THE BLACK LEAGUE Cover STEPPENWOLF Classic; Video Available
December 7, 2007, 17 years ago
THE BLACK LEAGUE singer Taneli Jarva (ex-SENTENCED) has issued the following update:
"Now here's something of a special Christ Mass treat for all you bastards out there! We recently laid down a version of Hoyt Axton's classic drug rock anthem 'The Pusher' - STEPPENWOLF? Easy Rider? Ring a bell..? We recorded it 100% "LIVE" in studio with the vocals, solos, keyboards and all, and found this approach rather refreshing in this day and age of endless overdubbing and cut-and-paste production. Guest Hammond and Wuerlizer keyboards were provided by Kasper Mårtensson of ex-AMORPHIS and MANNHAI fame. Kasper will also make a special appearance on our pre-New Year's gig at the Helldone festival, Helsinki on Dec. 29th. So be there.But I digress. The Pusher' was exclusively recorded for a comic book/graphic novel/photo novella soundtrack (sic!) CD coupled with the new book by legendary Finnish trash culture hero Juho Juntunen. So for the time being the song's only available with the book along with other cool tunes by HONEY B & the T-BONES, HYPNOMEN, FIVE FIFTEEN and such. This is some genuinely insane shit and the book even features Maike and Heavy in supporting roles as two inbred demons.. Makes a perfect Christ Mass gift for your mother-in-law.
Well, in line with the D.I.Y. mentality, our guitarist Heavy assembled some raw home video footage from several League gigs and studio sessions to make a perfect lo-fi "video" (download here) to match the song. As such it paints a better portrait of The Black League than any of the professional videos we've made. Which only goes to show. Enjoy!"
