Loudness - To Release 30th Anniversary Edition Of 'Thunder In The East' Album
Japanese metallers Loudness will release a special 30th anniversary edition of their classic album Thunder In The East in Japan on November 25th in several different versions featuring bonus DVDs with live footage from their 1985 U.S. tour, among other things.
In 1985, Japanese rockers Loudness released their international breakthrough album Thunder In The East. It was their fifth album but their first album release in the U.S. market. Loudness was the first ever Japanese hard rock act to get signed by a major international record label (Warner Music's Atco Records).
"It never gets old that album," Loudness vocalist Minoru Niihara said. "We were listening to the demo tapes yesterday, because we are going to release a special edition of the 'Thunder' album. We will include some of the demo tapes on it and we have to choose which songs to include. When we listened to the demo tapes, we were shocked: 'This is good!' Even before recording and getting [producer] Max Norman involved, it sounds really good."
Regarding the songwriting process for Thunder In The East, Niihara said: "We made a demo tape with 15 or 20 songs. We recorded those songs in Japan and brought the tape to Max Norman. He picked some songs from that demo tape and then he said that, 'This is not quite enough. You guys have to write another five or ten songs for me.' Eventually, we recorded twelve songs and Max Norman changed a little bit, this and that. The lyrics ? that was a nightmare! I got five or six lyricists and singers to help me rewrite lyrics in English from Japanese."
Loudness will also play a bunch of U.S. shows in October.
In 1985, Japanese rockers Loudness released their international breakthrough album Thunder In The East. It was their fifth album but their first album release in the U.S. market. Loudness was the first ever Japanese hard rock act to get signed by a major international record label (Warner Music's Atco Records).
"It never gets old that album," Loudness vocalist Minoru Niihara said. "We were listening to the demo tapes yesterday, because we are going to release a special edition of the 'Thunder' album. We will include some of the demo tapes on it and we have to choose which songs to include. When we listened to the demo tapes, we were shocked: 'This is good!' Even before recording and getting [producer] Max Norman involved, it sounds really good."
Regarding the songwriting process for Thunder In The East, Niihara said: "We made a demo tape with 15 or 20 songs. We recorded those songs in Japan and brought the tape to Max Norman. He picked some songs from that demo tape and then he said that, 'This is not quite enough. You guys have to write another five or ten songs for me.' Eventually, we recorded twelve songs and Max Norman changed a little bit, this and that. The lyrics ? that was a nightmare! I got five or six lyricists and singers to help me rewrite lyrics in English from Japanese."
Loudness will also play a bunch of U.S. shows in October.
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