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Armored Saint vocalist and former Anthrax singer John Bush has revealed that his side project Electric Spaghetti has recorded an album, although the musicians have yet to decide how it will be released.
Speaking to RadioRadioX.com, Bush described Electric Spaghetti as a collaborative passion project that grew out of songwriting sessions with guitarist Tara Novick. The lineup also features bassist Louie Vincent, keyboardist Jon Niemann and drummer Hawk Lopez.
Electric Spaghetti is just kind of a labor of love. It’s fun. Me and my buddy Tara, his wife and my wife work together, so that’s how we got to know one another. And he just kept saying, ‘Dude, we gotta do something.’ He’s a very enthusiastic person. And I was, like, ‘Yeah, sure.’ I knew he was talented, but I was, like, ‘I have so much going on, dude.’ And he just kept hammering me, like, ‘Dude, we gotta do something.’ I was, like, ‘Okay, give me some stuff. Give me a couple ideas, and let me see what I can do with it.’ And he did, and I was, like, ‘Wow, this is really cool. Sounds different.’ And I was, like, ‘Okay, let me write to this.’ And I did, and then we had a couple songs written, demoed, and I was, like, ‘Wow, this is cool.’ So after we got about six or seven songs written, I was, like, ‘All right, let’s do some gigs. Why not?’
[Tara] used to be in a band with John Corbett, who’s the actor from ‘Sex And The City’ and ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’. [John Corbett is] a very famous movie star. And [Tara] was in a band with him. And so they did a bunch of shows, they toured when John was at his height of success, and they’d play some shows. And I’m sure it was probably pretty awesome, ’cause I’m sure the audience was, like, probably 85% women. So I’m sure it was a pretty good run for them. And [John Corbett is] a big-time movie star. But then that kind of fizzled out, and so [Tara] had guys from that band, and he goes, ‘I have some musicians.’ And I was, like, ‘Yeah, let’s jam.’ And they’re awesome.
So it’s Louie on bass, and The Hawk on drums, and they’re both great. And then we got this keyboard player that Tara played with. His name’s Jon Niemann, and he’s amazing. He plays with everyone from Chris Robinson from The Black Crowes to all kinds of different people. And dude, he could play anything. At one point he sounds like Billy Cobham, then stuff he does sounds like Jon Lord. He’s just incredibly talented. So to play with these guys, it just brings out another [aspect] of my [singing] style. And we wrote a bunch of tunes and we made a record. So at one point it’s coming out. I’m not sure how. And we’re still trying to figure that out.
So, what can we expect from the new material?
[Tara] comes from the rockabilly world. He played with Slim Jim Phantom, and that’s really his thing. But he could do anything. He’s a really diverse guitar player and a great songwriter. And we’ve written some really cool tunes together. One song sounds like Little Richard, another one sounds like, like I said, Deep Purple. So it’s all over the place.
