The Mandrake Project

I like that Bruce speaks very affirmatively about future solo tours in this interview, saying that this upcoming one needs to cover the AOB and TCW material since it’s been so long since the last solo tour, but he talks about how to possibly adapt more of the new material to a live format for the future.

Yes, I noticed that too! Although, he’s always been a man of very many plans, and at this point it’s probably not possible to know if that will ever happen. But I’m really glad to hear about those plans anyway.

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Also, cheers to @Henrik for getting in the Q&A on that Bandit Rock interview!

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Happy New Year! Sorry it’s been a little dead around here lately, but we should have a new single to talk about within a couple of weeks, and I’m taking a look at building out some album and song commentary sections to spur more conversation.

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Comics & beer in Brooklyn, NY on Jan 16.

The Mandrake Project comic issue #1 is releasing on Jan 17.

So… “Rain on the Graves” should be released tomorrow along with the comic?

Well, no new song so far. But it’s not too bad. The album’s still coming out on March 1 :sunglasses:

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An interview with some more album tidbits.

Another interview with some more good details about the album and tour:

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So just like Steve left Bruce’s crappy demo keyboards in the final version of “If Eternity Should Fail”, Roy left some of Bruce’s demo guitars in “Resurrection Men”.

LOL, yes indeed. Though I’m guessing Roy is at least a little pickier than Steve in this regard…

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A new interview, and in the middle Bruce drops some news about he and Roy working on remixes of Balls To Picasso and Skunkworks to make them heavier!

Track by track review, Google Translated from the original Italian:

Vinyl unboxing:

New interview with Rock Hard Greece.

Google Translated to English:

Video:

Bruce sort of apologizes for the “Greek cunt” incident, and he confirms that he and Roy are doing Dolby Atmos remixes of all of Bruce’s solo albums, and that writing has already begun for Bruce’s next solo album!

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Roy Z. is now off the tour and being replaced by two guitarists…?! Interesting.

Also, a U.S. show has been added for April 15 in Orange County, CA.

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Oh no, this is disappointing news. Those guys are probably good, but they are guys I’ve never heard of and who have no prior connection to Bruce’s career, as far as I know. Quite unlike Roy himself.

One of them plays on “Rain on the Graves”, at least. Maybe on some other tracks too?

The album has apparently leaked, but I’m going to wait for the official release to listen to it. There are anecdotes about multiple versions of the leak circulating, and one of them may sound significantly worse than the other.

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I just downloaded it. The quality of the files are not good, but it’s good enough for me to say I’m disappointed with the album. It’s not what I expected. I guess it will probably grow on me once my frustration is gone, but still…