LITA FORD Is Still Searching For The Right Label Home For Her Already-Completed New Album
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In a new interview with WKBN 21 News anchor Lindsey Watson, '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford spoke about her long-awaited new studio album. Ford's upcoming follow-up to 2012's "Living Like A Runaway" was once again helmed by guitarist/producer Gary Hoey, who contributes some guitar playing to the disc. Ford said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I had put together this beautiful album, and it's sort of a dark fairytale. It's very almost kind of 'Shrek', but on a musical level. And I love 'Shrek', but there's some characters in that movie, and so there's some characters on my new record. And I wanna bring 'em to life. So the only way I really can do that is to find the proper record label to help me and to release everything and support me through it. And so far, I've struck out a couple times with a couple of labels, but if I don't find the right label, then I'm not gonna be able to put the record out and the music out the way I want to and the way I'd hope to. And I think once somebody gets it and latches on to this record, then they're gonna go, 'Ah, let's make this come to life.' I'm, like, 'Yes. That's the whole idea.'"
She continued: "So we're in the process, and we're at a good place with it now. And we're [going to] have new web site designs and new clothing designs and new songs. And so there's all kinds of new stuff. We have a new tour. We added this awesome new manager that started with us in in January, and he's brought all these great shows to the table.
"We've been trying to get back out overseas for a long time, in Czechoslovakia and Spain and Norway and Sweden and the U.K.," Ford added. "It's been a while, so he's brought all these shows in from all over Europe. And, of course, there's no place like the USA and it's always great to come home, but it's good to go also. It's good to get out and do these other shows. So I'm grateful."
Last month, Lita confirmed to Dawn Osborne of TotalRock that her new album will include a collaboration with German metal queen Doro Pesch. "It's waiting to come out," Ford said. "And I'm dying. It's so good. It's not a ballad, and it's not a fast song. It's just a really powerful, mid-range song. And it will reduce you to tears."
As for how the song with Doro came about, Lita said: "When I ran into Doro, she was receiving an award in Los Angeles, and she says to me, 'Lita, we have to do a song together.' And I said, 'I've got it. I've got the title. I know what the title is.' Because sometimes you just grab titles, and you don't even know why. It's just something that sounds amazing. And so I wrote it down in my little book of titles. And soon after that, Doro had came along and she said, 'Let's write something.' And I got the title. So, I went ahead and wrote the song. And Doro did not write the song, but she sure sang the hell out of it. She came out and nailed it. So it was a great honor to work with Doro again."
Ford also revealed that her new album will contain a collaboration with singer/songwriter/producer Jean Beauvoir (CROWN OF THORNS, PLASMATICS). She said: "Jean, he's like family because we kind of grew up in the punk rock era together, [him] from the PLASMATICS and [me] from THE RUNAWAYS. And sometimes you're just at the right place at the right time with the right people. And Jean and I wrote this song together. And, yeah, it's magic. It's a duet, but it's produced by Jean, and he just knocked it out of the park. It's a magic, magic song."
Ford's last release was 2016's "Time Capsule", a collection of songs that were recorded by Lita in the past, but never before made available.
Nine years ago, Lita released an autobiography, "Living Like A Runaway: A Memoir", via Dey Street Books (formerly It Books),an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
(Source: www.blabbermouth.net)
