Former FUNNY MONEY guitarist ROB GALPIN has released the first single from his forthcoming solo album, Home Away From Home.

The song (audio sample available here) is called 'Relentless', and it finds the guitarist in a much heavier territory than what he once held down with KIX vocalist Steve Whiteman and the rest of Funny Money.

"I just loved some of the newer music I was catching on the radio from bands like SHINEDOWN, SAVING ABEL and THREE DAYS GRACE, so I decided to try my hand at writing and performing something in that modern rock vibe that I was enjoying", says Galpin.

The Home Away From Home album is being released one track at a time thru digital download distributors like iTunes, Amazon MP3, Napster, Rhapsody, Shockhound and more. The tracks will follow each other in two week increments and run all the way until the end of 2009 to make up the entire 12-track album.

Rob's website has daily blogs that update fans on the creation of each track with sound-bytes and pictures of the process.

"I wanted everyone to be in the room with me while I was doing this because that's what I wish I could have done while Eddie was making all those VAN HALEN albums", Rob laughs. "Since every track has a different style and creation process to it, this is a great way to get early feedback and also let everyone in on the effort in a real-time kind of way. It's just become part of the whole effort for me and is almost as fun as hearing the final piece itself".

Early feedback on 'Relentless' came in the form of GODSMACK's Shannon Larkin saying, "Rob is a very passionate musician. I remember the first time I saw him play guitar. I knew he'd be around for a long, long time!"

Galpin's next track will be entitled 'Kansas'; a mid-tempo rocker with a slight southern rock swagger and a shredding guitar solo to boot. Scheduled release date for 'Kansas' is August 25th.

You can also check out 'Relentless' in the widget below.