T&N; bassist Jeff Pilson (FOREIGNER, ex-DOKKEN) is featured in a new interview with Xombiewoof. An excerpt is available below:

(left to right: Jeff Pilson, Brian Tichy, George Lynch, Mick Brown)

Q: As far as choosing the five Dokken songs to re-work for (debut album) Slave To The Empire, how did you ultimately pick out those tracks; 'Tooth and Nail', 'It's Not Love', 'Into The Fire', 'Alone Again' and 'Kiss Of Death'?

Jeff Pilson: "We actually recorded twelve Dokken songs and the others will likely be on the next T&N; record next year. The reason we choose those five is because we contacted the singers that we wanted to get a hold of and once everybody said yes, we kind of threw songs at them and between the two of us we all sort of decided which songs they would sing; that's how we decided which five would go on Slave To The Empire."

Q: T&N; boasts some really a-list stellar vocalists.

Jeff Pilson: "How cool is that! Those vocal performances are really, really strong too. Sebastian Bach's (ex-SKID ROW) 'Alone Again' is so emotional; I was blown away with how much emotion he was able to put into that track. And how hard he worked and how focused he was with coming up with this great emotional performance. Robert Mason (WARRANT) sings the crap out of 'It's Not Love'. I mean he just belts it! Ripper Owens (ex-JUDAS PRIEST) screaming his butt off! And Doug Pinnick (KING'S X) - talk about a soulful singer with incredible feel. We just had so much fun doing the vocal with him and watching him sing and it was just an honor. All those vocalists just make the record real special for us."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Slave To The Empire was released on October 19th via earMUSIC and will be issued in North America on October 31st via Rat Pack Records. T&N;'s cover of the Dokken classic 'It's Not Love' with WARRANT's Robert Mason on vocals can be heard on SoundCould below:

Slave To The Empire tracklisting:

'Slave To The Empire'

'Sweet Unknown'

'Tooth And Nail' (featuring Doug Pinnick of King's X)

'It’s Not Love' (featuring Robert Mason of Warrant)

'Rhythm Of The Soul'

'When Eagles Die'

'Into The Fire' (Jeff Pilson)

'Alone Again' (featuring Sebastian Bach)

'Mind Control'

'Kiss Of Death' (featuring Tim “Ripper” Owens)

'Jesus Train'

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Audio samples from the entire album are streaming at this location.