Dirty Laundry

This project was initiated in the summer of 1994 by keyboardist Casino Steel, formerly of the Boys, who was planning to record an album with some friends and invited Ian Hunter to join them in the studio. It was a period when Hunter was re-gathering his strength after the sad death the previous year of friend, guitarist and long-time right-hand man Mick Ronson. What emerged was a hard rocking affair that saw Hunter return closer to his Mott-ley musical roots than he had in recent years. He likened the results to, '62-era Stones (with) lots of Dylan references'. The roll call of musicians involves reads like a British punk/new wave who's who! Specifically guitarist's Honest John Plain and Darrell Bath. Bath could list the UK Subs, Dogs D'Amour and the Godfathers on his CV while Plain had been a Lurker and, with Steel, one of the Boys. A link with the frontman's Mott the Hoople past showed up in the shape of Blue Weaver, who took turns on keyboards with Casino Steel. Sex Pistols bass player Glen Matlock completed the cast list. This release consists of twelve songs; three are Hunter songs, four Hunter collaborations and the other five originate from the rest of the band. The backing tracks were laid down at Abbey Road studios, and then vocals were added in Oslo, Norway. This album has only ever been released in Norway before and has been unavailable for many years. Ian Hunter has a loyal fan base who have been waiting for this album to be available.