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Mexican rock singer
Poc
releases debut album 'Rise Above'
produced by Guns N' Roses
guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal
 
New York, New
York – May 29th,
2012
Female rock
artist Poc
from Mexico City has released her debut album
Rise Above, available today at
iTunes,
Amazon & other digi- stores. The bi-lingual crossover rock artist had her first
release this past February, the arena-rock inspired anthem
Rock N
Roll Baby.
About the recording process,
Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal says ”Poc flew up
to to my studio in New Jersey and lived there for two months while
we wrote, recorded, and kept a Livestream going to have fans watch,
and participate – we had them Skype their backing vocals to us to
include in the song Rock N Roll Baby, something I don't think has
ever been done on an album. We'd spend hours late at night listening
to the past 50 years of rock music, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin,
Aerosmith, getting inspiration. And in the end you can hear that
real singer/guitarist team in the songs, that duo of personalities,
we captured that."
"I've never experienced so much making an album as I have with Poc.
In those two months we had a heat wave, an earthquake, a hurricane,
a flood that left 3 feet of water in the studio, and lots of
personal challenges to deal with from family tragedies to extortion
threats, all this while I was in rehabilitation from a car accident
that had left me unable to play and in constant pain. It was one
challenge after another. But instead of it stopping us, it added
intensity and spirit to the album. That's where the album title came
from – every time an obstacle would stand in our way, we'd
Rise
Above.”
Songs on
Rise Above were co-written and produced by
Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal and feature
Guns N' Roses bandmate
Frank Ferrer on drums. The
album features nine songs in Spanish and three in English.
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