Josh Homme hosted an all-star benefit concert in support of his Sweet Stuff Foundation at the Belasco in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Over the course of the evening, he welcomed friends and collaborators to the stage, including Dave Grohl, Beck, St. Vincent, The Kills, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys, Jesse Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal, Bill Burr, and more.
Not surprisingly, Grohl provided several highlights. He went head to head against Smith in a drum off, and briefly attempted to sing a duet of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Sound of Silence” with Homme. Later, after joking that he attempted to learn how to play Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Read” to no avail, he instead debuted an entirely new song he wrote about Homme.
Other notable moments included tennis legend John McEnroe briefly trying his hand at covering Beck’s “Fume,” before...
Not surprisingly, Grohl provided several highlights. He went head to head against Smith in a drum off, and briefly attempted to sing a duet of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Sound of Silence” with Homme. Later, after joking that he attempted to learn how to play Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Read” to no avail, he instead debuted an entirely new song he wrote about Homme.
Other notable moments included tennis legend John McEnroe briefly trying his hand at covering Beck’s “Fume,” before...
- 3/21/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Queens of the Stone Age vocalist/guitarist Josh Homme has announced an all-star benefit concert in support of his Sweet Stuff Foundation taking place at the Belasco in Los Angeles on March 20th.
In addition to Homme’s Queens of the Stone Age bandmates Troy Van Leeuwen and Michael Shuman, the benefit show will feature fellow musicians Dave Grohl, Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, St. Vincent, Beck, Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys, and Jesse Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal alongside comedians Bill Burr and Sarah Silverman. The Kills, Tyler Parkford, Vivant, and Justin Willman will also appear.
Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning on Friday, March 8th at 1:00 p.m. Et via Ticketmaster.
100% of proceeds from the concert will go to the Sweet Stuff Foundation, founded by the Homme family in 2013 to assist career musicians, recording engineers, and their families struggling with illness and disability.
In addition to Homme’s Queens of the Stone Age bandmates Troy Van Leeuwen and Michael Shuman, the benefit show will feature fellow musicians Dave Grohl, Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, St. Vincent, Beck, Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys, and Jesse Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal alongside comedians Bill Burr and Sarah Silverman. The Kills, Tyler Parkford, Vivant, and Justin Willman will also appear.
Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning on Friday, March 8th at 1:00 p.m. Et via Ticketmaster.
100% of proceeds from the concert will go to the Sweet Stuff Foundation, founded by the Homme family in 2013 to assist career musicians, recording engineers, and their families struggling with illness and disability.
- 3/5/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Albert Hammond Jr, best known as the lead guitarist in The Strokes, has announced his fifth solo album, Melodies on Hiatus, out June 23rd on Red Bull Records. What’s more, he’s shared a handful of supporting tour dates (grab tickets here) and lead single “100-99” featuring Goldlink.
Besides GoldLink, Melodies on Hiatus features Rainsford, Steve Stevens, and Matt Helders. It was co-written remotely with Simon Wilcox, with premium mastering from Dave Cooley and mixing by Tony Hoffer. Pre-orders are ongoing.
“100-99” was partially inspired by the ’90s hip-hop Hammond Jr grew up listening to, he explained in a statement. “I would always gravitate towards the melodic hooks in the songs I heard on the radio, specifically anything Dr. Dre was producing or rapping on,” he said. “Years later, I noticed myself pulling from the style of those melodic lines in my guitar work, even though it wasn’t...
Besides GoldLink, Melodies on Hiatus features Rainsford, Steve Stevens, and Matt Helders. It was co-written remotely with Simon Wilcox, with premium mastering from Dave Cooley and mixing by Tony Hoffer. Pre-orders are ongoing.
“100-99” was partially inspired by the ’90s hip-hop Hammond Jr grew up listening to, he explained in a statement. “I would always gravitate towards the melodic hooks in the songs I heard on the radio, specifically anything Dr. Dre was producing or rapping on,” he said. “Years later, I noticed myself pulling from the style of those melodic lines in my guitar work, even though it wasn’t...
- 4/4/2023
- by Cervanté Pope
- Consequence - Music
Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders says the band would be “interested” in writing a James Bond theme song.
Helders was discussing the Sheffield band’s seventh studio album The Car during an interview with NME after the publication named it album of the year.
Asked if the band would ever make a Bond theme song, Helders said: “I’m sure it’s something we would still be interested in, but I don’t think it’s officially been proposed.”
The drummer then joked that he believed frontman Alex Turner was already writing tunes that sound like Bond songs.
“However, it is almost like Alex is already writing Bond themes,” he said. “There just ain’t a film that’s been made and is ready [for his songs] yet!”
The band recently announced their long awaited UK and Ireland tour, which will visit stadium venues throughout May and June next year.
The tour will include dates in London,...
Helders was discussing the Sheffield band’s seventh studio album The Car during an interview with NME after the publication named it album of the year.
Asked if the band would ever make a Bond theme song, Helders said: “I’m sure it’s something we would still be interested in, but I don’t think it’s officially been proposed.”
The drummer then joked that he believed frontman Alex Turner was already writing tunes that sound like Bond songs.
“However, it is almost like Alex is already writing Bond themes,” he said. “There just ain’t a film that’s been made and is ready [for his songs] yet!”
The band recently announced their long awaited UK and Ireland tour, which will visit stadium venues throughout May and June next year.
The tour will include dates in London,...
- 12/9/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Celine Dion has been forced to reschedule dates across her European tour after being diagnosed with an incurable neurological condition.
On Thursday (8 December), the “My Heart Will Go On” singer posted a teary-eyed video to her Instagram page explaining that she had been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome, which she says affects “every aspect of my daily life”.
“As you know, I’ve always been an open book and I wasn’t ready to say anything before, but I am ready now,” Dion began, addressing the camera directly.
“I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through.”
The 54-year-old explained that she’d “recently” been diagnosed with “a very rare neurological disorder called Stiff Person Syndrome, which affects around one in a million...
On Thursday (8 December), the “My Heart Will Go On” singer posted a teary-eyed video to her Instagram page explaining that she had been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome, which she says affects “every aspect of my daily life”.
“As you know, I’ve always been an open book and I wasn’t ready to say anything before, but I am ready now,” Dion began, addressing the camera directly.
“I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through.”
The 54-year-old explained that she’d “recently” been diagnosed with “a very rare neurological disorder called Stiff Person Syndrome, which affects around one in a million...
- 12/8/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Nikki Lane speaks as fast as she moves. The gregarious singer-songwriter is dashing around Nashville’s ornate Hotel Indigo, shaking hands and arranging stock. She’s here to put the finishing touches to her latest project – an intimate outpost of her High Class Hillbilly vintage boutique in the hotel’s lobby – and everything needs to be just perfect. “I’m an artist but I’m also an entrepreneur, big time,” Lane states, in her warm Southern twang. Finally, in her star-printed denim and with a grin as wide as the nearby Cumberland River, she sits down for a breather.
A country music mainstay for the last decade, Lane has just released her first album in five years, Denim & Diamonds. With Josh Homme of Queens of The Stone Age on production duties, her classic melodies are backed by strutting guitars and an indelible swagger.
“Making a record with Nikki Lane saved my life,...
A country music mainstay for the last decade, Lane has just released her first album in five years, Denim & Diamonds. With Josh Homme of Queens of The Stone Age on production duties, her classic melodies are backed by strutting guitars and an indelible swagger.
“Making a record with Nikki Lane saved my life,...
- 9/27/2022
- by Leonie Cooper
- The Independent - Music
Arctic Monkeys will release their new album The Car in October.
The Sheffield rock band – singer-guitarist Alex Turner, drummer Matt Helders, guitarist Jamie Cook, and bassist Nick O’Malley – have announced the forthcoming release of a new record.
The Car will be the group’s seventh studio album, following on from 2018’s Tranquility Base & Casino and 2013’s Am.
It will feature 10 new songs written by Turner and made with the band’s regular producer James Ford.
According to a press release, The Car finds Arctic Monkeys “running wild in a new and sumptuous musical landscape and contains some of the richest and most rewarding vocal performances of Alex Turner’s career”.
In an interview with The Big Issue, Turner spoke about how the record may compare to the intergalactic sound of their latest release.
“On this record, sci-fi is off the table. We are back to earth”, Turner told the publication.
The Sheffield rock band – singer-guitarist Alex Turner, drummer Matt Helders, guitarist Jamie Cook, and bassist Nick O’Malley – have announced the forthcoming release of a new record.
The Car will be the group’s seventh studio album, following on from 2018’s Tranquility Base & Casino and 2013’s Am.
It will feature 10 new songs written by Turner and made with the band’s regular producer James Ford.
According to a press release, The Car finds Arctic Monkeys “running wild in a new and sumptuous musical landscape and contains some of the richest and most rewarding vocal performances of Alex Turner’s career”.
In an interview with The Big Issue, Turner spoke about how the record may compare to the intergalactic sound of their latest release.
“On this record, sci-fi is off the table. We are back to earth”, Turner told the publication.
- 8/27/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Music
Arctic Monkeys will release their seventh studio album, The Car, on Oct. 21 via Domino.
The Car was written by frontman Alex Turner and produced by James Ford. The Britich rock band recorded the album at Butley Priory in Suffolk, La Frette in Paris, and Rak Studios in London. It will feature 10 tracks, including “I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am,” which the band debuted live at Zurich Openair in Switzerland yesterday.
The Car is a follow-up to Arctic Monkeys’ 2018 album, Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino. A press release describes...
The Car was written by frontman Alex Turner and produced by James Ford. The Britich rock band recorded the album at Butley Priory in Suffolk, La Frette in Paris, and Rak Studios in London. It will feature 10 tracks, including “I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am,” which the band debuted live at Zurich Openair in Switzerland yesterday.
The Car is a follow-up to Arctic Monkeys’ 2018 album, Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino. A press release describes...
- 8/24/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Arctic Monkeys will release their new album The Car in October.
The Sheffield rock band – singer-guitarist Alex Turner, drummer Matt Helders, guitarist Jamie Cook, and bassist Nick O’Malley – have announced the forthcoming release of a new record.
The Car will be the group’s seventh studio album, following on from 2018’s Tranquility Base & Casino and 2013’s Am.
It will feature 10 new songs written by Turner and made with the band’s regular producer James Ford.
According to a press release, The Car finds Arctic Monkeys “running wild in a new and sumptuous musical landscape and contains some of the richest and most rewarding vocal performances of Alex Turner’s career”.
In an interview with The Big Issue, Turner spoke about how the record may compare to the intergalactic sound of their latest release.
“On this record, sci-fi is off the table. We are back to earth”, Turner told the publication.
The Sheffield rock band – singer-guitarist Alex Turner, drummer Matt Helders, guitarist Jamie Cook, and bassist Nick O’Malley – have announced the forthcoming release of a new record.
The Car will be the group’s seventh studio album, following on from 2018’s Tranquility Base & Casino and 2013’s Am.
It will feature 10 new songs written by Turner and made with the band’s regular producer James Ford.
According to a press release, The Car finds Arctic Monkeys “running wild in a new and sumptuous musical landscape and contains some of the richest and most rewarding vocal performances of Alex Turner’s career”.
In an interview with The Big Issue, Turner spoke about how the record may compare to the intergalactic sound of their latest release.
“On this record, sci-fi is off the table. We are back to earth”, Turner told the publication.
- 8/24/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Music
Nikki Lane embraces her rock & roll side on “First High,” the lead release from the singer-songwriter’s first album in five years. Denim & Diamonds, the follow-up to Lane’s 2017 album Highway Queen, will arrive Sept. 23 via New West.
Produced by Queens of the Stone Age leader Josh Homme, Denim & Diamonds also features contributions from Homme’s collaborators Alain Johannes, Dean Fertita, and Michael Shuman. Additional contributors include Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders and Autolux’s Carla Azar, plus steel player Matthew Penn.
The wealth of rock and alternative musicians present come through in “First High,...
Produced by Queens of the Stone Age leader Josh Homme, Denim & Diamonds also features contributions from Homme’s collaborators Alain Johannes, Dean Fertita, and Michael Shuman. Additional contributors include Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders and Autolux’s Carla Azar, plus steel player Matthew Penn.
The wealth of rock and alternative musicians present come through in “First High,...
- 6/2/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Arctic Monkeys will most likely release their new album next year ahead of a summer tour.
That’s according to drummer Matt Helders, who said in a new interview that the record is “pretty much” ready and the band are eyeing a 2022 release.
When asked earlier today, Nov. 12, by Radio 5 Live Breakfast if the new album was “ready to go”, Helders said: “Yeah, pretty much, yeah. It was a bit disjointed how we had to do it, and there are bits to finish off, but yeah, it’s all in...
That’s according to drummer Matt Helders, who said in a new interview that the record is “pretty much” ready and the band are eyeing a 2022 release.
When asked earlier today, Nov. 12, by Radio 5 Live Breakfast if the new album was “ready to go”, Helders said: “Yeah, pretty much, yeah. It was a bit disjointed how we had to do it, and there are bits to finish off, but yeah, it’s all in...
- 11/12/2021
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Nandi Bushell Taps Matt Helders for Cover of Arctic Monkeys’ ‘I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor’
Eleven-year-old rock prodigy Nandi Bushell has released a new cover of Arctic Monkeys’ breakout hit “I Bet You Look Good On the Dance Floor,” featuring the band’s actual drummer Matt Helders.
Bushell, who’s best known as a hotshot drummer, steps out from behind the kit to play guitar during the performance, doing well to pick out the song’s high-wire riffs at speed with Helders’ drumming. The clip also opens with a clever nod to Arctic Monkeys lore, with Bushell asking Helders, “Believe the hype, or don’t believe the hype?...
Bushell, who’s best known as a hotshot drummer, steps out from behind the kit to play guitar during the performance, doing well to pick out the song’s high-wire riffs at speed with Helders’ drumming. The clip also opens with a clever nod to Arctic Monkeys lore, with Bushell asking Helders, “Believe the hype, or don’t believe the hype?...
- 6/28/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders is calling it quits on his marriage ... we've learned he just filed for divorce from his wife. Matt filed docs Wednesday to divorce his wife Breana McDow Helders, after just over two years of marriage. The couple got hitched in Italy back in June 2016. They have a 3-year-old daughter, Amelia Darling, together. It's unclear what led to the split. Matt and Breanna started dating way back in 2011, and they got...
- 1/17/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Foo Fighters will curate and headline another installment of their Cal Jam festival, with the 2018 edition costarring Iggy Pop, Billy Idol, Tenacious D, Garbage, Greta Van Fleet and many more Dave Grohl-endorsed artists. The festival will feature more than 20 artists across four stages, October 5-6, 2018, again at the Glen Helen Regional Park and Amphitheater in San Bernardino, Calif. The festival is promoted by Live Nation; the full lineup to day appears below. (Read Variety’s review of last year’s festival here.)
One-day tickets cost $99 (plus taxes and fees), according to the announcement. Saturday ticket holders have the option to buy a Friday night ticket for $30 (plus taxes and fees). All camping packages include free entrance to the Friday night Party. Tickets and camping packages go on sale this Thursday, May 17th at 10Am Pst.
The festival kicks off Friday night with Billy Idol, comedian Bridget Everett and Mexico City’s Mexrrissey,...
One-day tickets cost $99 (plus taxes and fees), according to the announcement. Saturday ticket holders have the option to buy a Friday night ticket for $30 (plus taxes and fees). All camping packages include free entrance to the Friday night Party. Tickets and camping packages go on sale this Thursday, May 17th at 10Am Pst.
The festival kicks off Friday night with Billy Idol, comedian Bridget Everett and Mexico City’s Mexrrissey,...
- 5/14/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Iggy Pop and Josh Homme have released the first trailer for their new documentary “American Valhalla,” which showcases their collaboration on Iggy’s latest studio album, “Post Pop Depression,” and the world tour the two embarked on following the release of the album. The punk legend and the Queens Of The Stone Age frontman recorded the album with Homme’s band member Dean Fertita and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders. The documentary takes its name from one of the songs from the album.
Read More: ’13 Reasons Why’ Documentary ‘Beyond The Reasons:’ Watch the Cast Discuss the Show’s Tough Issues
“I became one of those singers whose career is a slave to his band,” Pop says in the clip. “I wanted an emotional escape, so I decided I had to strike out on my own, live and on record, to see what I was worth.”
Homme adds, “So, when [Iggy] texts...
Read More: ’13 Reasons Why’ Documentary ‘Beyond The Reasons:’ Watch the Cast Discuss the Show’s Tough Issues
“I became one of those singers whose career is a slave to his band,” Pop says in the clip. “I wanted an emotional escape, so I decided I had to strike out on my own, live and on record, to see what I was worth.”
Homme adds, “So, when [Iggy] texts...
- 5/8/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Sixty-eight-year-old Iggy Pop, godfather of punk and a pioneer of art rock, recently revealed that he collaborated on an album with Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme and Dean Fertita and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders. The record, called Post Pop Depression, could be his last, the often-shirtless icon says in a new interview for Apple Music. "I feel like I’m closing up after this," he said. "That’s what I feel. It’s my gut instinct."He'll still sing "Happy Birthday," though ... maybe. "If you call me and you want to work out a deal to come and sing 'Happy Birthday' at your mother’s, something like that I’ll refer you to someone. But to really make a real album you really have to put everything into it and the energy’s more limited now." He went on, "The kind of artist I am, I...
- 2/6/2016
- by Greg Cwik
- Vulture
The New York Times reports that Iggy Pop and Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme made a now-not-so-secret album, slated to drop March 18, and are prepping their first round of promotional shows. Titled Post Pop Depression, the nine-track project was put together independently in a total of three weeks, with the help of Dean Fertita, from Qotsa; Matt Helders, from Arctic Monkeys; and other still-unnamed musicians. Judging by the tone of the Times story, Ppd might serve as a kind of coda (or beginning of a coda) to Iggy's already-lengthy career. "What happens after your years of service?" Iggy told the Times, when asked about the record's theme. "And where is the honor?" A brief tour with the new material and band (which will add the likes of Troy Van Leeuwen, from Qotsa, and Matt Sweeney, from Chavez) will take place in March as well, at a set...
- 1/22/2016
- by Sean Fitz-Gerald
- Vulture
Wikipedia Commons
When it comes to the sheer immediacy of their success, few bands can compete with Arctic Monkeys. In the eight years since the release of their landmark debut Whatever You Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, they have headlined Glastonbury, played the London Olympics, and rightly earned themselves a reputation as one of the UK’s biggest acts.
In fact, it’s easy to forget just how young they were when that album came out (drummer Matt Helders was just 19) – such was the impact of their sound. And what a sound it was (and is); a brand of guitar rock that’s positively oozing with charisma, with a rebellious streak that would later be epitomised by the following line from ‘Balaclava’: “It’s wrong, but we’ll do it anyway ’cause we love a bit of trouble.”
The band have refused to be wedded...
When it comes to the sheer immediacy of their success, few bands can compete with Arctic Monkeys. In the eight years since the release of their landmark debut Whatever You Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, they have headlined Glastonbury, played the London Olympics, and rightly earned themselves a reputation as one of the UK’s biggest acts.
In fact, it’s easy to forget just how young they were when that album came out (drummer Matt Helders was just 19) – such was the impact of their sound. And what a sound it was (and is); a brand of guitar rock that’s positively oozing with charisma, with a rebellious streak that would later be epitomised by the following line from ‘Balaclava’: “It’s wrong, but we’ll do it anyway ’cause we love a bit of trouble.”
The band have refused to be wedded...
- 8/25/2014
- by Sam Carter
- Obsessed with Film
NME sat down with Alex Turner and Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys to get their predictions on how they expect AMC’s Breaking Bad will wrap up. Helders joked that he’d love to see the show “end as a dream,” a la St. Elsewhere and Newhart. Imagine having all the hours of attention invested into the story of Walter White, only to watch him “come out of an Mri scan and he hasn’t got cancer, and they live happily ever after.” Please, no. Turner added that he would have loved to score some music for the show, maybe with some “reverby...
- 9/24/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
Once heralded as the next Beatles, British band the Arctic Monkeys are working on a fifth studio album.
In a recent interview with UK publication NME, drummer Matt Helders spoke about the band's latest work, saying "The band's just been working together... working on our own so far, writing and stuff."
Helders said that there is no release date for a new album but hinted that it would be out this year, adding, "There's no time deadlines or anything like that for release. We're just getting back into it, because it always takes a while to get back into it."
Formed in 2002, Arctic Monkeys released its first album, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not," in 2006. The album was very well received, nabbing the title of best album of the year from Time Magazine. The band's last album, "Suck It and See," was released in 2011. While it charted...
In a recent interview with UK publication NME, drummer Matt Helders spoke about the band's latest work, saying "The band's just been working together... working on our own so far, writing and stuff."
Helders said that there is no release date for a new album but hinted that it would be out this year, adding, "There's no time deadlines or anything like that for release. We're just getting back into it, because it always takes a while to get back into it."
Formed in 2002, Arctic Monkeys released its first album, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not," in 2006. The album was very well received, nabbing the title of best album of the year from Time Magazine. The band's last album, "Suck It and See," was released in 2011. While it charted...
- 3/12/2013
- by Madeline Boardman
- Huffington Post
Arctic Monkeys are to co-headline Poland's Open'er festival. The band will join a bill that already includes the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age, Kings of Leon and Blur. The festival takes place in Gydnia from July 3-6, and Alex Turner's band will play on July 4. According to drummer Matt Helders's mum, the band have recently been in the Joshua Tree desert recording the follow-up to 2011's Suck It And See. Jill Helders tweeted in September: "I don't (more)...
- 12/14/2012
- by By Paul Martinovic
- Digital Spy
Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders has revealed that the band have started working on new material. Currently halfway through a tour in North America with The Black Keys, Helders told Paste magazine that they haven't yet completed a full song, despite experimenting with new sounds during soundchecks. "We haven't really started writing officially, a record or anything," he explained. "But there's a few things (more)...
- 3/17/2012
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Arctic Monkeys have described their new live film as "a milestone" in their career. The band's latest project Arctic Monkeys At The Apollo features a performance from the Sheffield group that took place in Manchester at the end of their 2007 tour. Singer Alex Turner said the band are "over the moon" with the film, which was directed by comic actor Richard Ayoade. Explaining their decision to release a concert movie now, drummer Matt Helders revealed: "It's like D-Ream said: 'Things can only get better.' "If we'd done it earlier on, we might of thought (more)...
- 10/8/2008
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Former Arctic Monkeys bassist Andy Nicholson has revealed plans for his new band Mongrel.
Nicholson, who split from the Sheffield rockers in 2006, formed a new group earlier this year with members of Reverend and the Makers, Babyshambles' Drew McConnell and rapper Lowkey.
He also confirmed that former bandmate Matt Helders would be playing drums for the project.
The band are currently working on an album at London's Dean Street Studios and are expected to tour later this year.
Talking about his new group's sound, he told Nme: "Mongrel is something you can't pigeonhole - there's dub tunes, reggae tunes and dancey tunes."
When . . .
Nicholson, who split from the Sheffield rockers in 2006, formed a new group earlier this year with members of Reverend and the Makers, Babyshambles' Drew McConnell and rapper Lowkey.
He also confirmed that former bandmate Matt Helders would be playing drums for the project.
The band are currently working on an album at London's Dean Street Studios and are expected to tour later this year.
Talking about his new group's sound, he told Nme: "Mongrel is something you can't pigeonhole - there's dub tunes, reggae tunes and dancey tunes."
When . . .
- 5/19/2008
- by Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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