When you first spin Planet X, you might be a bit surprised at how hard-hitting and rhythmic the record really is. There's a reason. "Planet X was written primarily by myself and Virgil Donati, our

PLANET X

When you first spin Planet X, you might be a bit surprised at how hard-hitting and rhythmic the record really is. There's a reason. "Planet X was written primarily by myself and Virgil Donati, our drummer," explains Derek Sherinian. "Virgil is from Australia and he's setting the drum world on fire. He had only been on a couple of Australian albums, and that's one of the reasons I went with Virgil, because he wasn't on a lot of albums already. I wanted to surprise everybody and capture his fire for the first time on this record." Joining Derek and Virgil are bassist Tony Franklin and guitarist Brett Garsed. Tony is one of the greats, having played with John Sykes in Blue Murder and Jimmy Page in The Firm. Of Brett, Derek offers the following: "Brett's a session guy who has played with everybody from Olivia Newton John to the Nelson Brothers. But he's a fusion player at heart, and almost immediately after I jammed with him, I fell in love with his style. The other cool thing is that he and the other guys are right here in California, which goes a long way toward making this the real band we want it to be." Construction of Planet X proceeded at a comfortably Californian pace. "We worked hard but not too hard," laughs Derek. "We did it in this little dingy rehearsal space in North Hollywood. Virgil and I went in and played like five days a week, four hours a day, for eight weeks, and just kept tweaking and shaping the material. Once we did the drums, we brought the tapes up to my house, went into The Leopard Room, my studio in the Hollywood Hills, finished it, went down and did the tracking and that was it."
Country USA
Brand Magna Carta
Manufacturer MAGNA CARTA RECORDS
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 2015-09-25
UnitCount 1
UPCs 026245903623
EANs 0026245903623

Country	USA
Brand	Magna Carta
Manufacturer	MAGNA CARTA RECORDS
Binding	Audio CD
ReleaseDate	2015-09-25
UnitCount	1
UPCs	026245903623
EANs	0026245903623

PLANET X

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