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It Starts
It Starts

ook up the word ‘workaholic’ in the dictionary and Jacob Bunton’s photo may stare back at
Lyou. He’s the hardworking frontman of Birmingham, Alabama rockers Lynam – as well as vo-
calist for Adler. And when he’s not writing or performing in either of those outfits, you’re likely to
find him writing with or for other artists too. He co-wrote a number of tunes on Gus G.’s latest album,
and more recently had a songwriting session with Lita Ford. With a new Lynam EP entitled ‘Bomb-
shell’ having just hit the streets, we caught up with Jacob to chat about being real, being healthy,
being loyal and heartbreak.
eleased on October 30th, Lynam’s Rocks and a lot of bands like that, and we records in the past that have had ballads and
R‘Bombshell’ is a dynamic, hard-rocking wanted to capture a really high energy good touch on many different topics, so this record lit-
5-track EP. Jacob tells Black Velvet, “We wanted time type of record, ‘cause we’ve done a lot of erally was just for fun.”
to keep it uptempo, kind of in-your-face. We serious records in the past – not that this isn’t a He says it’s a fun record but when you listen
were listening to a lot of Joan Jett and Hanoi serious record, but there have been a lot of to ‘Send You Back’ there are some hard-hitting

LYNAM /ADLER