I was 14 years old when this came out and I can remember playing it - and the entire Fallen album - to death. All the guitars for this album were recorded at the guys’ home studios.īring Me To Life - Evanescence The video for this was filmed in the studio - where I recorded vocals and Phil recorded drums - by none other than Kris Barras, who happens to be a great videographer as well as guitarist/singer. We were gonna do Alone on this album, but for me this was a much tougher challenge, and I really wanted to push my vocals to the extreme on this album - and no one makes you push harder than Ann. Her razor-sharp voice and range are unbeatable. Ann, to me, is up there with my more obvious inspirations vocally. An opportunity for all of us to showcase what we can do and honour one of the greatest vocalists in the genre. What an incredible song, interesting melodies and lyrics, as well as the almost Maiden-esque gallop on the riffs. This song was the first I wrote down when I initially decided on it being an all-female covers album, but honestly it would have made the list no matter what gender we were celebrating.

We mixed up the main riff a little and tried to make it a little bit more of ‘Mothers Finest' vibe (Joyce Kennedy, another awesome powerhouse black female vocalist - maybe Heroine II…?). It’s a bold opener to the album for sure, but I think it really shows people just what we can do as a band. Aggressive vocal delivery, guitar riffs, big chorus, a guitar solo! And those awesome harmonies. But this is an out and out hard rock song. We broke the cardinal rule by covering her, and I think when it comes to her ballads they shouldn’t be touched.

As a kid I really found female voices fascinating as I was constantly in search of that next song to really push me outside of the male rock vocal world, and Whitney was always the greatest. Her life was filled with immense highs and dreadful lows, but when she sang you knew she was the real deal and she meant every word. Whitney will always be one of the greatest singers of all time, and for that reason we had to honour her on this album: an album celebrating female artists of all genres.

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