Their self-titled extended play was self-released in March 2019. They both grew up playing hockey, Kitsch in Canada and LaBelle in Upstate New York, and initially connected in Los Angeles skating at various local ice-rinks. Dirty Honey's album indeed builds on the band's output to date, with airtight songwriting that plays up their strengths: sexy, bluesy, nasty rock'n'roll, melodic hard rock, and soulful '70s blues-rock. At the same time, long-standing venues around the globe shuttered their doors for good. BA1 1UA. See the full list of tour dates below, followed by our video Zoom interview with Dirty Honey singer Marc LaBelle and Wolfgang Van Halen. My stepdad pulled into the driveway and said, "Steven Tyler and Joe Perry are down there at the radio station right now. It's the Summer Solstice Music Festival; very casual, not official. With people salivating for piping hot rock and roll, the eight-song LP is a satisfying slab thatll have you violating every social distancing law in the book. Thankfully, the song isnt a Mamas & The Papas cover. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. You're coming out with us!". The vocal performance is autotuned, the guitar solos dont even really exist anymore We got into this radio-friendly format of recording that lost all its soul. (Courtesy Daniel Prakopcyk). After a year of empty stages, things are set to explode on the concert circuit. It was after this second performance that they decided to officially form a band in 2017. $30.00 - $65.00. CBS SF: How did that happen? The guitarist draws on any number of different influences when it comes to riffs, chord progressions and solos. (Photo credit: Cardice Fairorth), L-R: bassist Justin Smolian, vocalist Marc LaBelle, drummer Corey Coverstone (Photo credit: Mike Savioa), Dirty Honey - When I'm Gone [Official Video], "Remedy" The Black Crowes@Star Lake Burgettsown, PA 7/28/21, Dirty Honey x Harley Davidson (Livestream 4.9.20), Dirty Honey - Down The Road (Suitcase Sessions), Dirty Honey - Fire Away (Live from Capitol Records Studio A), Dirty Honey - Rolling 7s (Live at The Troubadour), Public File for KBCW-TV / KBCW 44 Cable 12. Dirty Honey rented a rehearsal space and demoed the album's songs in advance, meaning the tracks were in good shape when DiDia came onboard. When it came time to record its self-titled full-length debut album, the bandvocalist Marc LaBelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin Smolian, and drummer Corey Coverstonewasn't about to mess with what was already working. Remember when Axl had his own shoes that said Axl on them? As a result, the songs on the Dirty Honey album hint at life's ebbs and flowsshattering heartbreak, romantic connection, intense soul-searchingwhile giving listeners space to draw their own conclusions. Its a sweet gig for LaBelle, who considers The Black Crowes one of his all-time favorite bands. CBS SF: I know the pandemic delayed this tour for quite a while. This form needs Javascript to display, which your browser doesn't support. I thought that it should start with the chorus riff because that was so fun and so good, he says. Dirty Honey's album indeed builds on the band's output to date, with airtight songwriting that plays up their strengths: sexy, bluesy, nasty rock'n'roll, melodic hard rock, and soulful 70s blues-rock. That's what we're all about. LaBelle recently spoke with CBS SF about the new album and his musical influences ahead of his band's visit to the Bay Area as they open for the Black Crowes at the Concord Pavilion (Saturday, Aug. 21) and the Shoreline Amphitheatre (Sunday, Aug. 22). Having to switch gears delayed the start of recording slightly, although this extra time ended up being a boon. John introduced me to bassist Justin Smolian who in turn introduced us to drummer Corey Coverstone. on 9 September 2020, 6:29pm, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. LOS ANGELES, CA - Friday, March 5, 2021 After a string of chart hits and live triumphs, one of rock music's most exciting new bands, DIRTY HONEY, is keeping the momentum going with the April 23, 2021 release of their self-titled debut full-length.The Los Angeles quartet is also releasing a new single, "California Dreamin'," with a news feature and video that premiered today via . Dirty Honey is an iHeartRadio On The Verge Artist. We had a slight idea that maybe we could sneak into Australia, but we decided against that. Ive never been asked that before, LaBelle says. Listen to "California Dreamin'" https://orcd.co/californiadreamin Listen / Buy the debut 'Dirty Honey' LP . And who knows by this time next year, Dirty Honey themselves could very well move up the ladder and start filling arenas on their own. I flew out to New York when they were doing the Howard Stern Show and playing the show at the Bowery Electric that night. Los Angeles' rock band Dirty Honey are gearing up for an ambitious 2019. It's not going to sound that much different; it's just that there's maybe a little bit different personality because of the four people playing together. I mean, we share the same management company, so that obviously helps. And they agreed on us too [laughs], which is historically a tough thing to get those two guys to do. But for him and the rest of Dirty Honey, pushing through those tough times and coming out stronger on the other side is worth it. It consists of singer Marc LaBelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin Smolian, and drummer Jaydon Bean. I've actually never seen the Black Crowes before. PROVE YOUR FANDOM. It almost took him out., A post shared by Taylor Kitsch (@taylorkitsch), To promote their new album, Dirty Honey posted an Instagram vid of them rehearsing at the house of actor Taylor Kitsch, of Savages and Friday Night Lights fame. I took the extra time and played a lot of music in my studio, he says. It's sort of a challenge any band that's doing music with clear touchstones in '70s classic rock. Formed in 2017, the blues-tinged rock outfit came together after singer Marc LaBelle and guitarist John Notto -- who had been playing in the LA-based group Ground Zero -- decided to split with that band to follow their muse and find their own path. Dirty Honey is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 2017. Other songs like The Wire, Take My Hand, and Gypsy pretty much jump out the gate and slap you across the face. Additional Info. It was about two days too late when quarantine started. It was more about, Oh, you thought that was good? We basically just erased the year tour by tour until there was nothing left., Stuck at home in Los Angeles, Notto didnt waste a second and got right to work. Let's go down and try and meet them." Marc LaBelle: Yeah, I think mostly you just want to start a song from a good place, whether that's a great melody or a great riff or a great lyric or title or something. Interaction with others is what drives the world onward. Dirty Honey is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 2017. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. It just goes on and on. As for the bands vintage style of rock, Notto is quick to recognize that Dirty Honey isnt the only relatively new and young band to leverage the sound and swagger for a rock-starved audience. CBS SF: That is one thing I wanted to talk about. Their self-titled extended play was self-released in March 2019. We weren't looking to sound different, or prove our growth, necessarily. Members: Marc LaBelle - vocals; John Notto - guitar; Justin Smolian - bass guitar; Corey Coverstone - drums; Albums: Dirty Honey EP (2019) Dirty Honey (2021) Dirty Honey is a hard rock/blues rock band from California that formed in 2017. ", In fact, if anything, all of the four band members are determined to better themselves going forward. Dirty Honey's Marc LaBelle Looks Back on 11 great bands with only 1 original member left, See METALLICA tease new song "If Darkness Had a Son" with TikTok duet video, FEAR FACTORY's first show with new singer: See video and setlist, See MUSTAINE and BURTON C. 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After a string of chart hits and live triumphs, one of rock music's most exciting new bands, Dirty Honey, is keeping the momentum going with the April 23, 2021 release of their self-titled debut full-length. The Los Angeles quartet is also releasing a new single and video, "California Dreamin'". I just think people are ready for rocknroll again.. It consists of singer Marc Labelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin Smolian, and drummer Corey Coverstone. Along with AC/DC, Notto cites Aerosmith and Van Halen as bands that give him ideas. Maybe in the early days of writing, we were just thinking too much about how to be unique, and it maybe wasn't the best way to go about it. I don't really see myself getting away from that too much in the future just because I think you lose the soul if you do it too many times, if it's too perfect. Its going to be exciting and you dont want to miss it.. Honestly, we usually do a few shots of tequila right before we hit the stage. There's plenty of people you get to meet up with on the road, friends who have moved to Seattle or wherever, and it's nice to catch up with a familiar face in a random city. It'll be a nice escape. It meant that we were able to workshop the songs a lot more, and I think it really made a difference.". In addition to being a simpatico musical pairing and their shared management, Dirty Honey will pick up a lot of new fans and The Crowes will be extra inspired to bring it every night, giving the tour extra buzz. Labelle came up with the name Dirty Honey after hearing Robert Plant mention his band The Honeydrippers in a Howard Stern interview and thought it sounded like such a "dirty" rock and roll name. The official music video for "When I'm Gone" by Dirty Honey.Watch the behind-the-scenes video for a look at how the official music video was made https://s. Dirty Honey - When I'm Gone [Official Video] by Dirty Honey on YouTube The self-released six-song effort came out in the spring of 2019 and served as the band's calling card with "When. CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. The day before the band members were due to fly to Australia to track the album, Los Angeles entered lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and traveling was off the table. More info at dirtyhoney.com. When we were getting ready to drop the record, he was like, Lets do something fun for the record release., Dirty Honey tracked their album with Nick DiDia (a studio vet whose resume includes work with Audioslave and Stone Temple Pilots), producing and mixing. Dirty Honeys self-titled debut album is out now, Rick Wakeman: A Gallery Of The Imagination album review, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott hospitalised by altitude sickness in Colombia, Always wanted to record a Kiss song with Gene Simmons? MARC LaBELLE I met guitarist John Notto at a gig in Santa Monica, California, when he sat in with a cover band I was singing for. Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. We talk with frontman Marc LaBelle and other members of the band about the album and how the pandemic . It was his idea to start small and grow. Nobodys really heard the songs live before, so thats exciting for us. What more contemporary rock bands would you say inspired you? In fact, they were hired to open a two-week warm-up tour in June for Dirty Honey. That 2019 EP opened with Dirty Honeys signature track so far, When Im Gone, a goosestepping rocker with LaBelles AirPod-exploding rasp in full flight. Other LP hightides include jagged riff-fest The Wire and highway song Gypsy.. In a world over-sweetened with pop syrup, Dirty Honey tell stories from the darker side of Los Angeles. There was maybe like 50 people outside the station, and I was this little kid. In your case, Aerosmith is obviously an influence, but I'm sure there's other stuff too. Its tough when youre not living a life to write about life.. Which begs the question: what is it about Dirty Honeys music, straightforward and earnest as it is, that has vaulted them above so many other bands trying so hard to make it? First published on August 17, 2021 / 8:55 PM. CAN YOU GIVE US A BRIEF HISTORY ON HOW YOU CAME TOGETHER? Before our conversation ends, I say how it would be cool if in 30 years Dirty Honeys headlining an anniversary tour for their own debut album. But at the end of the day, Chris and Rich are picking the bands. On its first U.S. headline tour in January and February 2020, the band sold out every date. We recorded live, in a room together, and I think you can feel that. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). He is the author of Walter Trout's official biography, Rescued From Reality, a music pundit on Times Radio and BBC TV, and an interviewer who has spoken to Brian May, Jimmy Page, Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie Wood, Dave Grohl, Marilyn Manson, Kiefer Sutherland and many more. Let's have them do the whole thing." The band Dirty Honey officially was formed when Corey joined the group. Although the pandemic has thrown some obstacles in the way, DIRTY HONEY knows that pushing through those tough times will only help them come out stronger on the other side. Marc LaBelle: He is f--king amazing, by the way. Listen to "California Dreamin'" https://orcd.co/californiadreamin Listen / Buy the debut 'Dirty Honey' LP . Thats a good question. 2023 First Avenue. #CaliforniaDreamin 2023 in the EU kicks off tonight in Antwerp 2-Feb - Antwerp, Belgium 3-Feb - Cologne, Germany 4-Feb - Nijmegen, Netherlands 6-Feb - Eindhoven, Netherlands 7-Feb - Paris, France Get tickets now at DirtyHoney.com. On a bright recent noon, he calls in from the living room of his Marina Del Rey residence, about 400 feet from the beach. Another talented Los Angeles band, Joyous Wolf, is the opening act. New-fashioned rock &roll from the soul. Its never going to sound exactly like anything else, but its guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. All of the four band members are determined to better themselves going forward. The back of the van. On May 7, the band opened for The Who at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan as part of The Who's Moving On! A year ago, an unsigned Los Angeles band sprawled on a downtown fire escape for a photoshoot that accompanied a High Hopes piece in Classic Rock. If you cant write a song around the title Another Last Time youre not very good at your job if youre trying to be a songwriter, LaBelle says. We worked with a producer that really tried to make us really radio-friendly, and we listened back to the record and said, We fucking hate this, says Marc with a laugh. Im gonna start wearing polka dot. After performing a gig of cover songs together at a bar, they then played on the sidewalk of Sunset Boulevard in front of about 100 people. The live music industry took a major hit when the pandemic lockdowns were initiated. I was just sitting at my (recording) console playing guitar one day in open-G tuning. Hes referring to the alternate guitar tuning behind many of Keith Richards Rolling Stones riffs. I have a full kind of studio setup, so I just make the most of it. From covering Aerosmith songs to reviving classic rock with a modern twist, the band embraces bluesy riffs, nostalgic music videos and long hair, immersing listeners in the golden age of rock. The rest of the songs found on the bands self-titled LP, released in April, are also tuneful, but all no-nonsense forward-motion. Having scanned the horizon for rocks next generation of giants, they decided to take the job on themselves. $40.00. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. A month later, the groups self-titled album appeared. Like everyone else, Los Angeles-based hard rock quartet Dirty Honey, who were just beginning to catch fire before everything went dark, stood in the wings to see what the future had in store. Hopefully, its exciting for the audience too., In addition to peppering in gems from the EP, expect a couple new covers in the live set. The song is reminiscent of something Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughn would record, though Notto points out that the solo was actually based on AC/DCs Angus Young. We finished it about two weeks before we recorded it, so the song was still so new, and we were trying out different things, so every take was a little different. He really wanted to be in the band. For instance, with "Rollin' 7s," John had two completely separate riff ideas that he was playing with, and I was like, "Dude, those go together!" DIRTY HONEY rented a rehearsal space and demoed the album's songs in advance, meaning the tracks were in good shape when DiDia came onboard. Dirty Honey with Mac Saturn California Dreamin' Tour Date August 27, 2022 Expired! Hungry to bring their music to the masses and play more shows, Dirty Honey is now ready to make the big leap after being selected as the support act for the much-anticipated Black Crowes Shake Your Money Maker reunion tour, which kicks off July 20 in Nashville. Time 8:00 pm Location The Hall at Fargo Brewing 610 University Dr N, Fargo, ND Cost $29.00 - $49.00 DETAILS Doors: 6:00 pm Audience: Ages 21+ Seating: General Admission Buy Tickets Presale: June 9 (10am-10pm) Password: SUMMERNIGHTS Onsale: June 10 @ 10am But the songwriting, it varies. Were gonna be playing the record for the first time, a good chunk of it at least, LaBelle says. He says the band could also come up with a new tune during opening night soundcheck and play it during the show. Other highlights on that six-song release include the sauntering "Rolling 7s". For all their hard work, diligence and fortitude, great rewards most certainly await. The Underground Sounds Of America: Dirty Honey. Those are the biggest gigs you can get.. Chuck Taylors are cool forever. It was very casual. Stop trying to re-invent the wheel. I also wanted to extend the artistic statement that weve already made, says the guitarist John Notto. So long as you have a good start, really it's just about a great performance captured by a great recording, you know? Always eating great food, getting recommendations, and enjoying the time you spend there. I think we thought if there is one band to pay attention to and maybe imagined our model would be, we thought it was Rival Sons for a minute, he says. When it comes time for a solo once the song has shaped up, I just follow with what my ear hears. Apart from great songs, were really selling ninety minutes of freedom, says Notto. I had to navigate a little more cautiously what I was doing after that. Its cool that they exist. Everyones announcing big tours and raring to get back on the road. Dirty Honey's album indeed builds on the band's output to date, with airtight songwriting that plays up their strengths: sexy, bluesy, nasty rock'n'roll, melodic hard rock, and soulful '70s blues-rock. Were all open to the answer coming from everywhere, but mostly everybody takes care of their own part., Indeed, the four members of Dirty Honey each contribute to the whole, however and whenever inspiration strikes. Led by frontman Marc Labelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin Smolian, and drummer Corey Co. And hes just a huge fan of the band and has been a huge supporter for a long time. Please enter valid email address to continue. . Their self-titled extended play was self-released in March 2019. But it still doesn't have a meaning that's easy to pinpoint. As soon as this tour ends, my dad and I are taking a trip up the coast to the California Redwoods to do some riding. Notto also mentions another young band from Los Angeles: Joyous Wolf. Justin had this one riff for forever that just remained unfinished until we fit it into "Heartbreaker." The radio success led to higher profile gigs, opening for Alter Bridge and Skillet on a U.S. tour as well as festival appearances and slots supporting the Who in Michigan and Guns 'n Roses in Las Vegas. ", Adds drummer Corey Coverstone: "Because of the pandemic, we had a lot more time to write and prepare, which was great. Singer Marc LaBelle: "Soulful, sexy rock & roll that's what we're all about". When Im Gone topped Billboards Mainstream Rock Chart, marking the first time an unsigned band had ever done so. They've been nothing but kind to us and supportive. As a lyricist, LaBelle is more interested in Californias shadows than in its perfect teeth. Because in the coolest way, the most interesting thing by far about Marc LaBelle, from buzzy Los Angeles quartet Dirty Honey, is his talent. Led by frontman Marc Labelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin. Almost two months before its release, the guitarist John, Dirty Honeys debut LP. Did you know someone or have family that worked at the radio station so you happened to be there? "It's just about getting the performance right and not thinking about it too much. I just knew that riff was good enough to be something great. We were just nailing it on The Wire, recalls Notto. Dirty Honey Albums and Discography | AllMusic Discography Dirty Honey Follow Artist + Hard rock combo out of Los Angeles inspired by titans like Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. They also supported Guns N' Roses on their Not in This Lifetime Tour on November 1 and 2 in Las Vegas. The Mamas & The Papas were rad, but right now rock needs new songs as singles, not covers. "What makes all of our songs fun to play and listen to is we don't allow ourselves to stop short of getting the best possible results out of each one of them. 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