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• The long awaited SS Iron Yacht finally sets sail with a crew of metal and rock legends navigating the seas of America’s most popular music genre, yacht rock!
• Your captains include Cherie Currie of The Runaways, Joe Lynn Turner and Graham Bonnet of Rainbow, Chris Poland of Megadeth, BulletBoys, Steve Morse, Vinnie Moore and lots more!
• Each of these incredibly popular yacht rock anthems are completely rebuilt from the hull up with powerful guitars, soaring vocals and thunderous drums to create a listening experience like no other!
Once, Yacht Rock was known as ‘Adult Contemporary’ or even ‘Middle of the Road’ (MOR for short). For some reason, that name has been switched to Yacht Rock. This album features various heavy metal bands covering classic Yacht Rock songs. On one level, you might be thinking, “this will not work.” But if Pat Boone (“King of the Road”) can cover Ozzy Osbourne (“Crazy Train”), why can’t some of metal’s best-known artists tackle this genre? They have, and this album is a lot of fun. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but one thing is certain, these artists are having fun, but they are equally serious about their craft of the song. The other thing about this album is the teaming up of some of the artists.
The album kicks off with Kim McAuliffe, formerly of Girlschool and Leader of Down. The pairing could not be better here; they take Nicolette Larson’s mellow hit and really give it a jolt. It sounds great and the extra energy gives the song an entirely new meaning. Even more interesting is Ronnie Romero (Elegant Weapons, Rainbow) teaming up with guitarist Britt Lightning (Vixen) and their remarkable and heavy version of “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”. I am sure Rupert Holmes never envisioned his song to sound quite like this. The song, about a married couple looking to step out of their marriage for an evening, is much angrier and less smirky than the original, and there is a level of excitement that builds up the song.
Back in 1977 Jay Ferguson had a hit with “Thunder Island.” It only makes sense that Thor tackles this one with Steve Morse. Again, power dominates the song but there are elements of prog rock thrown in throughout this version. In 1978, Timothy Dalton duetted with Mae West on the Captain & Tenille song “Love Will Keep Us Together.” That version defies any sort of explanation or description, but on this album, George Lynch (Dokken) and Femme Fatale’s version is easy to describe. It is pure heavy rock. Their voices work well together; it was a wise choice for the pair. And if you ever wanted Dokken to cover the song, well, this is close enough.
There are a lot of cool things on this album. Graham Bonnet (Rainbow) and former Guns N’ Roses’ Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal’s cover of “Just The Two Of Us” is absolutely brilliant. And while not every song works, those that do make up for some of the weaker moments. Yacht Metal is an interesting experiment and one of those albums that, on paper, should not work. But these artists are able to rise to the challenge and take on the songs without any issues. It is a fun album that metal fans should embrace, while Yacht Rock fans may struggle with some of the arrangements of their favourite easy rock songs.
‘Yacht Metal’ featuring BulletBoys, Femme Fatale, George Lynch & others out on December 19th
The album Yacht Metal will be released via Cleopatra Records on December 19, 2025 and features a who’s who of artists including Babylon A.D.‘s frontman Derek Davis, BulletBoys, Cherie Currie (ex-The Runaways), Bob Daisley (ex-Ozzy Osbourne), Femme Fatale, George Lynch (Lynch Mob, ex-Dokken) and Phil Soussan (Last In Line, ex-Ozzy Osbourne).
Cleopatra Records‘ press release indicates:
“We’re just days away now from the ultimate last minute holidays present for all the metal fans in your life – and the yacht rock lovers as well… because you never know. They might wanna hear it, too.
Yes, Yacht Metal is due to dock on December 19, and if you’ve missed the buzz that’s already about, then this is your chance to leap on board, as Graham Bonnet (Rainbow) and Bumblefoot pair up to give Grover Washington Jr. and Bill Withers‘ 1980 smash “Just The Two Of Us” the kind of work-out that neither you nor they probably ever expected to hear.
Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal was certainly excited at the prospect. “When Cleopatra Records calls, I know it’s gonna be something fun,” he says. “And, sure enough, Yacht Metal! Had the pleasure of guesting alongside the mighty Graham Bonnet with music/produced by Derek Hughes – I hope you all enjoy! 🙂
Yes, you will. Because how can you not? Yacht Metal, after all, brings together two of the most… can we say “beloved”? Yeah, why not. Two of the most beloved genres in modern music, and while it would have been easy to flip the concept and serve up metal by the yachting community (don’t laugh… it might happen!), right now it’s the metal mob storming the marina, with solos on stun, riffs on roofies, and vocals that can shatter a fiber-glass hull from a hundred paces.
Thor sings Jay Ferguson. The BulletBoys batter “Taking It To The Streets.” Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow) sails through “Ride Captain Ride.” And yes, talking of Captains, Lorraine Lewis (Femme Fatale) and George Lynch positively shred “Love Will Keep Us Together.” Girlschool’s Kim McAuliffe and Leader of Down savage Nicolette Larson’s version of Neil Young’s defenseless “Lotta Love,” while former Judas Priest frontman Tim “Ripper” Owens and UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore claim they want to “Kiss You All Over.” And maybe they do. You’ll have to listen to find out for sure.
And you only have ten days (and counting) to wait before the dreadnought pulls into port. At which point, even the most painstakingly-curated festive playlist will be cast aside to make way for a brain-busting blast of Yacht Metal.
Sail on, sailors!
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Leader of Down are a UK rock band formed by Motörhead guitarist Würzel and bass player Tim Atkinson. Following Würzel’s untimely death friends of the band were recruited to complete the first album including Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe), Bruce Foxton (The Jam) with Lemmy and Phil Campbell of Motörhead.
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History:
Recorded at Britannia Row Studios, London between March 20 and April 14 1981.
This is the second of two solo albums Marsden recorded while in Whitesnake.
Between March 20th and April 14th 1981 Bernie worked on this album.
This album brings together many of the musicians he’d previously worked with on his first solo album “And About Time Too” as well as Cozy Powell’s album “Tilt.”
They recorded at Britannia Row in London.
EMI was annoyed at the Bernie Marsden albums that were being imported and offered to pick up the rights to the first album for UK release and urged him to release another album.
Bernie: “All the stuff was written and ready to roll. I stayed there for three weeks then gave the tapes to Guy and said ‘Mix it’ I never saw a copy until it came out – as you can see!”
Apparently Bernie was not happy with the cover art.
Grew up in Birmingham and became good friends with Bill Ward. Eventually ended up touring with the band and doing a number of commissions for various rock stars including Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) , Ian Paice (Deep Purple and later Whitesnake), Ozzy Ozbourne (Black Sabbath) and George Harrison (The Beatles).
Al Boyd was a soul singer and composer from Cleveland, Ohio.
Jeff Bowen worked with The Commodores, The Temptations, and more
On the original album there was a heavier typeface for this track. Originally the song in this place was called “Always Love You.” Bernie said, “Always Love You So” was very very wimpish. It was almost a sixties pastiche and EMI said ‘er sorry Bernie but we really don’t think it’ll be good for your image’ and I agreed with them and said ‘what do you want me to do’?”
EMI offered to pay for a track to replace it and used the song “Always Love You” as a b-side for the single release.
When it was time to release the two albums EMI asked what label he’d like to be on and he said Parlophone and the resurrected the label especially for him. The only other group on Parlophone at the time were The Beatles.
There were plans to do live shows in the UK to promote the albums but Bernie was too busy with Whitesnake.
There was a radio session in August of 1981 where four of the songs were covered with Coverdale coming in to sing.
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been a purple fan since the early 90’s and seen them live a handful of times, last time 2011, so a concert is way overdue 
favorite studio album fireball, favorite live album olympia 96. Keep up the good work 
