9 Chambers

Am 24.02.2012 kommt die Hard-Rock-Band 9 Chambers zu einem Konzert nach München in den Backstage Club!

Don't you miss the days of when hard rock bands sounded like a real band? No Auto-Tune, no outside songwriters, no B.S. – just the sound of a band rocking out in a live setting, and letting the chips fall where they may.

The newly launched 9 Chambers certainly remembers these aforementioned glory days, as evidenced by an impressive amount of newly penned songs, which comprise their self-titled debut, which will drop on November 28th via earMUSIC / Edel Germany GmbH. 9 Chambers is a collaboration between two respected hard rock veterans producer/singer/guitarist Greg Hampton (who has worked with the likes of Alice Cooper, Bootsy Collins, Lita Ford, and recently unearthed Tommy Bolin recordings), and former Monster Magnet guitarist Ed Mundell.

As one of the trailblazers of the "stoner rock movement" Ed Mundell's signature guitar sound can be heard on Monster Magnet classic albums 'Superjudge,' 'Dopes to Infinity,' and goldcertified 'Powertrip.' But by late 2010, Mundell had had enough. "It was 18 years with Magnet.

Since 1992, since I was a kid, barely legal to drink I'd been on the road! The last few years of touring was just the same old thing. It wasn't treading on any new territory – we were just playing the same set every night, all the time. And I was just like, 'I've got to do something else, I'm going to go crazy here.' So I just needed to take a break. I ran into Greg, and we started playing."

Both recently recalled how they crossed paths and came up with the idea of working together. "I used to run into Greg at the bootleg section at the Pasadena Flea Market," remembers Mundell. "He'd always be buying Mahogany Rush, Free, or Jimi Hendrix bootlegs!" Adds Hampton - "I would see Ed and we'd run into each other at NAMM, and we'd go have dinner. I knew he was sort of looking for other projects to get involved in, because with the Monster Magnet thing, he had a huge history."

And just like that, 9 Chambers came together - the same way plenty of classic rock bands did way back when, naturally, and over the love of similar styles of music. "We just started jamming, and all of a sudden, we wrote a couple of songs," recalls Hampton. "The next thing we knew, we wrote six songs or something. It was pretty organic with the fact that we have a lot of the same guitar players that we love. We've pretty much got the same record collection. I'd play the verse, and then hand him the guitar halfway through, and he'd play the rest of it. Sometimes, you don't even know who's playing what." And as Mundell adds, "All of a sudden, it's 20 songs later! Like, what the hell? We're mixing now and going, 'God, how many guitars are on there?' We forgot about all these cool parts." Rounding out 9 Chambers will be what promises to be kick ass rhythm sections, comprised of Gov't Mule virtuoso bassist Jorgen Carlsson and Black Sabbath/Dio/Heaven & Hell drummer Vinny Appice (Vinny will be involved as schedule permits).

According to Mundell, the creative process regarding songwriting is coming fast and furious for 9 Chambers. "Even the other day, we picked up two guitars, and all of a sudden, we had another song. It's like, 'How did that happen?'"

With nearly two albums worth of compositions and ideas to choose from for a single disc, Hampton already has several early favourite tracks. "'It's hard because it's a real "album oriented" record. With "Life Moves On", the music came together because it's a real fastcooking tune. Ed and I did the live solos on the floor with each other---the dual leads. That was the part to me that was the most exciting. The way the bridge came together was another interesting approach, because Ed was playing an electric twelve-string with a reverse pedal, and I was playing the straight part that had a completely different riff and arrangement...two completely different things that wouldn’t even fit if you heard them separately.

Quelle: Backstage Concerts GmbH

Die Veranstaltung 9 Chambers München wurde am 16.01.2012 auf kultmuenchen.de veröffentlicht. Tickets für 9 Chambers München können Sie hier online bestellen.