Anthems like "Lay It On The Line", "Magic Power" and "Fight The Good Fight" broke them in the USA, and they amassed a legion of fiercely passionate fans. Levine, Emmett and drummer Gil Moore formed TRIUMPH in 1975, and their blend of heavy riff-rockers with progressive odysseys, peppered with thoughtful, inspiring lyrics and virtuosic guitar playing quickly made them a household name in Canada. "Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine", produced by Emmy and Peabody award-winning Banger Films ( ALICE COOPER, IRON MAIDEN, RUSH and ZZ TOP),covers TRIUMPH's humble beginnings as staples of the GTA circuit in the mid-'70s to their heyday as touring juggernauts, selling out arenas and stadiums all across North America with their legendary spectacular live shows - and way beyond. It's kind of like a charity we have here called Unison that supports industry people that are having a hard time."Īs previously reported, TRIUMPH's long-awaited feature documentary "Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine", premiered in the U.S. It's a huge, huge organization that supports artists in trouble.
And a lot of the money is going to a charity called MusiCares. We might as well just send you the bed track to put a vocal on it. We don't wanna hear somebody just copy what we did. It's gonna be a really cool project when it's done."Īs for the various musicians' approach to covering TRIUMPH material, Levine said: "Our only parameter from a band point of view is don't do it like we did it. There's gonna be some great guest artists on it - great musicians. So, 'You can produce it, but you're the guy who's gotta wrangle all the tributees it's not gonna be our job to do that.' And the record company bought in and gave us a budget to do it.' So Clink has been slowly amassing the talent and getting the tracks done. At the time, he said: "We were talking with, and we were talking about maybe doing a tribute album. Levine previously discussed the TRIUMPH tribute album in a 2021 interview with The Metal Voice. So we're hoping to see that early next year."Īmong the other musicians who will appear on the album are longtime John Fogerty touring drummer Kenny Aronoff and BON JOVI guitarist Phil X, who previously played with TRIUMPH in 1992 and '93 after founding singer/guitarist Rik Emmett left the band. "So he's getting near the finish line with it. " got delayed like everything else during COVID because nobody wanted to go to the studio, but everybody seems to want to play again," Mike explained.
In a new interview with ABC Audio, TRIUMPH bassist Mike Levine said that the album is "close to being finished." The effort is being overseen by producer Mike Clink, who helmed TRIUMPH's 1986 album "Sport Of Kings" and also worked on early GUNS N' ROSES recordings. Ex- SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach and STARSHIP singer Mickey Thomas are among the musicians who will appear on the upcoming TRIUMPH tribute album.
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