Wolfmother have recorded a number of Jimi Hendrix covers that will be used as b-sides on forthcoming singles.
The Australian band tracked the songs, which include "If 6 Was 9", at the late guitarist's Electric Lady studios in New York last month.
Frontman Andrew Stockdale told Gigwise that the group originally intended to use their studio time to record their own songs.
But they changed their mind after arriving at the legendary recording venue, which was built by
Hendrix in 1970.
"We went into Electric Lady and for some reason as soon as I got in there I was like, Forget about playing the b-sides, lets just do Hendrix songs," Stockdale said.
"And we just played like eight Hendrix songs and just jammed."
When asked to describe Wolfmother's cover of "If 6 Was 9", Stockdale said the group had recorded it in a "more heavy, really simple kind of way".
"Not like a kind of floral Hendrix, Fender way. I just stripped it back into power chords," he said.
Wolfmother also recorded acoustic versions of "Back Round" and "Sundial" - two songs from their forthcoming second album "Cosmic Egg" - while in the studio.
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