There was a seven-month period between when May watched the show with his son and the mini-LP's recording. "The signature tune began to stick in my head, and I could hear my own arrangement of the tune developing in my mind.
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"And said, 'Daddy, you should play that!', and I thought, 'Actually, that's a rather good piece of music! '" "If Paul hadn't written a very catchy song as the theme tune for that kid's TV science fiction drama series, things would have been different," said May.
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I was very keen on the music and a couple of verses at the end, and I thought, 'One day I should do something because it would be great.' And I could hear it buzzing around in my head the way I wanted to do it." "y little boy had been watching this science fiction series and I always thought that the theme tune for it would be a great vehicle for all-out guitar playing". He said, 'Daddy, Daddy, get up, it's time for Star Fleet!' I had to rush out of bed and tumble downstairs and we used to watch it. "It was my little boy who really got me keen on it. inspiring 's attachment to its title song". The show, which aired on Saturday mornings, "was compulsive regular viewing for and his 4-year-old son Jimmy. The idea for the album came from May's son Jimmy, a fan of Star Fleet, the English title of Japanese sci-fi puppet TV show X-Bomber. The EP was re-released along with a collection of other session recordings and alternate takes titled Star Fleet Sessions on 14 July 2023. too short to be a proper album, but too long to be even an EP single". " Star Fleet Project was called a 'mini-album' by because he thought it. The tapes were not intended to be released and received minimal mixing. "he result is high-octane rockist instrumentals, instantly Queenish, and not unlike Flash with added fretboard pyrotechnics". Released as the work of Brian May + Friends, the album consisted of May, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alan Gratzer (then of REO Speedwagon), Phil Chen (session bassist who played with Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart), and Fred Mandel (keyboard player for Alice Cooper and additional keyboard player on Queen's Hot Space Tour and The Works).
But I thought it was pretty funny.Star Fleet Project is a solo project of Brian May, Queen's guitarist, and a mini-album of the same name. So my manager was a bit upset at me for that dumb joke. "While I thought it was a funny joke, it actually held back the approval process for the album cover by one day because we had to sign a work-for-hire and pay him $1. "You'll see on the back of the album, 'All songs written and performed by Wolfgang Van Halen, except for wah operation on solo of I'm Alright by Patrick Bertinelli.' The song I'm Alright, for that solo with the wah.I kind of got bored with the operation of it, so I had my uncle Patrick do it. He said: "The one thing that I did do was like a fun little joke. Wolfgang recently made a joke about his uncle guesting on the upcoming album – and it ended up costing him a day and a whole $1.Įver since the son of the late Eddie Van Halen launched his own project, he has been asked whether any of his family or former Van Halen bandmates would ever guest on his Mammoth material. He recently released a video for Another Celebration At The End Of The World, the first taste of Mammoth II.
Van Halen's second solo album, Mammoth II, will be released later this year as the follow-up to 2021's debut.
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