Following hot on the heels of their early 2012 release, Allerton
Avenue, Frankenstein 3000 returns with Escape
From Planet Omega!, a collection of recordings from various sessions
and line ups... it’s what they intended their debut to be. The
New York City area band is finally happy with the Omega project,
more than 7 years in the making.
Guitarist/vocalist Keith Roth says “When [current guitarist]
Tommy Tafaro joined Frankenstein 3000 in 2007 we
rehearsed for 2 months and recorded Welcome To Planet Omega
in 48 hours. The plan was to capture the excitement we were feeling,
but the result was less than we had anticipated.”
“We had recorded the album twice with two different guitarists
before Tommy came on board” says drummer Clint Gascoyne, “but
obviously we wanted him on the official release of Welcome To
Planet Omega. Maybe we rushed it. It wasn’t until recently
that Keith and I talked about putting together the best recordings
from all of those sessions as the penultimate Omega record.”
“We were never happy with the mixes on Welcome To Planet
Omega” says Keith. “The performances were definitely
there... that’s never been a problem with this band. Some takes
were used that weren’t meant for the final version and I always
hoped we’d be able to revisit the project someday. Now seemed
like the perfect time.”
After rummaging through old tapes Frankenstein 3000
found the superior version of each song intended for Omega,
like “Goin’ Away”, “Fooled In The Rain”,
“Independence”, “Thunder” and “One Time”.
They also unearthed some cover songs recorded during the time, including
“Rock Show” (originally by Wings), “Sugarbuzz”
(originally by Marvelous 3), “I Love Livin’ In The City”
(originally by Fear), “Judgement Day” (originally recorded
for a Love And Rockets tribute) and “Long Way To Go” (originally
recorded for an Enuff Z’Nuff tribute). The last song on the
compilation, “Let Me Down Hard”, is a JOhn Eddie song
and the title track from an upcoming film.
Escape From Planet Omega! closes a chapter in the Frankenstein
3000 story... a chapter the band has been looking to finish
for a long time.
In the past year Frankenstein 3000 has shared the
stage with such rock ‘n’ roll luminaries as David Johansen
(New York Dolls), Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Cheetah Chrome (Dead
Boys), Urge Overkill and D Generation to name but a few. Never ones
to waste any time, the band will continue to perform into the new
year and have already begun writing sessions for their next release.
