After a 19-year hiatus, Ugly Kid Joe are back in play with a brand new studio album.
Uglier Than They Used Ta Be is released next Friday (September 18) and the opus features a cover of the Motorhead classic Ace of Spades.
Who better to pull in for a guest spot on the track than Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell? And while UKJ had him in the studio they utilized his talents on a couple of other numbers for the record too, My Old Man and Under The Bottom.
“It's a full circle of sorts,” frontman Whitfield Crane says of the release, “There was a lot of love and talent in one room and that is exactly what this album sounds like.”
Ugly Kid Joe precede the record's release by kickstarting a UK tour here in Milton Keynes, on Monday evening (September 14).
Tickets for the date at The Craufurd Arms are all sold-out, but Total MK pinned guitarist Klaus Eichstadt down long enough for him to go On Track with Total MK...
The song that first awakened your musical senses
Eruption by Edward VanHalen
Physical or digital – how do you take your music?
Digital
The first time you thought 'Music – this is the job for me?'
When I learned to play Eruption
Your best on stage memory...
The Hollywood Rock Festival in Rio De Janeiro...the whole show!
And the worst gig you've ever done
Satyricon, Portland, Oregon. There were more band members than audience members
What made you take up playing guitar in particular?
When I saw my friend's brother play Eruption
Which one song by another artist do you wish you'd written?
F*** You by Cee Lo Green
And one – by yourself – which holds special significance
Devils Paradise
If you could step into the shoes of another musician, living or dead, who would it be and what would you do?
Justin Timberlake...I would make an ass out of myself finally!
Are there any current musical influences you might look to?
T.I and Tom Petty
And any genre of music that you simply can't stand?
Super heavy indecipherable death metal
Uglier Than They Used Ta Be is the first album in nearly two decades.
How was it returning to the recording process?
A very comfortable and fun experience. It was the first time being produced from beginning to end by Dave Fortnam so we knew we were in good hands...he's the s*it and kept us all entertained!
What can we expect from the Craufurd Arms show?
Some rad rock n roll
