Track Of The Day: Gun
The all-new Gun have just released their new single, Let Your Hair Down, as a free download. So it seems only fitting that we make it Track Of The Day. Click here for previous Tracks Of The Day.
The song comes from Gun’s new mini album Popkiller, which is available from November 16. The full track listing for this is:
Let Your Hair Down
Popkiller
Seraphina
Ripping Up The Letters
The Only
When Classic Rock caught up recently with new vocalist Toby Jepson and longtime guitarist Jools Gizzi, they were suitably excited about introducing new music.
“Just re-forming last year [after splitting up in 1997] to rehash our old songs would have been pointless,” says Gizzi. “We feel we have something new to say, and that we can prove ourselves to be relevant in the current climate.”
“It’s been so exciting for me to be part of this project,” adds former Little Angels frontman Jepson. “The thing is that we’re not only playing to the old fans. The band are attracting new ones as well. And this EP will definitely help the cause.”
The band – who also feature Gizzi’s brother Dante on bass and drummer Gordon McNeil – are about to go on a major UK tour. Check out the dates on Gun’s website: www.gunofficial.co.uk
To download Let Your Hair Down go here.
This track is proof why the nostalgia of once great bands coming back can be a trip down memory lane, but the new music is almost always a mistake. They were going way down hill towards the end with 0141 and they should have stayed down. This track is just candy-arsed, radio friendly pop s**t and as far from rock as you could possibly get. I see them fading away again very soon. Sadly.
Have to disagree with ’shufflemoomin’. GUN have just played to sold out crowds in Spain and in front of 4,000 in Portugal. No point in living in the past you have to inovate… Go and see them live… They are awesome with Toby…
As a hard core fan of GUN, I have to admit im a bit disapointed… Ive been to see GUN 3 times on the new tour and have found them to be back to their glory with Toby almost – its great to see them again…. However the new music is as far away from the GUN sound as you can get, GUN were a hard edged, raw sounding, band with great hooks, I even approved of the 0141 album, but the new Popkiller ( I ordered it and it arrived today ) is sadly not GUN at all…. I will continue to see them for old times sake, but hope to hear the the classic GUN suond come back in any future releases
I don’t think people get it. All bands evolve and this new EP is more commercial than the ‘old Gun’ sound. That’s the way most bands go over time (Rush, Jovi, U2) and the reality is that they have to make some cash to keep the project alive. I like the EP, yes admittedly it’s not Gun of old, but who cares? The bands line up has changed and they’ve moved on musically, it’s still Rock and I like it. This will sell to the youth and allows us ‘oldies’ to hear the old stuff live. It will have you humming tracks right from the get go, buy it!