Let' Rumble
|
 |
| In
late '93, L/H got dropped from Sony. We put up a good front, but I think all of us were a bit lost. Not only did we not have a label, the stigma of being dropped from a major was a bitter pill indeed. The band was fighting, but at that time it never occurred to any of us to throw in the towel. We knew if we made a good record we could get another deal. L/H needed a break from Jon at this time as he was crazy. The band enlisted guitarist Darren Housholder and regrouped. We did some L.A. shows and honed in the arrangements of the new songs. When we were ready to record Let's Rumble, there was one problem; we had no money. I'm sure we could have gotten a spec deal, but we wanted control with no strings attached. At the time, I owned a killer convertible Corvette I sold it to our accountant for $20.000, wa la, we had a budget. Small, yes, but our plan was to go into a good studio so tight that we could arrive at great sound quickly. I think we succeeded. The record sounded live because for the most part, it was. One of the clearest memories I have of recording Let's Rumble was at the mixing sessions. All of us were at the mixing console, riding the levels of our respective instruments, doing manual mutes, changing effects pans, all the stuff you would program into an automated mixing console at the level we were accustomed to. I was so impressed at the cohesiveness of the group working as a team, thinking of the sound as a whole. We did a couple of world class mixes on the record. We recorded and mixed in a little under 3 weeks. RCA signed L/H in Europe and Caliber picked up the record in the U.S. Let's Rumble sold approx 50,000 world wide. The song Spinning Wheel was a hit at metal radio. +++skid---- |
|