This week's episode of the In The Trenches With Ryan Roxie podcast features special guest Matt Starr. Don't miss the live premiere on Ryan Roxie's official YouTube channel on Friday, November 11th at 12 pm EST.
Matt Starr is best known for playing drums with Ace Frehley and Mr. Big. Furthermore, he's worked with Joe Lynn Turner, Kevin DuBrow, Beautiful Creatures, and Burning Rain to name but a few. Starr is also a singer, producer, career coach and public speaker.
In The Trenches With Ryan Roxie is a podcast hosted by Alice Cooper guitarist Ryan Roxie. The show features in-depth conversations with the world's hardest working musicians and entertainers... the ones that grind, the ones that commit, the ones who make their dreams come true... in the trenches.
In April 2022, vocalist Robin McAuley (McAuley Schenker Group), guitarist Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), bassist Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, Dokken), and drummer Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big), otherwise known as Black Swan, returned with a second album, Generation Mind.
Produced and recorded by Jeff Pilson at Pilsound Studios in LA, with Matt Starr’s drums being recorded at On Deck Sound Studios, Generation Mind is another outstanding showcase for the musical talents of the instrumental players in the band as well as McAuley’s powerful voice, which seems to defy age. Black Swan has again produced something fresh, heavy, intensely melodic and an album that is certainly not a mish-mash of the members other bands, but it’s own unique sonic entity.
Generation Mind is a killer slice of melodic hard rock/metal from seasoned players who defied all expectations on their debut by having gelled musically so cohesively. And now, having established their sonic signature and being more in tune with one another's songwriting, they have taken the blueprint of Shake The World and taken it to the next level on Generation Mind.
Generation Mind tracklisting:
"Before The Light"
"She Hides Behind"
"Generation Mind"
"Eagles Fly"
"See You Cry"
"Killer On The Loose"
"Miracle"
"How Do You Feel"
"Long Way Down"
"Crown"
"Wicked The Day"
"I Will Follow"
"Miracle" video:
"Eagles Fly" video:
"Generation Mind" video:
