Chad Bowar: How would you compare Songs In The Key Of Rock to some of your recent solo albums?
Glenn Hughes: I made a decision about two or three years ago that if I was going to make more records under the name Glenn Hughes, the majority of people across the world want it to be rock. Regardless of what the artiste or rebel in me wants to do I've got to do something which is in focus. I come from Deep Purple in the 70s, and therefore Songs In The Key Of Rock is a tip of the hat to that vintage heritage style. I grew my hair, wore groovy hippie clothes. What I established was a pretty focused rock record which stands up.
The reviews so far have been really positive.
It's got the best reviews so far of any record I've done in the past decade. All of my albums are different, because I've been blessed or cursed with the ability to stretch and write and sing in many styles. People know me from hard rock, but I only really listened to Motown when I was in my teens. I paint with many colors. I have the ability to stretch out, but I'm telling you mate, it's kind of like a curse. There are a group of people who only want full on hard rock, a group of people want only soul rock, then there's the people that like it funky like Trapeze.
Somebody mentioned in a magazine that "Glenn, don't forget where you come from. You come from Deep Purple. You should make Deep Purple sounding music." I told them before I was in Deep Purple I was in Trapeze, which was really funky.
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