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ALBUM: ROCKERS IAN GILLAIN & TONY IOMMI TEAM UP TO SHOW ARMENIAN MUSIC SCHOOL 'WHOCARES'
Oregon Music News
Sept 11 2012
OR
by Ruben Mosqueda on September 11, 2012
Tony Iommi and Ian Gillan first recorded together as Black Sabbath
in 1983 and released the poorly received Born Again album. They went
their separate ways soon thereafter, but in 1989 the duo crossed
paths once again when they were involved in the re-recording of Deep
Purple's legendary signature track "Smoke On The Water."
The purpose of that collaboration was to raise funds for victims of
the Leninakan earthquake that struck Armenia in 1988. In late 2010
Iommi and Gillan traveled to see how the funds raised were utilized
and, ironically enough, found that the only building that hadn't been
rebuilt in the 20 years since the tragedy was a music school.
During their travels in Armenia Tony Iommi and Ian Gillan were praised
for their efforts and decided to team up once again in an effort to
raise funds to help rebuild the very school mentioned earlier. They
elected to call themselves WhoCares, which sounds appropriate enough
the collaboration resulted in a single that was first released via
iTunes and later in physical form via Armoury Records in June of 2011.
The single featured the two tracks; "Out Of My Mind" and "Holy Water."
"Out Of My Mind" is a fantastic track, one that could be played
alongside classic Deep Purple. You'll swear it's an unreleased track,
or that Ritchie Blackmore finally snapped out of his renaissance phase
and contacted his old mates for one more go-round - it's that good! In
addition to Iommi and Gillan, the song also features former Metallica
bassist Jason Newsted, additional guitars provided by HIM's Mikko
Lindstrom, Iron Maiden's Nick McBrain handling the drum tracks and
rounding out the star-studded band is former Deep Purple keyboardist
Jon Lord.
The second track, "Holy Water", is also very good and leaves you
wanting to hear more. Ask and you shall receive as September of 2012
brings the release of WhoCares a double disc package of unreleased
and remixed versions of songs from the Iommi and Gillan back catalogs
and yes it too includes ; "Out Of My Mind" and "Holy Water."
There are some gems on this WhoCares compilation among them; "Out
of My Mind," "Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple with Ronnie James Dio,
Tony Iommi's "Let It Down Easy" featuring Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan's
take on the Purple classic "When A Blind Man Cries," and Deep Purple's
"Dick Pimple." WhoCares is a very enjoyable listening experience if
you're a fan of these two classic rock/heavy metal pioneers. Is it
essential? That's for you to decide.
"Out of My Mind"
Oregon Music News
Sept 11 2012
OR
by Ruben Mosqueda on September 11, 2012
Tony Iommi and Ian Gillan first recorded together as Black Sabbath
in 1983 and released the poorly received Born Again album. They went
their separate ways soon thereafter, but in 1989 the duo crossed
paths once again when they were involved in the re-recording of Deep
Purple's legendary signature track "Smoke On The Water."
The purpose of that collaboration was to raise funds for victims of
the Leninakan earthquake that struck Armenia in 1988. In late 2010
Iommi and Gillan traveled to see how the funds raised were utilized
and, ironically enough, found that the only building that hadn't been
rebuilt in the 20 years since the tragedy was a music school.
During their travels in Armenia Tony Iommi and Ian Gillan were praised
for their efforts and decided to team up once again in an effort to
raise funds to help rebuild the very school mentioned earlier. They
elected to call themselves WhoCares, which sounds appropriate enough
the collaboration resulted in a single that was first released via
iTunes and later in physical form via Armoury Records in June of 2011.
The single featured the two tracks; "Out Of My Mind" and "Holy Water."
"Out Of My Mind" is a fantastic track, one that could be played
alongside classic Deep Purple. You'll swear it's an unreleased track,
or that Ritchie Blackmore finally snapped out of his renaissance phase
and contacted his old mates for one more go-round - it's that good! In
addition to Iommi and Gillan, the song also features former Metallica
bassist Jason Newsted, additional guitars provided by HIM's Mikko
Lindstrom, Iron Maiden's Nick McBrain handling the drum tracks and
rounding out the star-studded band is former Deep Purple keyboardist
Jon Lord.
The second track, "Holy Water", is also very good and leaves you
wanting to hear more. Ask and you shall receive as September of 2012
brings the release of WhoCares a double disc package of unreleased
and remixed versions of songs from the Iommi and Gillan back catalogs
and yes it too includes ; "Out Of My Mind" and "Holy Water."
There are some gems on this WhoCares compilation among them; "Out
of My Mind," "Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple with Ronnie James Dio,
Tony Iommi's "Let It Down Easy" featuring Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan's
take on the Purple classic "When A Blind Man Cries," and Deep Purple's
"Dick Pimple." WhoCares is a very enjoyable listening experience if
you're a fan of these two classic rock/heavy metal pioneers. Is it
essential? That's for you to decide.
"Out of My Mind"