CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS - Los Angeles Gig Re-Broadcast Available
May 8, 2009, 15 years ago
DrumChannel.com have posted a video re-broadcast of the March 15th Baked Potato show of CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, featuring drummer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, CHICKENFOOT), guitarist Jeff Kollman (GLENN HUGHES, COSMOSQUAD), bassist Kevin Chown (ARTENSION, TED NUGENT), and keybaordist Ed Roth (Glenn Hughes, RONNIE MONTROSE).
The footage can be viewed at this location.
The band’s album Meet The Meatbats, recorded in early 2008, will be issued this summer in the US and Canada on Warrior Records/Universal Music. A Japanese release is scheduled for August on an as-of-yet undisclosed label.
The band recently finished tracking their sophomore effort with engineer/producer Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers, DREDG) at a Venice, CA facility and are now in the mixing stages.
"We played the songs a bit live before going into the studio", states Kollman. "We cut all 12 tracks live over a three day period in March. All without a click track . Old school. Just how the Bats like it."In other news, Kollman's long running progressive instrumental trio, Cosmosquad, will be making a member change as bassist Christopher Maloney is relocating to Florida where he will be opening a music school, Absolute Music Studios, in Jupiter. The band's farewell show with Maloney is set to take place on Friday, May 29th at the Baked Potato.
States Kollman: "I'm very excited for him but it will be very sad to see him go. Our musical ventures together will continue in some form. Away but not forgotten as they say."
Jeff Kollman is currently on the road with Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, TRAPEZE), for a string of European shows in May and June.
Remaing dates are as follows:
May
10 - Kyustendil, Bulgaria - Central Square Velbajd13 - Belgrade, Serbia - Dom Omladine Beograd
June
1 - Greenwich (London), UK - IndigO26 - Bilston (Wolverhampton), UK - The Robin 2
7 - Bilston (Wolverhampton), UK - The Robin 2
Footage of Jeff performing the Deep Purple classic ‘Mistreated' with Glenn's band on March 27t, 2009 at Showcase Live! in Foxboro, MA can be viewed below.
