ZZ TOP's Dusty Hill On New Album - "It’ll Probably Be Out Before Axl Rose’s Album Is Out, So It’ll Be Soon"
September 30, 2008, 16 years ago
According to John Benson from Vindy.com, the big news in the ZZ TOP camp is not only that the trio is talking about releasing a follow-up to its last studio effort, 2003’s Mescalero, but it’s also enlisting the talents of uber-producer Rick Rubin to oversee the project. Does Hill expect the same mainstream-attention mojo to touch ZZ Top on its next CD?
“Well, I don’t really know how to answer that as far as resurging a career because we’ve been where we are for a long time,” Hill said. “But it’s certainly being fresh, and that’s what we’re looking for. Every 30 or 40 years we like to change producers, so I’m just excited about it. And what we’ve done in the past, what he’s done in the past, the combination should come out sounding very different.”He added, “The thing with us is we can get all the direction in our heads that we can figure out and it’s still going to change. When we start tinkering around, it changes and hopefully that’s for the better, but I’m sure people will recognize us.”
While the group is expected to hit the studio with Rubin right after the tour, fans may wonder when to expect the release of the new CD.
Hill quipped, “It’ll probably be out before Axl Rose’s album is out, so it’ll be soon.”
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