| Black Country Communion | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, USA[1] |
| Genres | Hard rock, blues-rock |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Mascot, J & R Adventures |
| Associated acts | Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Foreigner[2] Trapeze, Alice Cooper, Dream Theater, Kiss, Billy Idol, Planet X |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Glenn Hughes Jason Bonham Derek Sherinian Joe Bonamassa |
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Black Country Communion is an English-American rock supergroup featuring Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, Derek Sherinian, and Joe Bonamassa.
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Glenn Hughes has stated that he and Bonamassa had been working together for over a year when they both performed at the "Guitar Center: King of the Blues" -event in Los Angeles in November 2009 and decided to record together.[3] Producer Kevin Shirley suggested the group work with John Bonham's son, Jason Bonham.[4] Bonamassa did not want the band to be a power trio, so he and the others decided to add former Dream Theater keyboardist, Derek Sherinian, to the lineup on the recommendation of Kevin Shirley.[5]
The band began having sessions at Shangri La Studios in Malibu, CA.[4] According to Bonham the group were recording as early as January 2010. He claims, "I just literally went into the studio last week for two days with one person I'd done an album with before, very quickly, and then the other was a friend of my father's I got to meet later on, Joe Bonamassa and Glenn Hughes, and we're working on a new project with a working title of Black Country."[6] The group took the name "Black Country" from the English industrial area where both Hughes and Bonham hail from,[7] but were forced to change their name to "Black Country Communion" after another band with the same name threatened legal action.[8]
The band released their first album, Black Country, on September 20, 2010, to largely positive reception. On the same day they showcased tracks from the album to a small, invite-only audience at John Henry's Ltd in London.[9] This was their first ever live performance. They finished the year with sold out shows at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton and London's Shepherd's Bush Empire just after Christmas.
In August, 2010, Glenn Hughes revealed that he was already writing the band's second album during an exclusive interview with EspyRock. “What I am doing is writing a follow up album right now for Black Country Communion; I’m writing a second album.”[10] On March 18, 2011, it was revealed that the band's second album, simply titled 2, would be released on June 14, 2011.[11][12] Hughes said that the release of the album would coincide with the band's summer 2011 tour, and that the first batch of songs for the album were already recorded.[13]
On May 12, 2011 Glenn Hughes debuted the song Cold from the forthcoming Black Country Communion album during his solo acoustic performance at an invite-only book launch event for his autobiography at the Idea Generation Gallery in London.[9]
On June 8, 2011, the band released the music video for the first single off the new album, "Man in the Middle". The video was directed by Davin Maske and features studio footage of the band intercut with Hughes driving around L.A. in a cherry red 1965 Ford Thunderbird.[14]
On August 31, 2011, BCC released a trailer for an upcoming live DVD and Blu-ray.[15] Titled Live Over Europe, the DVD and the Blu-ray was released on October 24th.[15]
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