Dregen - Releases solo debut album!

October 7th 2013

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Dregen to release debut solo album on October 7th 2013!

Dregen (Backyard Babies / Hellacopters) with release his solo debut album on October 7th 2013 on Spinefarm Records in the UK, to go a long with this he has his debut single 'Just like That' out now! Hellacopters and Backyard Babies co-founder grabs guitar, vocal and song-writing duties for his first release ’neath the ‘Dregen’ banner…

Swedish guitar star Dregen will have his first solo album released via Spinefarm Records in the UK on October 7th.

Titled simply ‘Dregen’, this forthcoming release is a modern take on an era when Rock music came ready dipped in decadence and glamour; when the commercial and the credible could sit comfortably side by side; when albums were a great thirty five minutes over two sides of vinyl rather than fleshed out with filler; when backing vocals were big and brash and feather boa’d; when heels and musicians were generally high; when emotion and entertainment were the driving forces, and when lifestyle was king…

Produced by Dregen and Pär Wiksten (The Wannadies), this ten track outing, Dregen’s first solo venture in a twenty year career that has seen him at the core of such internationally acclaimed acts as Backyard Babies and The Hellacopters features all new material, and is a contemporary and inventive distillation of the Stockholm based guitarist’s far-reaching record collection.

As well as being a key and original member of both Backyard Babies and The Hellacopters, Dregen has also lent his skills to projects as diverse as Infinite Mass 70's inspired, ‘Scarface’ lovin Sleaze Funk, Supershit666 pontaneous Rock ‘n’ Roll distortion with various Wildhearts and Hellacopters keepin’ the needle maxed and Michael Monroe’s touring & recording band (the sleeve concept for Micheal Monroe's forthcoming ‘Horns and Halos’ album is his, too, so it’s no great surprise that the aforementioned collection is both lovingly compiled and built on punk as much as Rock, Jazz as much as Blues…

“Y’know, that was the hardest part, I was staring at my records for over a year, thinking, ‘How the f**k can I get the vibe from KISS, Slayer, the Beastie Boys and Miles Davis into one single record?’ But I did it, and it sounds very much like me. It's a high energy Rock ‘n’ Roll album with the greatest songs I have written and recorded.” Dregen (Backyard Babies)

As for the musicians involved, Nicke Andersson (former Entombed mainman / drummer, co-founder of The Hellacopters and now the driving force behind Imperial State Electric) plays drums, bass and rhythm guitar on three tracks, where he also gets a co-write credit. Other featured musicians include drummer Karl Rockfist (Michael Monroe / Danzig), and bassists Sami Yaffa (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls, Joan Jett, Michael Monroe) and John Calabrese (Danko Jones), with Dregen taking care of all guitar and vocal parts, and Danko Jones and Swedish female singer, Titiyo, adding occasional support at the mic…

However, it’s the reunion with Nicke that will doubtless mean most to rock ‘n’ roll fans the world over…

“It’s true, Something magic always happens when we play and write together. I don't know what it is, but there is definitely something special there. Nicke is one of my all-time favourite drummers, and we haven't really worked this closely since the early Hellacopters days…” - Dregen (Backyard Babies)

Recorded for the most part in Pär Wiksten’s ‘Hospital1’ studio in Stockholm, with mixing handled by Michael Ilbert at the legendary Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin, these ten tracks come in a variety of hues and colours, moods & textures, veering from hard-hitting blues ‘Flat tyre on a muddy Road’, through sinewy, snake hipped Funk ‘6-10’ and onto kool, KISS inspired Strut ‘n’ Roll ‘Mojo’s Gone’.

Like Dregen the Man, ‘Dregen’ The album is hard to sum up in an easy phrase; what we have here is a multi-tiered collection of from-the-heart songs songs packed with retro-chic, Glam Rock glitter, and shapes ‘n’ sounds that are modern without chasing trend.

'Dregen' tracklisting is Below:

01 Division of Me
02 Just like That
03 Flat tyre on a muddy Road
04 Gig Pig
05 Pink Hearse
06 Bad Situation
07 One Man Army
08 6-10
09 Refuse
10 Mojo’s Gone

You can pre-order the album here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00ENZUUPI/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1379441193&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX110_SY165

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dregen/id695077916

Dregen is currently assembling a touring band to take the above songs out on the road; no-one is one hundred per cent confirmed as yet. “They’ll be great musicians, though, promise!”, but it’s likely that those selected will be charged to learn a few “rusty earrings” from the Dregen past, making this a Rock 'n' Roll show happy to celebrate glories past whilst still keeping both eyes squarely on the road ahead. And of course a tattooed, white knuckle grip on the wheel.