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Sparking An Emotion
Sparking An Emotion

oining Black Velvet is founding member of the band Jack Cox, comes this exciting thing.
Jor Coxy, to avoid confusion with the band's other Jack, Jack Hol- "But, in relation to 'Sidewinder', yeah, absolutely, it's an exciting
lamby, who performs bass duties, leaving Coxy on rhythm guitar along- record for me. I don't think there are many exciting records or hard rock
side Josh Clarke on vocals, Seth Markes on drums and fellow founder bands around, as it stands at the moment. You may well disagree with
and, as he will soon explain, brother from another mother, Max Horn, this, but that's my opinion, and it's that, if I'm going to listen to rock
as the 'backs' lead guitarist. music, as I always do, then I'm going to listen to things that are in the
One of the first lines from the opening track of ‘Sidewinder’, 'The 80s and 90s, maybe the early noughties. So I think that we've made
Taste', is ‘Take me by the hand and feel my heart beat faster,’ and so, something that's exciting.
to get things underway, we ask Coxy if 'Sidewinder' has this effect on "We've been very fortunate to work with Dave Holmes, our producer
him and what about it makes his heart beat faster and what kind of im- at Lightship 95 Recording Studio. We found someone that's really
pact he hopes it will have on those people who listen to it. tapped into our desire to make something with attitude, but also, to make
He responds, "Yeah, I think it does. This, to me, is everything I've something grand, and also, it showcases for me what rock bands should
ever dreamed of and worked for over the last 15 years. Doing it and, be. It's got riffs, it's got solos, it's aggressive and, hopefully, it's interest-
you know, being in small bands and finding your feet, and then, eventu- ing.
ally, you stumble upon, well, in my case, Max. "But, that's not ultimately for me to decide. That's what I hope people
"We met when I was a week old and we finally put the band together get out of it. But, if people tell me it's fucking terrible, they're entitled to
many years later. And you take it from there, and you intentionally recruit that, but I really don't think it is. I think it's a really important record, I
people into the room and find people who can add to what you've al- hope, for the genre because, ultimately, that's what we are. We are fans
ready got going on, and then, they take it in another direction and it be- of the genre."

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