Noel Gallagher joins Mantra Of The Cosmos, that includes Zak Starkey, Shaun Ryder, Bez and Andy Bell, on the collective’s new psychedelic single Domino Bones (Will get Harmful).
Domino Bones (Will get Harmful) marks the band’s newest outing following the singles Gorilla Guerilla and X (Wot You Sayin?) in 2023.
Shaun Ryder takes on lead vocal duties with Pleased Mondays bandmate Bez on percussion. The group has Andy Bell of Experience, Oasis and Hurricane #1 on guitar and Noel Gallagher joins on vocals for the brand new single.
The band will showcase the observe on the Cavern Membership in Liverpool on 19 January and the only will likely be accessible for followers to buy, in crimson or blue vinyl, on the gig and from the Cavern Membership retailer.
Free Hen For Mods
Zak Starkey has had stints in The Who, Oasis, Johnny Marr and the Healers and The Lightning Seeds. He additionally collaborated along with his father in Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band throughout the early to mid 90s.
Starkey describes the tune as “Free Hen for Mods”, with a Noel Gallagher vocal, round which Starkey constructed the observe, taking part in drums, bass, guitar and keyboards. Gallagher sings the refrain and Ryder the verses, whereas Bell provides an prolonged solo. The tune title is the title of Bez’s first band.
Starkey stated: “It’s not each day that the best songwriter of my technology – to not point out Shaun, the best beat poet of our occasions – sends a tune to me… It got here collectively nice – everybody digs it!”
Noel added: “Mantra Of The Cosmos is like Dylan, Dali and Ginsberg on a rocketship to the moon to have it with the Clangers.”
Household Heritage
Starkey has solely visited Liverpool as soon as earlier than to go to his grandparents, and on the Cavern Mantra of the Cosmos will play two units on 19 January, at 3pm and 8pm, with Bell and Ryder scheduled to DJ in between. The night time will likely be compered by Philip Regen, AKA “The Queen Of Scotty Street”, and help will come from Liverpool band Keyside, in addition to Chloe Slater for the later set.
The selection of present for the band’s return was a private one for Starkey, who says: “Can’t consider I’ve by no means even been there. There’s an excessive amount of household heritage on the Cavern other than The Beatles my mother and father courted there…
“It’s nice to be taking part in there they usually’re nice individuals, actually taking care of us. The Cavern was rebuilt but it surely’s the unique in spirit and I’m buzzing to be doing it.”
At a time when grassroots venues are beneath big monetary stress, with many closing or in danger, Starkey champions their significance for brand spanking new music. He added: “It’s what’s lacking now in music – there must be Caverns in every single place. You used to have the ability to play virtually each night time of the week and not using a file deal.”
Rock Supergroup
Starkey stated: “I first met Noel in a rehearsal room, John Henry’s in Brewery Street in London. I used to be in a band known as Face throughout Britpop occasions and it was early 1995 and he got here in and watched a bit. I met his brother for the primary time at Oasis’s Earls Court docket reveals in 1996. We’re Mods so we received on right away.”
Starkey started drumming for Oasis in 2004, taking part in on Don’t Consider The Reality and Dig Your Personal Soul.
In 2015, Starkey met Shaun Ryder throughout the filming of a returning TFI Friday. Starkey was the bandleader for a bunch that includes Liam Gallagher, Roger Daltrey, Ian Broudie, Bonehead, and Jay Mehler, which performed My Era.
Starkey stated: “Shaun was on the present, and we actually stated hiya for 5 minutes after which {a photograph} – and that was it. Then I simply chilly known as him about this group, which I didn’t need to be about guitars – I needed to be about his phrases. He instantly stated sure. I requested if his mate (Bez) was going to be in it and he stated: ‘He doesn’t know but – however he’s.’”
In 2023 Mantra Of The Cosmos launched with the singles Gorilla Guerilla and X (Wot You Sayin?), and a Glastonbury Competition debut. Additional singles are deliberate for 2025.
Domino Bones will likely be solely accessible on vinyl on the Cavern present and from the venue’s web site right here
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