Wolfmother to appear on ZZ Top tribute album

Back in November last year, we reported that Wolfmother had contributed to an unknown tribute album. The news has been revealed in the last few days that the album is a tribute to Texan blues rock trio ZZ Top, due to be released in October this year.

The eleven-song collection, entitled A Tribute from Friends, is due to be released on October 11, 2011, and features covers from a wide range of artists including Nickelback, Mastodon, and even Wyclef Jean.

Wolfmother’s contribution is a cover of “Cheap Sunglasses”, a single originally released in 1980 from the album Degüello. The song will be the fifth track on the album, after Nickelback’s cover of “Legs” and before “Got Me Under Pressure” by Duff McKagan’s Loaded.

Third album: preliminary details

A few early details regarding Wolfmother’s upcoming third album have been obtained by a fan who was lucky enough to speak to the band backstage at a recent gig. Wolfmother.net moderator Jimmi was at the June 1st gig in London, England, and met Stockdale and co. before and after the gig to have a sneaky discussion about the currently untitled follow-up to 2009′s Cosmic Egg.

Writing on the forums, Jimmi explained that the third album is completely recorded and mixed, with just “a few vocal touch up[s] needed”. The album will apparently comprise 12 tracks and be released in approximately three months, indicating a September 2011 release. As for the new songs, Jimmi claims that he has heard a total of five unreleased tracks: two in soundcheck, two in the live set, and another backstage after the gig; he praised the new direction, noting that the songs had “good thumping riffs” and were “really catchy”.

A quick search on YouTube brings up a couple of indications as to the new material, including a song being referred to as “The Year of the Dragon” and another song for which the title is as yet unknown. Another video floating around from the gig shows the band covering a portion of the Led Zeppelin classic “Stairway to Heaven“. It is unknown when this new material will see the light of day, but it seems that the band are ready to release it some time before the end of the year (save for any trademark delays, of course).

Connect with Wolfmother on Facebook

Wolfmother vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and general visionary Andrew Stockdale recently joined the omnipresent social networking site Facebook, racking up around 200 ‘friends’ in just a few days, with many more inevitably to come. With this addition to the worldwide community, the circle of the band on Facebook has officially been completed: all four members are available for you to add, if you so please! The band as a separate entity also has an official profile of its own, which is also available for ‘liking’. Check out the links below to connect with your favourite band!

Andrew Stockdale: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1022795451

Ian Peres: http://www.facebook.com/peresrebello

Aidan Nemeth: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=552625661

Will “Rockwell” Scott: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=670975259

Wolfmother: http://www.facebook.com/wolfmother

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