ABOUT…
SONS OF TOIL
HISTORY
Legendary underground Los Angeles Rock Band, Sons of Toil, achieved a cult like underground following after a series of knockout live performances culminating in a sold out headlining performance at the famous Whisky-A-Go-Go in Los Angeles where everyone has played from Cream to Led Zeppelin, Van Halen to Guns n Roses.
Founded by guitarist and songwriter Mikey Capone, Lead vocalist Zane and Bass player Antoine Sardo (Sceptor).
Mikey Capone recruited former Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell, Dio and WW III and Last In Line drummer Vinny Appice known worldwide for his powerful drum work to play drums and they began rehearsing and recording songs.
Vinny Produced a 4-song demo which was recorded at Pilsound studio in Northridge and Engineered by Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, Dokken).
When Vinny went on tour with Black Sabbath, Producer Mikey Capone went looking for a drummer and called long-time friend James Kottack, who was at the time drummer for the Scorpions. Kottack recommended his MIT student Aires Pagnamenta from Switzerland.
A fateful audition later at a warehouse in Los Angeles found a formidable combination of great songs and powerful musicianship evidenced by the recordings and by the lucky people who witness this band first hand and still talk about the bands songs and performance to this day.
These songs, along with the 4 songs previously recorded are used for the debut Album Produced by Mikey Capone, as well as creative one-of-a-kind merch will be released in the Winter of 2020/2021 will be available for the first time ever!
Long before Sons Of Toil went into Wonderland Studios in the Hollywood Hills, they had already rehearsed for 6 hours per day for 9 months before performing their first show and had Headlined the Legendary Sold Out show at the Whisky A Go-Go in Hollywood, California.
It was because of such strong work ethic that by the time Sons Of Toil arrived at Wonderland Studios, they were already Local Legends and every song recorded at those sessions were recorded in a single take. No small feat for even the most polished bands.
Mikey Capone’s intricate guitar work was all done in one take with no overdubs (overdubs is the routine technique used to fix mistakes).
The Rhythm guitars were recorded in one take and were recorded on double tracks and mixed together for an extra full sound and the lead guitar solos were each skillfully performed and recorded in one take (but not edited) to give a full sound.
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