Former WHITESNAKE Guitarist DOUG ALDRICH Talks REVOLUTION SAINTS – "I Really Tried To Channel My Best GARY MOORE"

Drummer and vocalist Deen Castronovo (Journey, Bad English), bassist Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees) and guitarist Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake, Dio) have joined forces in a tremendous new group named Revolution Saints. Classic Rock Revisited founder Jeb Wright recently caught up with Aldrich to discuss the band, his recent exit from Whitesnake, and his now infamous war of words with Dee Snider via Twitter. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

Jeb: Deen sings and sounds a lot like Steve Perry.  The album came out well, though. 

Doug: “I call this a solid ‘80s melodic rock album. I originally agreed to do it because of Deen, but when we turned it into a band I wanted to leave my mark on it. It has some slamming tracks, but it also has a lot of melodic stuff.  There are several ballads that are really cool.” 

“One of my favorite songs reminds me of the way that Whitesnake would have a keystone track. The keystone track on this has Neal Schon on it. I think it is my favorite track on the record at the moment.  They told me Neal was going to be on the album and I was like, ‘Fuck yeah’ as I am a huge fan of Neal’s playing. Then they said he may not be able to do it so I put a solo on that song.  I fell in love with that solo and I fell in love with the song.  Then they came and said, ‘Neal is able to play on it after all.’  I was like, ‘NO!’  I talked (Frontiers Records president) Serafino (Perugino) into using my version for a deluxe edition or something. Neal threw down as he is one of rock’s greatest guitar players.” 

Jeb: I think at times you remind me of Gary Moore on this album. 

Doug: “There were times I really tried to channel my best Gary Moore! I have always loved Gary Moore. He played such beautiful melodies, and this album made me delve into things and try to come up with beautiful melodies.” 

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Revolution Saints recently shared a lyric video for the song “Way To The Sun”, from their self-titled debut album, which was released in North America on February 24th via Frontiers Music SRL.

A video for the song “Turn Back Time”, directed by Devin DeHaven (Whitesnake, KISS), has also been released.

You can tell by the name – and the names involved – that Revolution Saints isn’t your average rock ‘n roll band. The new album brings back the classic melodic rock style to where it should be: inspiring, uplifting vocals, soaring melodies and musicianship to die for. It’s completely badass.

The project is the vision of Frontiers’ President Serafino Perugino, who for years had hoped to work on a project where Deen would be the lead vocalist. Having previously worked with all three artists on different projects on Frontiers, having Deen, Jack and Doug on board together was a dream come true for Perugino.

With production overseen by in-house Frontiers man, Alessandro Del Vecchio (who also contributed to the songwriting and played keyboards on the album), the recording process took place in Portland, Oregon during the summer of 2014.

Tracklisting:

“Back On My Trail”
“Turn Back Time”
“You’re Not Alone” (Feat. Arnel Pineda)
“Locked Out Of Paradise”
“Way To The Sun” (Feat. Neal Schon)
“Dream On”
“Don’t Walk Away”
“Here Forever”
“Strangers To This Life”
“Better World”
“How To Mend A Broken Heart”
“In The Name Of The Father (Fernando’s Song)”

Bonus Tracks (Deluxe Edition only)
“You Are Not Alone” (Arnel Pineda version)
“Way To The Sun” (Doug Aldrich version)
“You Are Not Alone” (Deen Castronovo Version)
DVD Content (Deluxe Edition only)
Making of the Album documentary
“Turn Back Time” (promo video)
“Back On My Trail” (promo video)
“Here Forever” (promo video)
“Way to the Sun” (lyric video)

Revolution Saints have released an EPK discussing the new project that can be seen below: