Steelheart, Michael Schenker Group, Leslie West, Black Symphony, Paul Gilbert, Jeff Martin, James Kottak, George Lynch, Kottak, Steve Moore (drummer at wrong gig), Forte, Jack Frost, Rev Jones Band, China Blue, Siva Addiction, Blasted To Static, Scott Mcclellan, Legioned Marcher. He has also recorded sessions with award winning producers Jim Gaines, David Prater, and Mike Goldberg. And if you stay true to yourself and play what’s good, people will respond.” You can invite your friends to be a part of it. You can embrace different styles of music. “For me, this project is one big realization,” Rev says of In The Key Of Z. “ I matched the players with the songs on paper,” Jones says, “ then picked up the phone and started making calls.”įor Rev Jones and his fans, the album stands as an in-your-face ode to artistic integrity, musical intensity and a natural instinct for what makes rock both dangerous and fun. When it came to individual guitar solos, Rev reached out to famous friends that include Uros Raskovski (Steelheart), Ira Black (Metal Church, Lizzy Borden), Jack Frost (Savatage), Russ Parish (Steel Panther), Bill Leverty (Firehouse), Jim Suhler (Monkey Beat), Robby Lochner (Fight, Jack Russell’s Great White), Rowan Robertson (Dio, Bang Tango), Paige Harwell (Reckless) and Scott McClellan (Tony Martin), as well Michael T. Ross (Lita Ford, Hardline) on keyboards and Jeff Martin (Dokken, Racer X) on drums. The goal was for it all to sound to like me.” The bass, mandolin and ukulele feel heavy, too. “ Even where the songs have a folk or country feel, the guitars are heavy.
“ It’s all rock as far as I’m concerned,” Rev says.
Great music should always sound fearless.”Īnd whether it’s the smart-ass ferocity of ‘ Lollygaggin‘ (based on a favorite line of dialogue from Blazing Saddles) or the monster-riff veracity of the title track, every cut on ‘ In The Key Of Z‘ – mixed by Shawn Berman, known for his work with Guns N’ Roses, Danzig and George Thorogood & The Destroyers – rocks with the creative confidence of a 30+ year musician still finding joy in plugging in, turning up and blasting off in any direction he pleases. My favorite album of all time is still Night at the Opera by Queen. “ But I’ve never allowed myself to be pigeonholed as a performer. “ Most performers are trying to be too serious or cautious,” says the skull-tatted wildman, who’s recorded and toured with Steelheart, Leslie West & Mountain, Michael Schenker Group, Fuel, Paul Gilbert, George Lynch and his own Rev Jones Band among many others.
The songs themselves represent Rev’s distinctive takes on thrash and metal, as well as a few unexpected yet way-cool forays into country and folk. In addition to producing ‘ In The Key Of Z‘ – the follow-up to his 2018 solo debut ‘ Bakwash‘ – at his home studio in Oklahoma and writing or co-writing all 12 tracks, Jones also played bass, guitar, double bass, keyboards, mandolin, ukulele and tambourine. “ We are very excited to have a musician like Rev Jones of such a high caliber on the Dark Star Records roster, who has performed and recorded with a ton of platinum selling artists and is just such an amazing bass player and singer” - Jeffrey A. Swanson / President / Dark Star Records “ Once again my partner in crime Rev Jones proves he is different from the rest … not only in his writing and bass play, but his off the hook vocals. Crazy great range, but most of all, his insanely different melody lines that push the envelope of what you can get away with in a great song. Playing drums on this is like breathing air for me and fits like a glove …. Hopefully a boxing glove.” - Jeff Martin, Drummer I want people to hear it and be surprised.” For Jones – the bassist/vocalist famed for his two-handed tapping style and over-the-neck fingering technique whom says “ has infused some of the biggest names in hard rock with his incredible energy and musicality” – ‘ In The Key Of Z‘ on Dark Star Records delivers an always- surprising salvo of the crushing riffs, smart songwriting, twisted sense of humor and face-melting, ass-kicking sonic boom that is Rev Jones. “ If I had my way, I’d probably put a bass solo on every song,” Rev Jones says of ‘ In The Key Of Z‘, “ but that’s not what this album is about.
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