Legend of the Seagullmen, supergroup formed of Mastodon frontman Brent Hinds, Tool drummer Danny Carey, OFF! guitarist Dimitri Coats, Jonah Hex guitarist Jimmy Hayward, Zappa Meets Zappa bassist Peter Griffin, synthesizer player Chris DiGiovanni and vocalist David ‘The Doctor’ Dreyer, are about to make their official debut performance on New Years Eve with Primus in Oakland, CA, and now they have released all of the information for their self-titled debut studio album. Due out February 9th, 2018, The Legend of the Seagullmen, described as “cinematic psychedelic rock” in their press release, “sing of ship wrecks and giant mutant squid, crafting conceptual rock ‘n’ roll hymns of epic proportions.”
“I first met Brent Hinds through Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age),” Jimmy Hayward told Brooklyn Vegan. “When I was working on the comic book film adaptation Jonah Hex, he asked me what I was listening to, and I said ‘Mastodon on repeat.’ So Josh connected us, and Brent and [drummer] Brann flew out to New Orleans to visit me while I was shooting…. Eventually I put him in the movie and we played guitar together and formed a lifelong bond based on a deep passion for music and indefinable love for chaos.”
“When we came back to L.A. to record the film score together he introduced me to vocalist and artist David ‘The Doctor Dreyer,’ Hayward continued, “who had a vision to do nautical rock with deep lore. We discussed doing a nautical spaghetti western, so I wrote the “Deep Sea Diver” music with him and we connected musically on a whole other level. Meanwhile, Brent had been dabbling with Doctor’s Seagullmen idea and after a few jams we all played together at a surf contest in Florida. Brent claims that the band really got going when he gave Doctor a rare custom guitar he calls the Seagull, which Doctor plays to this day. Brent claims it still belongs to him, but it hasn’t left the Doctor’s side in years… It’s a band talisman.”
The Legend of the Seagullmen’s first song “Shipwreck” is available to listen via Loudwire below, and tickets to their New Year’s Eve show are available here. Tracklisting and album artwork for The Legend of the Seagullmen, due out February 9th, 2018, can be found below as well.
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