JIM PETERIK
Legendary rocker - founding member of SURVIVOR and IDES OF MARCH and now leading force behind PRIDE OF LIONS - JIM PETERIK, announces the completion of the recording sessions of his brand new solo album entitled “Above The Storm”.
Jim Peterik live picture courtesy of Franky Bruyneel - Rock Report Magazine
“My last solo album came out in the spring of 1976” says Peterik, “It was called Don't Fight The Feeling. I still am very proud of that record, but I felt that 30 years later it was time for another solo record”.
In "Above The Storm", Peterik expresses many personal views of life and love. “The title itself” he says, “refers to that place we hope to find in our hearts above the chaos and confusion of this crazy world”, adding “I had written some songs lately that did not quite fit into the soaring PRIDE OF LIONS mold or the R&B influenced IDES OF MARCH. Three of these songs are co-written with Johnny Van Zant of LYNYRD SKYNYRD and Donnie Van Zant of 38 SPECIAL. The rest I pretty much wrote on my own”.
Of course this new solo album does not mark the end of the PRIDE OF LIONS chapter of Peterik’s career. He explains: “As much as I love writing and performing with PRIDE OF LIONS and WORLD STAGE - sometimes I like to go back to the very beginning, just getting into a room and writing from the heart about what really matters most to me. This is where this new solo album comes in. The songs have a really wide range of feelings from sensitive ballads like the title cut, to power ballads such as "A Kiss To Remember You By" and totally hard rockers like "Live Life" and "Stand and Be Counted”.
On "Above The Storm", Jim Peterik is backed by the musicians from PRIDE OF LIONS: Ed Breckenfeld on drums, Klem Hayes on bass, Mike Aquino on guitar and Christian Cullen on keyboards, with Peterik taking care of most of the lead guitar work, as well as a lot of the piano work. Lisa McClowry (the girl who appeared in PRIDE OF LIONS’ “Sound Of Home” video) cares of background vocals work.
On a related note, Jim Peterik and his production partner Larry Millas are also very busy in mixing in 5.1 surround stereo the PRIDE OF LIONS upcoming DVD “Live In Belgium” and at the same time he is writing songs for the third PRIDE OF LIONS studio album tentatively entitled “The Roaring of Dreams”.
Frontiers Records will release “Above The Storm” in March 2006, with King Records taking care of the release in Japan.