The Red Locusts

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The Red Locusts
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresPop rock
Years active2020–present
LabelsLolipop Records
Members Rick Springfield
Matt Bissonette
Gregg Bissonette
Website theredlocusts.com

The Red Locusts is an American supergroup consisting of Rick Springfield, Matt Bissonette, Greg Bissonette and two others. The band released an eponymous album, The Red Locusts, in March 2021.The album is a tribute to The Beatles and power pop bands of the 1980s and 1990s. [1]

Contents

Band members

There has been secrecy around the identity of the band members, with the album cover using pseudonyms, similar to the Traveling Wilburys: [1]

Album

The Red Locusts is full of melodies, key changes and chiming guitars reminiscent of The Beatles. [4] Springfield said "we wanted to do an album that was influenced but would send us to Beatle jail basically". [5]

The song "Miss Daisy Hawkins" is based on the original working title of "Eleanor Rigby". [6] It includes many allusions to Beatles songs, and notes how Hawkins was "lost to a whim way back in '66". [7]

Track listing

  1. "Under the Rainbow"
  2. "Another Bad Day for Cupid"
  3. "Sons and Daughters"
  4. "Miss Daisy Hawkins"
  5. "Honestly"
  6. "Glow Worm"
  7. "Insert Your Name Here"
  8. "Vanity Skies"
  9. "Deep Blue Sea"
  10. "Love Is Going To Save The Day" [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Lee, Peter (June 30, 2021). "The Red Locusts (Album Review)". Hooks and Harmony. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Paul Ramon (artist)". The Paul McCartney project. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Red Locusts". The Red Locusts. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  4. ↑ Lee, Peter (June 30, 2021). "The Red Locusts (Album Review)". Hooks and Harmony. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  5. ↑ Cashmere, Paul (July 26, 2021). "Rick Springfield Become The Red Locusts With A Nod To The Beatles". Noise11.com. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ "It All Came Down To a Serious Relationship With Eleanor Rigby - Nonfiction by Gary Paul Lehmann - Eclectica Magazine v9n3". www.eclectica.org. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  7. ↑ Miss Daisy Hawkins, June 18, 2021, retrieved August 11, 2021
  8. ↑ "The Red Locusts". The Red Locusts. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
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