PivotalAlliance.com recently caught up with QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali to discuss his new LED ZEPPELIN tribute album, 24/7/365. The following is an excerpt from the interview:

Q: Frankie, you have followed up the brilliant Quiet Riot Rehab album with your tribute album to Led Zeppelin entitled 24/7/365. How long had you had this record in the works?

Banalia: "Making this record is something that I've wanted to do for many years but the actual process began early in 2005. Because I understood that since it was not original material and that many of my musical friends had their own careers and schedules and because my motivation was not a financially beneficial endeavor because it was self finance. I didn't have any deadlines to meet. This gave me the luxury to take my time and allow everyone who participated to work their contributions into their separate schedules. It took a little over a year to complete on and off. I then lived with the mixes for a few months. I decided to remix it twice and mastered and re-mastered three times. I wanted to make sure that each track was a respectful interpretation of these great songs written and recorded originally by Led Zeppelin."

Q: How did you go about selecting the tracks for the record? Did you have a list already? Or did you have the respective singers pick out what they’d like to record?

Banali: "If you notice, I avoided many of the songs that people expect to hear from the Led Zeppelin song list, things like 'Stairway To Heaven', 'Black Dog', 'Rock & Roll', 'Communication Breakdown', etc. I wanted to do songs that were special to me, things that some listeners may have overlooked or forgotten. In a way through the song selection, this is truly a personal tribute to Led Zeppelin and as such all the songs chosen are my favorites for this record. The key for me to make the songs that I picked work was in marrying which singers and guitarists would work best for the mood, vibe, intensity or sensitivity of each track. So none of the choices were random and I asked specific singers and guitarists to participate in the songs that I chose for them to sing and play on."

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