11/07/2025
So... this morning we'll be beginning work on the next HELIX album entitled SCRAP METAL. This album will be a combination of one brand new track (STUCK IN THE 80'S), along with several songs we demoed but never recorded between 1984-1989, including FAST & FURIOUS, (before the movie ever came out!-a premonition...lol), MONEY (GOES WITH EVERYTHING), PRETTY POISON, and HOT HEAVY & WILD. The rest of the album will be songs plucked from B-SIDES, OLD SCHOOL, and HALF-alive. Songs I'm considering in that category are:
Jaws of the Tiger
Danger Zone
Take it or Leave It
Coming Back with Bigger Guns
Closer
The Same Room
You Got the Love that I like
Tie Me Down
Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound
Below is the tentative cover for the album that is being worked on by Jay Panaseiko. Love to hear everyone's feedback on the songs in consideration.
On another note; Sean Kelly and I wrote the lead track (STUCK IN THE 80's) and Sean will be involved with helping to re-construct some of the old tunes that we're re-recording for this disc.
We're also working on another studio vinyl album of new songs (the album is as yet untitled) which will include several "one-offs" we've released over the past couple of years: GENE SIMMONS SAYS (ROCK IS DEAD), NOT MY CIRCUS NOT MY CLOWNS, BROTHER FROM A DIFFERENT MOTHER, CHAMPAGNE COMMUNIST& STAND UP. Tony Paleschi, Aaron Murray, and myself have also written several other songs in contention: DOWN ON MY KNEES, BETTER LIFE, and THINKING OF YOU, with more on the way.
Upon release, the digital downloads will be handled by Indie Tunz Records. The CDs will be sold through Perris Records, and I will handle selling the vinyl myself. I already have the VOLLMER album I recorded a couple of years ago with Gavin Brown, the IT'S A BUSINESS DOING PLEASURE gate fold album with two brand new tracks (HUNG OVER BUT STILL HANGING IN & STILL GOT THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYES) & the 2000 album EAT SLEEP ROCK.
I had an idea of going on a road trip and selling these albums directly to vinyl record shops along the way. I've done this in London and also in Kitchener with great success. A lot of these shops are "off the grid" so to speak. Some of them are in garages rather than the typical corporate stores like Sunrise Records and are vastly overlooked by the big record companies like UNIVERSAL, who now own our masters. My idea was to advance a visit to them as I travelled across Ontario, meeting the owners and shaking hands-just like the good ol' days when the artist actually cared about the record seller. The best thing about this is that the hotel rooms, fuel, and eats are all tax deductible. To me, this is the logical full circle return to the days when I used to visit the stores trying to sell BREAKING LOOSE and WHITE LACE & BLACK LEATHER. Deja vu!
If all goes well, and I can get a decent price on pressing, here are some of the other HELIX titles I'm considering getting pressed on vinyl:
VAGABOND BONES
WHEN PIGS FLY (with I JUST WANNA BE STONED as a bonus track)
BACK FOR ANOTHER TASTE
BREAKING LOOSE
WHITE LACE & BLACK LEATHER
BASTARD OF THE BLUES
ROCKING IN MY OUTER SPACE
Let me know your thoughts HELIX fans!!!
