Metal Anarchy

During a recent interview with Iridium Rock And Metal Reviews, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Rickey Medlocke discussed the possibility of new music from the band. According to him, the group “might have a dozen and a half, two dozen songs that are just kind of laying around.”

Medlocke said the following:

“Johnny [Van Zant, LYNYRD SKYNYRD singer] and I have discussed about doing some new SKYNYRD stuff. And it’s not in the plans yet. There’s a there’s quite a few songs — I shouldn’t say quite a few; there’s quite a lot of songs that we had written, that we had part demos to, maybe started a verse and a chorus, that Gary [Rossington, late LYNYRD SKYNYRD guitarist] was involved in. And, man, we’ve got that stuff laying around.

We’ve talked about it. Johnny and I, we’ve spoken about it,” he continued. “We know we have — oh my god — we might have a dozen and a half, two dozen songs that are just kind of laying around there to maybe put out.”

He went on to say that the band may focus on singles:

“I do have a thing about putting out whole albums now, because I think that people will go online or go to iTunes or go to Spotify or whatever, they’ll see a whole album, but they’re only gonna play one or two songs. They might scan over the rest of them, but they’ll pick out one or two of their favorite and then that’s it. My thing is that’s one of the reasons why I like putting out one song at a time, and you see how people would accept it, react to it, or maybe they don’t react to it at all. Maybe they don’t like it for whatever reason. But I find that you get a lot of mileage out of one song instead of a collective of 10 to 12 songs or more… You can release one every three months or whatever and then you get a collection of it and release the collection. So, all of a sudden, everybody’s got a collection of five songs that they can go and grab after they’ve loved, like, maybe three or four of ’em. And then you’ve got the collection and you’re all the better for it. But we have thought about that. And we’ve also thought about how long are we gonna take this?”

He also added the following when asked how long the band are likely to continue:

“I will put this out there. There’s one more guy — he’s such a hero to me. And I know you’re gonna laugh about this, but Gary, Johnny and I figured, people used to ask us, ‘How long are you guys gonna take this?’ And I always said, ‘Hey, look. If THE ROLLING STONES can do it, we can do it.’ And I’m telling you — come on, Keith [Richards]. If you can do it, I know I can do it. Come on, Keith. Join us in LYNYRD SKYNYRD and play on stage with us, because there’s another one I’d love to see climb up there with us.”

[via Blabbermouth]