Lita Ford is planning a May release for her new album, "Living Like A Runaway", on SPV Records.
The album will feature guitar hero Gary Hoey. "Gary Hoey and I wanted to approach this record by getting back to basics," Ford explains. "We want to strip away all the electronics and plug-ins and keep it to vocals, guitar, bass and drums. Going back to basics is going back to what punk, metal and The Runways was for me. 'Living Like A Runaway' means freedom and empowerment. To do what I want and to pursue my dreams while answering to no one."
Ford’s previous album, "
Wicked Wonderland", was panned by critics for what some saw as a focus on Ford’s now ex-husband,
Jim Gillette, rather than on Ford’s own vocals and guitar playing. Ford recently told
Classic Rock Revisited, "
the last album I did was called Wicked Wonderland, I put it out with Jim Gillette, and we were married at the time. It is kind of a Jim/Lita album and not a really true Lita album. I got a lot of schpeel about that. A lot of people have told me that they want a real Lita album, and I know what they mean. They are going to get it."
SPV A&R Representative/Product Manager Olly Hahn said, "When I bought 'Dancin' On The Edge' back in 1984 I never thought that I would ever sign Lita Ford to a label. But a dream of mine came true and it's a huge honor for us at SPV/Steamhammer to have one of the leading women in rock 'n' roll on our label."
Thanks for the report to Peter Hodgson, Gibson.com.
Oof... Subtle much?
Coming up this year, we also have Brian WIlson's album "Let's Head to the Beach, Boys", Noel Gallagher's "Honey I Left My Keys in the Oasis", Dave Grohl's "Im now Buddhist because I like Nirvana", and Courtney Love's "I can't close any of my Holes".