Phil Soussan, bass guitarist, songwriter and producer, known as a member of Last In Line, Ozzy Osbourne, Vince Neil Band and Big Noize, as well as writing and producing for Dokken and Toto, performed on and produced the new Prophets Of Addiction album, Face The Music, recently released via BraveWords Records.
On recording and producing Prophets Of Addiction, Soussan reveals: "Les [singer Lesli Sanders] is a great songwriter. He has incredible pop sensibility and as a songwriter myself, I very much relate to that. But he has a great attitude that he combines that with and that's what brings the character into the band Prophets Of Addiction. If you've never heard them, this is your chance to give them a good listen.
"So, this album is pretty cool how we made it. I've been mixing albums for Les for years and we finally had an opportunity to do a record from scratch how we wanted to do it and featuring all of the musicians that Les wanted to have on the record. So, we started it here in Las Vegas at Danny Koker's Desert Moon Productions and then brought everything back here and all of those players came in and they did their overdubs here. It was a really good time. We had a lot of fun doing it. I got to play bass on the record so I had an opportunity to sort of be on both sides of the glass so to speak and what came out was fantastic. The record is so cool. It has incredible highlights on it. I think the song 'Hollywood' is killer, but 'Let's Get High' is great. It's not necessarily what you think it's about. 'Take Me to Your Leader' is another cool song and we did an amazing version of a cover of Rod Stewart's 'Maggie May' that you have to hear. You got to hear it to believe it. It's so so cool. It stands up on its own and one of my favorite songs of all time. So, that was fun doing that."
Watch the video below:
The album, Face The Music, can be streamed / purchased here.
The praise for the band has been incredible:
"Prophets Of Addiction is a modern day Hanoi Rocks meets The 69 Eyes with plenty of pop hooks and Whisky drenched vocals." - Metal Sludge
"These lads have an American smash hit in their laps... I've always enjoyed Lesli's songwriting he's truly a expressive spirit." - J.B. Frank, Kingdom Come
"So if, like me, you are a huge fan of the Dogs D’Amour / Erotics / Quireboys style of sleazy story-telling, then you will find this fine selection of songs from the underbelly of life, absolutely essential." - Sleaze Roxx
"Pound-for-pound, front-to-back, it contains more high quality riffage in one space." - Sentinel Daily
"It's 70s glam/punk music with a modern spin, both production-wise and talent-wise, raw guitars, bouncing rhythms and lyrics that often actually mean something." - Rough Edge
"A record that will appeal to many guitar rock purists." - Mayhem Rockstar Magazine
Face The Music tracklisting:
"Flavor Of The Danger"
"Let's Get High"
"Slippin' Away"
"Walk The World"
"Maggie May"
"Superhero"
"I Want You To Know"
"Hollywood"
"Wasted Tears"
"Last One In The Bar"
"Take Me To Your Leader"
"Let's Get High" video:
"Superhero" video:
The Players:
Lesli Sanders: Lead Vocals, Guitars
Phil Soussan: Bass, Piano, Mandolin,Percussion, Backing Vocals
Wayne Stokely: Drums,Backing Vocals
Tchad Drats: Guitar, Ebow, Backing Vocals
G.G. Guitar, Backing Vocals
Terry Bratsch, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Steel, Backing Vocals
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