Lol Tolhurst, Budgie and Jacknife Lee talk new project ‘Los Angeles’
nme.comCure drummer Lol Tolhurst, ex-Siouxsie and the Banshees drummer Budgie and producer Jacknife Lee have teamed up to form a new supergroup and share their debut single ‘Los Angeles’ featuring LCD Soundsytem‘s James Murphy.
Check it out below along our interview with the legendary sticksmen.Announced today (Monday July 24), the trio have shared details of their debut album’ Los Angeles’ – released in November via Play It Again Sam.
The record will feature guest appearances from Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie, U2‘s The Edge, Civil Rights avant-gardist Lonnie Holley, Mary Lattimore, Starcrawler‘s Arrow de Wilde and Mark Bowen from IDLES.
The first taster of the record comes with the punky industrial rave of the title track, featuring James Murphy – presenting the dark side of a city that “eats its children” in a struggle for survival.Tolhurst and Budgie, who first met in 1979 when The Cure were on the road with The Banshees, had always longed to work together before they found themselves together in LA piecing a project together with Jacknife.
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