Warrant Guitarist Discusses Band’s New Album

Warrant guitarist Erik Turner was recently interviewed by Josh Rundquist of That Drummer Guy- excerpts from the interview are below:

"I think we're wearing our influences on our sleeves more than ever with this new record. To me, to my ears, the difference between 'Rockaholic' [2011] and this new record is 'Rockaholic' is a lot of production, and really polished and clean, but still a lot of great songs. We're very proud of that record. But this record seems to be a little more analog-sounding, more organic, a little more rough around the edges. When we were 12, 13, 14 years old, we were listening to BAD COMPANY and [LED] ZEPPELIN, and AEROSMITH and bands like that, and I think this record has a little bit more of that sound, that '70s classic rock sound that we grew up [on]. That's the music that inspired us to want to be in a band and do what we do today. It all came out for some reason on this 'Louder Harder Faster' CD."

Turner also spoke about the songwriting process for "Louder Harder Faster":
"[Laughs] Jerry [Dixon, bass] and Robert [Mason, vocals] wrote the record, pretty much all of it. I co-wrote one song. A friend of Robert's co-wrote one song with him as well, but we all contributed, we were all sending riffs and Joey [Allen, guitar] and I sent a bunch of riffs out, but the two guys are really good at writing lyrics and melodies, which is what songwriting is all about, is Jerry and Robert and they did great on this record, in my humble opinion. They should be very proud."



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Lindsay OConnor     May 07, 2017