Deep Purple’s Ian Gillian och Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi släppte tillsammans under 2011 en singel för välgörenhet, Out Of My Mind. Meningen med samarbetet var att dra in pengar för att renovera en musikskola i Armeninen de båda hade besökt ett flertal gånger under årens gång. De två rocklegenderna ringde några vänner för att spela in singeln och därefter anslöt sig Jason Newsted (Metallica, Voivod, Flotsam and Jetsam), Jon Lord (Deep Purple) och Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden) till bandet.
Gillian uttalar sig om det kommande albumet, ”As I said once in the song Razzle Dazzle, ’It’s a real fine line between an orgy of destruction and a wonderful time.’ The destruction of conformity in this case: Some of these pieces never really fitted into their contemporary program and got side-lined or forgotten, and some of the album tracks never had much exposure. As the track listing for this album came together, I noticed many of the titles had character similarities; a combination of freshness as they finally felt the sun on their backs and rebellion in a ’yeah told you so’ kind of way. And that adds up to a wonderful time. And that adds up to more money for the music school we are building in Armenia.”
Han fortsätter, ”And what about WhoCares… this ad-hoc benefit band put together by Tony Iommi and myself on a flight home from Yerevan, where we’d been deeply humbled by the honors and expectations bestowed upon us. Well that’s it really, in a nutshell, so to speak, what more can I say; it’s all there in the music.”
WhoCares släpps den 22 juni via earMUSIC.
Här under kan du se musikvideon till deras första singel Out Of My Mind. Du kan även köpa den via iTunes tillsammans med deras andra singel Holy Water.
