Mr. Big will release its tenth studio album, Ten, on Friday, July 12th through Frontiers Music Srl. The LP features 11 new original tracks written by singer Eric Martin and guitarist Paul Gilbert, along with André Pessis and Tony Fanucchi. In a tribute to their late drummer Pat Torpey, Martin, Gilbert and bassist Billy Sheehan have enlisted the exceptional talents of Nick D’Virgilioon drums for Ten, which was produced by Jay Ruston and Mr. Big.
In the midst of their final tour — The BIG Finish — Mr. Big, inspired by the legions of fans that shared in their goodbye over the past year, wanted to say a final farewell with the undertaking of a brand-new studio album. Culminating over three decades of musical partnership, Martin, Gilbert and Sheehan, with the help of D’Virgilio, ignite their spark once more and take a new form with Ten. The music video for the LP’s second single, Up On You, can be seen below.
About the new single, Eric had this to say, “Who says rock and roll has to be serious? Most of the videos that we’ve done over the years have had a bit of humor in it. In our live show, at the end of the set, we do this thing that we call ‘The Switcheroo’ where we change instruments. I’m on bass, Billy sings, Nick plays guitar and Paul rocks the drums… It’s a lot of fun and the crowd goes wild. So the concept for the video was simple ‘Do The Switcheroo and go bat shit crazy for a couple hour
Martin comments on Ten, “This new album doesn’t copy anything from the nine previous studio records. It’s all new stuff from scratch. This is raw, unadulterated riff rock and blues with all the Mr. Big trimmings.”
To read more details about Ten, and to hear Mr. Big’s first single, Good Luck Trying, please click here.
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I like this one better than the first single Good Luck Trying. Too much business musically going on for me in that one.