Classic Rock Revisited's Jeb Wright recently spoke with Night Ranger guitarist Brag Gillis about the band's new album, High Road. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

Jeb: You did not copy the past, yet you didn’t try to sound like the modern day. You found a cool balance, where the classic elements of Night Ranger are what this album is about yet these songs sound new and fresh.

Brad: "By having the luxury of time we were able to make it the best we could possibly make it. I’m just waiting for the release so the general public can listen to it and start giving us feedback on it. That downtime between when you finish an album and when you get it out there is nerve-racking.

We want people to hear it. We have already put 'High Road' in the set and we are going to put 'Knock, Knock' in the set, and it is the second video from the album that we are going to release. We are pretty excited about it. You can’t throw too many new songs in your set because the hits we have from the past have to be played."

Jeb: Is the pressure different from the old days?

Brad: "Really, there is no pressure. We try to be relaxed about everything we do and we just go in with the conception of making a great record that is Night Ranger. We just want to make a great record that sounds like us. The only big difference on this record from past records is the production. I think this record sounds bigger. We went back and forth with mixes for a few weeks to make it bigger, wider and larger. I think it is the best sounding record we’ve ever done as far as production goes."

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Night Ranger have premiered the video for "Knock Knock Never Stop", the track featured on the group's new album, High Road, released on June 10th in North America via label home Frontiers Records.

Inner Wound Recordings will release of a limited 12" vinyl edition of High Road. A deal was inked with Frontiers, and the release dates are set to July 18th for Europe and August 5th for North America. The edition is strictly limited to 500 copies worldwide and includes an insert with lyrics.

Produced by the band itself, High Road will be available in two formats - a standard CD version and a deluxe version which includes two bonus tracks and a DVD featuring a background look at the making of the album along with video clips.

Of the new album, frontman/bassist/songwriter Jack Blades commented, "It's almost summer and a great time to take a trip down the High Road! Our new record features classic Night Ranger feel-good, high-energy kick-ass rock n' roll. We can't wait for our fans to hear."

Drummer/singer Kelly Keagy added, "We're so proud of this new record and excited to get back on the road to bring the new music to our fans."

To date, Night Ranger has sold 17 million units worldwide and boasts several platinum- and gold-certified albums. Night Ranger is Jack Blades (bass guitar, vocals), Kelly Keagy (drums, vocals), Brad Gillis (lead & rhythm guitars), Joel Hoekstra (lead & rhythm guitars) and Eric Levy (keyboards).

High Road tracklisting:

"High Road"
"Knock Knock Never Stop"
"Rollin" On"
"Don"t Live Here Any More"
"I"m Coming Home"
"X Generation"
"Only For You Only"
"Hang On"
"St. Bartholomew"
"Brothers"
"L.A. No Name"

"The Mountain Song" *

*only available on deluxe edition

"I'm Coming Home":

"High Road" video:

EPK:

Look for the band to tour North America and around the globe this year in support of High Road.

(Photo - Grady Brannan)