“I wanna say, [we have] 10, 13 songs so far.“
— Eric Martin on a new Mr. Big recording
Metal Sludge — In a new episode of the This That And The Other podcast, Mr. Big singer Eric Martin is sharing some news about new songs for a new studio record.
Show host Troy Patrick Farrell interviewed Martin who brought his solo band’s bassist PJ Farley (Trixter, Fozzy) to the interview as well.
Farrell describes the brand new episode as follows: “Just hours before they take the stage at the Copa Room located at Bootleggers Italian Bistro tonight 11/14, we get a quick check-in with alumni guest on the TTTO Radio Show PJ Farley who brought a friend, none other than Mr Eric Martin of Mr. Big.
Eric Martin reveals for the first time that Mr. Big is writing new music for a new album!”
Blabbermouth now reports: “Asked why he and his bandmates feel that now is the time to officially pull the plug on MR. BIG, Eric told “This That And The Other”: “Well, I really didn’t wanna end it. I think we’re gonna be done with it. I would just keep the door open forever. I didn’t wanna ever end something. I hate the end of anything, but Pat Torpey is not there anymore. And that’s kind of taking the wind out of the sails. He was the anchor of the band. And Nick D’Virgilio is a great replacement. He’s phenomenal drummer. He sings just like Pat. Nick‘s great. But everybody has so many other projects. I don’t. I really like the MR. BIG project… I have a couple of irons in the fire. But, yeah, it’s over. To me, it’s kind of a bummer. But it’s time. It’s been 35 fucking years, man.”
Martin also touches on the fact that the group have been writing music for another studio album for Mr. Big.
More from Blabbermouth: “Regarding the possibility of MR. BIG making a new album as the follow-up to 2017’s “Defying Gravity”, Eric said: “We’re doing it now. We’re working on it now. [MR. BIG guitarist] Paul Gilbert and I — I’ve been going back and forth to Portland, Oregon, where Paul lives, and we’ve been writing and recording everything. And so far, I wanna say, [we have] 10, 13 songs so far. And Billy‘s [Sheehan, MR. BIG bassist] got one that he just brought in. And Nick — we said, ‘Hey, Nick, if you’ve got any tunes, man, throw it our way.’ And he’s got four songs that are pretty good.”
Mr. Big are in the middle of their “The BIG Finish” final tour 2023/2024 which will see them playing their “Lean Into It” release in its entirety.
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