Bryan Adams has launched his own record label.
The Canadian rocker kickstarted his new chapter with Bad Records with the release of two songs – War Machine and Rock And Roll Hell – both of which were written by Adams alongside Jim Vallance, and Gene Simmons for KISS‘ 1982 album ‘Creatures Of The Night’.
On the tracks, he says: “To commemorate the first single on Bad Records, here are two songs I co-wrote when I was a 22-year-old struggling songwriter.
“I got a call out of the blue from producer Michael James Jackson to see if I would like to write for KISS, which I was thrilled to do, and these are a couple of the songs that were the result, written with both Gene Simmons and Jim Vallance.
“While sitting with the band, Gene played me this fantastic bass riff, which ended up being the backbone of War Machine. I was trying to think of a theme that could possibly match the riff and came up with the title. Seeing as the other song we’d written was about hell, War was the obvious theme to coincide with it.
“Rock And Roll Hell was actually Jim’s song that had been released a few years earlier with Bachman Turner Overdrive, and I suggested, that we rewrite it for KISS. It’s incredible to think these themes are unfortunately still playing out for real in the world today, but I’m very grateful to the KISS guys for giving me the chance back then.”
Alongside Rock And Roll Hell, the star has shared a music video filmed on the rooftop of London’s Royal Albert Hall, where Adams’ performed a residency earlier this year.
