NIGHT RANGER guitarist Brad Gillis is featured in a new interview with Classic Rock Revisited, discussing the band's new album Somewhere In California. An excerpt is available below:

Q: The new CD is amazing. Let’s talk about the opening song 'Growing Up In California'. That seems to be autobiographical.

Brad: "It is. We all spent time growing up in California. Three of us still live there. Even our guitar player Joel Hoekstra, who is from Chicago, spent a couple of years there when he was going to GIT and studying guitar. We have all spent years in California. I was born in Hawaii, but I grew up in California and have been here all my life."

Q: Describe what it is like to have such a great album at this stage in your career.

Brad: "I feel like I’m reliving 1984 through 1988 again. We were in our heyday then and we were touring a lot. We are going to do over 100 shows this year and we have not done that since 1988."

Q: Did you realize how good this disc was as you were writing and recording it?

Brad: "I thought it was going to be good. I was pleased because this record is up-tempo and kick ass. If you go through our repertoire, our first three big albums, we really didn’t have too many up tempo songs. I came in with a vengeance, wanting to do a kick ass rock album. If you noticed, there is only one ballad on the record. We were flying high when we did this record. We all got in the room and wrote these songs together. I brought in a lot of riffs and ideas. We knew we were onto something."

Click here for the complete interview.

Somewhere In California, was released on June 21st in North American via Frontiers Records. The offering is the culmination of the band's work to date and celebrates the 30th anniversary of Night Ranger. The record finds the band returning to their classic sound with updated production.

Frontman/bassist Jack Blades commented, "Night Ranger is back with a vengeance! We are so proud of our new album... classic NR in every sense... can't wait to see all the fans on tour this summer. Rock n' roll!"

A track by track report on the album from drummer Kelly Keagy is now available at this location.

Somewhere In California tracklisting:

'Growin' Up In California'

'Lay It On Me'

'Bye Bye Baby (Not Tonight)'

'Follow Your Heart'

'Time Of Our Lives'

'No Time To Lose Ya'

'Live For Today'

'It's Not Over'

'End Of The Day'

'Rock N' Roll Tonite'

'Say It With Love'

'Coming Of Age' (featuring TED NUGENT) - bonus track for Amazon MP3

'Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)' - bonus track for iTunes

Night Ranger will be on tour supporting JOURNEY and FOREIGNER starting this month. Their schedule is as follows:

July

27 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
30 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
31 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre

August

2 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
3 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
5 - Columbus, OH - Crew Stadium, Ohio State Fair
6 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
10 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
13 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
16 - Hartford, CT - Comcast Theatre
17 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
19 - Virginia Beach, VA - Virginia Beach Amphitheater
20 - Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
21 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte
24 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
27 - Burgettstown, PA - First Niagara Pavilion
30 - Syracuse, NY - New York State Fair
31 - Allentown, PA - The Great Allentown Fair

September

2 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
10 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Arena
16 - Atlanta, GA - Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
17 - Tampa, FL - 1-800 Ask-Gary Amphitheatre
18 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
24 - Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion
25 - The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
28 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre

October

1 - Englewood, CO - Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
7 - Chula Vista, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
14 - Wheatland, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
15 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
19 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden Arena
21 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena

The video for the first single from the album, 'Growin' Up In California', can be viewed below.