Apache comments on each song on the new album
ILLUSTRATED WOMAN
We always wanted to do an AOR song. And here it is. It may not be perfect, but it is ours. The intention was to get as close as possible to the sound of the eponymous album of the band Heart from 1985 and thus imitate the work of producer Ron Nevison. I think this was quite successful in some places, especially in the opening. Yeah, if Ron had produced this, that would be… But I am still extremely happy with the result.
INSPIRATION: Heart 1985 (musically), Blue Öyster Cult (lyrically).
WELCOME
What kind of epic "concept" album would it be without a stylish atmospheric intro? I think the original intention came out 100 percent here.
Some may wonder why the intro follows only after the first song. It's due to the chronology of the main story, where you first have to find your way to the portal and only then go through it to the world of Midnite Razors. So the welcome must logically follow afterwards.
INSPIRATION: Every good horror intro ever made. And of course Alice Cooper.
HELL YEAH!
A "recap" song that features the titles or direct references to a total of 21 Midnite Razors songs. An idea that Chuck Berry came up with some sixty years ago. (Thanks, Chuck.)
Otherwise, one of the two more or less punk songs on the album. The fact that it contains perhaps the best guitar solos is therefore a bit of a paradox.
INSPIRATION: Chuck Berry— the song Oh Yeah.
ROCK 'N' ROLL TONIGHT
The most glam metal thing on the album. I'm 150 percent satisfied with it.
I wrote the lyrics in about two minutes. Originally I thought it wouldn't make much sense - it was kind of an automatic writing style of "throw the first thing that comes to mind that rhymes." But in the end I think it makes more than enough sense. This one and Hell Yeah! were already made sometime in February. I thought to myself that we had set the bar too high for the rest of the album.
INSPIRATION: All the cool glam metal bands of the 80s. Musically, probably the early Danger Danger, although the original inspiration (chorus slogan) was definitely Spinal Tap.
DYNAMITE
I didn't particularly like this song after recording it; initially I didn't even want to use it at all. The reason for my slight aversion was the big problems during its creation. But over time, we recognized that the thing had some potential. When I was working on the album tracklist, I realized that a more energetic song would be suitable between Rock 'n' Roll Tonight and Dead Girl Blues. I threw Dynamite in there, and everything suddenly fit a million percent. I would say that this one does not disgrace the rest of the album.
By the way, the chorus sounded terribly familiar to me from the beginning. Then I figured it out. Well, of course, Krokus and their To the Top. It's certainly not plagiarism, but the feeling is there. Midnite Razors have never been afraid of minor quotes and inspiration from their idols. And I think the lyrics are quite funny.
INSPIRATION: Scorpions (in the title of the song) and Krokus— To the Top. But both rather subconsciously.
DEAD GIRL BLUES
Something really worked out here.
I had the idea for a blues about a zombie girl in my head from the very beginning. But it took a long time to come up with it. I even thought for a moment that I would go without it on this album. I'm glad I didn't– this southern gothic story is our masterpiece in every way.
INSPIRATION: Rose Tattoo— The Butcher and Fast Eddy, southern gothic style and zombie films, maybe a little Leonard Cohen in the chorus.
HEADLESS VAMPIRES DON'T BITE
Probably the best riff that Midnite Razors have come up with so far. And that chorus gets stuck in your head. What more could you want?
I'm proud of a lot of things here, but the "and you can use machete too" passage has a special place.
INSPIRATION: The film From Dusk Till Dawn and other vampire movies, plus all the famous hard rock songs with a distinctive / dense riff.
ELM STREET ROCK AND ROLL
A tribute to my favorite Freddy Krueger films, intentionally made cheerful, catchy, and in a strongly positive spirit. I think the lyrics are also very funny. And the final entrance of Freddy himself with one of his iconic lines turned out very well.
INSPIRATION: The film series A Nightmare on Elm Street and original 50s rock and roll.
RUN TO ME
The only cover version on the album. Midnite Razors always wanted to have their own ballad. But they couldn't come up with anything listenable. Finally they did here.
Satisfaction? 200 percent!
Interesting fact: This is not a very slow song in the original. But I always felt that it could be made into one. And as you can see, it could.
In just a month, this thing shot to fourth place among all Midnite Razors songs on YouTube.
INSPIRATION: Southern rockers Doc Holliday—the band that invented the original— and all the ballads of the world.
CRAZY WORLD
I was thinking about how to summarize the theme of MR's lyrics in a few words. And that's how the slogan "horror, parties, rock 'n' roll" came about. The album title, The Crazy World of Midnite Razors, is a clear paraphrase of the famous psychedelic project The Crazy World of Arthur Brown from 1968.
This song was the very last thing we recorded for this album. And since it's almost the title track, I tried to make it really something. I think this effort wasn't completely in vain— especially the vocals and guitar riffs came out exceptionally well. But not only them. In fact, I would say that it's one of MR's best-executed songs ever.
(INSPIRATION: Midnite Razors. :-)
INTERVIEW
I had the idea for an interview with Illustrated Woman ever since it was clear that this would be something of a conceptual project. The illustrated woman is a bit like Charon, who will take you across the River Styx to the realm of the dead. She, in turn, is the one who will show you the way to another world— the world of Midnite Razors.
This thing also served as a good introduction to Lucky Bastard.
INSPIRATION: Old sci-fi movies.
LUCKY BASTARD
An instrumental, created from the material left over from the recording of Rock 'n' Roll Tonight. I think the main theme is great, and I was sorry not to use it. I always found it so joyful. And since it all originated from another song, I came up with the name Lucky Bastard. Using Interview, I then gave it context within the entire concept of the album.
RISE AND FALL
It's basically an alternative version of Hell Yeah! We recorded that song in a lot of versions, and this one has something in it that I didn't want to completely throw away. It's a very melodic cover of the original version, but it gradually turns into a chaotic wall of noise. It seemed like a good idea to use something like that at the end of the album. A lot of classic rock albums from the past contain similarly chaotic pieces or sections. And since Midnite Razors feels like this album is a big deal, we tried to at least get this closer to that feeling of a rock classic.
GOODBYE
The last full stop. A kind of reconciliation at the end, which at the same time it raises questions.
Will there ever be another Midnite Razors album, or is this their farewell?
Who knows?
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