That’s right, you read that correctly. Captain Kirk AKA William Shatner is set to release a new album which features collaborations with Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Paice of Deep Purple, Peter Frampton, Johnny Winter, Michael Schenker, Steve Howe of Yes, Black Label Society leader Zakk Wylde, and Mike Inez of Alice In Chains to name a few.
In an interview with MetalHammer, Shatner spoke of the incredible lineup of artists featured on the record, saying “It’s staggering, because half of them, so I’m told, sought us out, and the other half jumped at the chance! So we have twenty of some of the greatest musicians alive. The accumulation of talent on this album is phenomenal – I’m bowled over!”
“A lot of these artists just laid it down on the track and sent it in,” he continues, “but in Zakk Wylde’s case I was there, and I watched a virtuoso musician, and how he works. I’d laid down my vocal with [producer] Adam Hamilton in his studio prior to Zakk, then we went up to Zakk and heard what he was doing, and I realised that what I had done was totally inadequate. I did my bit, but it didn’t have any deep understanding of what he was going to do. So after his vocal, I had to go back to the studio and lay down the track again!”
The album entitled ‘Seeking Major Tom’ is due to be released on 11th October, but we’ve got a sneak peak at the first single, Iron Man, a cover of the Black Sabbath classic. Listen to it below:
