MR. BIG RETURN WITH THEIR EIGHTH
STUDIO ALBUM IN 25 YEAR CAREER
…THE STORIES WE COULD
TELL
Latest Album Slated for Release on
September 23rd
via Frontiers Music
SRL
Amazon Pre-Order Available at http://geni.us/MrBigStoriesAMZ
(August 7th, 2014 – New York, NY)
– Hard rock’s original supergroup, Mr. Big, are back with a vengeance
with their new album …The Stories We Could Tell. The band’s eighth studio
album is slated for release on September 23rd via Frontiers Music
SRL. The original lineup comprised of Eric
Martin on vocals, Paul Gilbert on guitar, Billy Sheehan on bass and Pat Torpey
on drums, returns with some oftheir strongest material to date. The new album is
the follow-up to the 2011 release What If, an album that marked the
band’s return to their signature hard rock sound.
Mr. Big got
together this past June to begin recording and laid down the 13 new tracks in
just a month.
“This new album rocks!” exclaims Paul Gilbert. “I love
playing guitar, singing, and writing with Eric, Billy, and Pat. And after 25
years, I’m proud that we can make an album that is melodic, powerful,
interesting, groovy, and emotional.”
“We wrote songs individually and collectively on this
new record. To me this is the album that we’ve threatened to make decades ago.
A classic, groovin’, blues-rock record with the spirit and spark of our
Rock & Soul idols from the 70’s. Hells to the yeah it’s a Mr. Big album
complete with all the trimmings,” says Eric Martin. “I think whether you’ve
been with us from the beginning or just starting, you’re going to dig where we
are coming from and where we’ve been.”
…Stories We Could Tell was produced by Pat Regan, known for his work with the
likes of Deep Purple, Warrant and Keel. The album is currently available for
pre-order via Amazon at http://geni.us/MrBigStoriesAMZ.
The track listing for …The Stories We Could
Tell is:
1) Gotta Love The
Ride
2) I Forget To Breathe
3) Fragile
4) Satisfied
5) The Man Who Has Everything
6) The Monster In Me
7) What If We Were New?
8) East/West
9) The Light Of Day
10) Just Let Your Heart Decide
11) It’s Always About That Girl
12) Cinderella Smile
13) The Stories We Could Tell
14) Addicted To That Rush (Live – Exclusive Bonus
Track)
Mr. Big recently announced that drummer Pat Torpey has been
diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The diagnosis has left him unable to perform
his normal drumming duties on the band’s upcoming World Tour. Mr.
Big intends to announce a drummer in the near future who will handle most of
MRBIG’s drumming duties on the Fall 2014 tour and expects Torpey to jump on the
drums on suitable live songs as well as participating in the group’s acoustic
set.
Mr. Big formed in 1988 and immediately began to solidify their
place in music history. By
combining trademark “shredding” musicianship with awesome vocal
harmonies, Mr. Big produced numerous hit songs that ranged across a wide
array of rock genres – be it ballads, heavy metal, or blues rock. Their hits included “Alive and Kicking,”
“Just Take My Heart” and the chart-topping ballad “To Be With You” (Billboard
Hot 100 number one single in 15 countries for weeks, in 1991, propelling the
band the band to huge international success and multi-platinum record
sales). Mr. Big continues to be a touring force with sold-out shows
around the globe and with more dates to be announced in the near
future.
