{"id":84782,"date":"2021-03-15T09:04:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=84782"},"modified":"2021-03-15T09:05:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:05:49","slug":"paul-gilbert-16th-solo-album-details-revealed-debuts-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=84782","title":{"rendered":"PAUL GILBERT &#8211; 16th Solo Album Details Revealed, Debuts New Single"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>MR. BIG<\/strong> guitarist <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulgilbert.com\/\">Paul Gilbert<\/a><\/strong> will release his 16th solo studio album, <strong>&#8220;Werewolves Of Portland&#8221;<\/strong>, on June 4 via <strong>The Players Club<\/strong>. The video for the disc&#8217;s first single, <strong>&#8220;Argument About Pie&#8221;<\/strong>, can be viewed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Gilbert - Argument About Pie (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MsC4KjMQVOw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Talking about the first song released from the album, he explains: &#8220;Most of my titles come from the lyrics that I write in order to get a melody going. I&#8217;ve even printed the lyrics in the liner notes of the album, so you can &#8216;read along&#8217; as you listen to the music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;<strong>&#8216;Argument About Pie&#8217;<\/strong> is one of my favorites. This lyric came from my pre-lockdown experiences of stopping by my local pie shop for a slice of strawberry rhubarb. Amidst all the brewing angst in Portland, the pie shop was a place where everyone was happy and at peace. Eating pie seemed to be something that everyone could agree on. Since my mind has the habit of searching for contrasts, I started to wonder what people might be against eating pie.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Recorded at <strong>Opal Studio<\/strong> in Portland with co-producer and engineer <strong>Kevin Hahn<\/strong>, <strong>&#8220;Werewolves Of Portland&#8221;<\/strong> saw <strong>Gilbert<\/strong> pulling out some of his current favorite guitars for the job. &#8220;I mostly used my Ibanez Fireman guitars,&#8221; he says. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been collecting vintage Ibanez guitars lately, too. I brought some models from the &#8217;70s, &#8217;80s, and &#8217;90s like the Ibanez Artist, Roadstar II and Ghostrider. I also brought and modified a &#8217;60s Epiphone Olympic. I used to play those in the early days of <strong>RACER X<\/strong>, so it was fun to have a guitar that reminded me of my early shredder style.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The album title&#8217;s inspiration partly comes from the <strong>Warren Zevon<\/strong> song <strong>&#8220;Werewolves Of London&#8221;<\/strong>. &#8220;I live in Portland and thought it would be funny to substitute the name of my much lesser-known city,&#8221; <strong>Paul<\/strong> says. &#8220;My original idea for the <strong>&#8216;Werewolves&#8217;<\/strong> was just the guys in my band and me. When we play music, it is our version of &#8216;howling at the moon&#8217;. Unfortunately, Portland has become more &#8216;known&#8217; in the last year for events that are pretty sad to watch. And <strong>&#8216;Werewolves&#8217;<\/strong> could take on other meanings that I certainly hadn&#8217;t anticipated. But the title, to me, still has a musical meaning.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/blabbermouth.net\/news\/paul-gilbert-to-release-werewolves-of-portland-solo-album-in-june\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blabbermouth.net\/news\/paul-gilbert-to-release-werewolves-of-portland-solo-album-in-june\/\">Blabbermouth.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MR. 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