Bryan Adams launches new independent label

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Bryan Adams launches new independent label, Bad Records, with a special double A-side single featuring two tracks – War Machine and Rock And Roll Hell.

These new versions of the songs, originally written by Adams, Jim Vallance, and Gene Simmons for Kiss’ 1982 album Creatures of the Night, will be available as a 7″ single on 30 August.

Rock And Roll Hell has been released digitally now, accompanied by a video filmed on the rooftop of London’s Royal Albert Hall during Adams’ recent residency there. Watch below:

It’s In His KISS

Bryan said: “To commemorate the first single on Bad Records, here are two songs I co-wrote when I was a 22 year old struggling songwriter. I got a call out of the blue from producer Michael James Jackson to see if I would like to write for Kiss, which I was thrilled to do, and these are a couple of the songs that were the result, written with both Gene Simmons and Jim Vallance.

“While sitting with the band, Gene played me this fantastic bass riff, which ended up being the backbone of War Machine. I was trying to think of a theme that could possibly match the riff and came up with the title. Seeing as the other song we’d written was about hell, War was the obvious theme to coincide with it.

“Rock and Roll Hell was actually Jim’s song that had been released a few years earlier with Bachman Turner Overdrive, and I suggested, that we re-write it for Kiss. It’s incredible to think these themes are unfortunately still playing out for real in the world today, but I’m very grateful to the Kiss guys for giving me the chance back then.”

Following this songwriting work for Kiss, Bryan’s solo career went on to hit new heights of success with the release of his award winning Top 10 album Cuts Like A Knife in 1983, while Reckless the following year shot him to global super-stardom.

The 7″ vinyl single is available for pre-order now click here

Check out our 2019 Bryan Adams Interview – The Life Of Bryan