GREAT HATE
Ex-Great White singer Jack Russell throws shade at Jizzy Pearl of Love/Hate
Blabbermouth — Former GREAT WHITE and current JACK RUSSELL’S GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell has parted ways with Frontiers Music Srl and has inked a new deal with Cleopatra Records.
Russell confirmed his split with the Italian rock label during a March 31 interview with Eric Blair of “The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show” at the Rock Against MS benefit concert and award show in Los Angeles.
Asked how his deal with Frontiers is different from some of the deals he had with other record companies in the past, Jack responded (see video below): “Well, we’re not with Frontiersanymore. We bought ourselves out of the contract. They were very congenial. They go, ‘If you’re not happy, then we don’t want you to be somewhere you’re not happy. But if you want to shop us your new album, we’d love to hear it.’
“It’s just too hard to have a label that’s overseas, communicating only by text or e-mail,” Russell continued. “So we’re with Cleopatra. We’ve got [Cleopatra head] Brian Perera, whom I’ve known for years and done a lot of business with. He’s got Tom Keifer[CINDERELLA] as well. So I think it’s a good change. And if I get mad at him, I can drive 20 minutes and go face to face [with him] and go, ‘Dude, what are you doing?'”
According to Jack, part of the reason he wanted to be released from the Frontiers contract was the fact that JACK RUSSELL’S GREAT WHITE‘s debut album, “He Saw it Comin'”, did not receive the kind of exposure he felt it deserved.
“Frontiers, when they signed Jizzy Pearl [LOVE/HATE] — no offense to Jizzy Pearl (inset right) — it’s, like, they’re starting to just sign anybody,” Russell explained. “There’s so many bands they have on the label, how can you get the attention that you need to really have them focus on your album?
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