(Gibson) Vocalist Jeff Scott Soto's fifth studio album, Damage Control, will be released on March 23 in Europe and March 27 in North America.Soto describes the album as heavy, AOR, hard rock with a focus on riffs and melodies. "I feel Damage Control is more of a return to what my fans would expect to hear from me," Soto says. "It's a perfect blend of my first two solo albums with Frontiers Records; Prism and Lost in the Translation, but also mixes in some of my favorite moments of my past bands such as Talisman and Soul SirkUS."
In addition to his current bandmates, the album features appearances and co-writing collaborations by guests including Jamie Borger and Nalley Pεhlsson of Treat, Casey Grillo of Kamelot, Joel Hoekstra of Night Ranger and Y&T founder Dave Meniketti. On the latter, Soto says "Y&T drummer Mike Vanderhule played drums on a track and suggested I bring Dave on but, as he is a long time friend and one on the 'wish list' of people I would have loved to have, I didn't want to get an excuse that he was too busy or not interested, to my surprise I got neither... he was willing to do it and I was not only grateful but beyond pleased to work with another musical hero!" more on this story
