Vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, TRAPEZE) from BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's - the band also featuring drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN), Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER) and blues rock guitarist JOE BONAMASSA - spoke with antiMusic’s Morley Seaver about work on the band's sophomore effort. Here’s an excerpt from the interview:

antiMusic: I know it’s been reported that you’re already writing for the second record….

Hughes: "As it so happens, right after this call I’m going to Malibu to play Kevin my nine songs."

antiMusic: Wow, you’ve got most of the record already. Is it going to be a continuation of the first record?

Hughes: "Ah, Morley. I wouldn’t want to break that mold. No, there’s not going to be any, say funk, on the record. But there will be some groove on the album, as there was on the first record. I mean, Zeppelin had a groove to it. The STONES have got groove. BCC are a rock and roll band. Let’s be very true about that. We’re a rock and roll band. The album is going to be part two of the first one. As you know, I never re-write a song twice. I have to be really clear with this with you. I have worked, really, really, really hard on number two. As I did on number one but this time I’ve had a little bit more time to write songs. Jason has been too damn busy so he’s coming on January 7 to my house to write songs with me and Joe. But the album will be part two."

antiMusic: I know you haven’t toured yet but does it already feel like you’re in a band again and how does that feel versus being a solo artist which you have been for almost 20 years now?

Hughes: "If I had my druthers, I’d rather have BCC on the road full-time but that’s never, never going to happen. Not yet. Joe is a blues/rock solo artist. And I’m not getting in the way of Joe’s career. And I’ve got my own legacy in the world as well. But if I have my druthers….and I think if Joe had to choose, I think he’d choose the band right now but he tours for like seven months on his own. I hope that you’ll be seeing the dates go up soon to play the US and Canada and so forth. We are going to be doing festivals and so forth. But I would like to do more. Because, and I’m not just talking about me and Joe. But solo artists can go out and do the theatres and that’s about a 5,000 level but bands can go to arenas and stadiums. And I like to think of our band as like an ALLMAN BROTHERS, BLACK CROWES or something like that, that’s really a brothership. That’s the way I see our band as. As like a communion thing, which I really believe in."

You can read the whole interview here.

Pro-shot video of Black Country Communion's performance at London’s Shepherd Bush Empire on December 30th can be viewed on YouTube below.