts'

'Open Up Woman'

Produced by guitar player Jimmy Murrison and sound wizard Yann Rouiller, the album’s production avoids the trappings of traditional polish in an effort to capture the challenging edge of classic rock’n’roll, according to a press release. Obviously, this is one band that has stuck to its guns not giving an inch for trends and fashion. Like MOTÖRHEAD, AC/DC or THE RAMONES, their personal vision supercedes any inclination whatsoever to follow the pack. The result of this hard-headed singularity? Sixty million albums sold in a glorious 41-year career. One of the purest diamonds of rock music, Big Dogz, will surely join their previous albums No Mean City and Hair Of The Dog in the most representative episodes of a glorious history.

Founder member Pete Agnew says: “They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but having recorded the new Nazareth album Big Dogz, I don’t agree. We’ve got some tasty bones here! Our friends at earMusic offered us the opportunity to mark some new territory and the ‘Nazhounds’ are delighted to be back among their pack. We’re straining at the leash to tour this puppy. We reckon it’s bitchin’! So get ready, because in 2011 the Big Dogz gonna howl!!”

Nazareth is:

Dan McCafferty (vocals)

Pete Agnew (bass)

Lee Agnew (drums)

Jimmy Murrison (guitars)