NASHVILLE |FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/ MARCEE RONDAN
HOME RECORDING: ANN and NANCY WILSON of HEART have written a new song, “Momma Why,” which will appear on HOME ALIVE: THE ART OF SELF DEFENSE , due out February 20 (Epic Records). The song was debuted at a recent concert at the O.K. Hotel in Seattle to benefit Home Alive–a Seattle Rape center that seeks to educate men and women about rape by offering affordable classes in self-defense and rape prevention. Of the performance, NANCYcommented, “It was the most intense set weve ever done.” ANN continues, “It was our favorite show ever–just NANCY and me and some percussion.”
“Momma Why” was co-written by ANN and NANCY with Frank Cox of the LOVEMONGERS (ANN and NANCY‘s side group). Cox and Kristen Barry (whom HEART fans will remember from her backing vocals on THE ROAD HOME ) also appeared at the concert to benefit Home Alive, which was formed after the July 1993 rape and murder of Mia Zapata, lead singer of the Seattle-based the Gits. As Gretta Harley told Billboard magazine about the organization, “Right after Mia was killed, a lot of us felt angry and confused, so we got together informally just to talk about what to do next.” The double-CD features performances by an array of Seattle bands including Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, the Fastbacks and the Gits, alongside spoken word pieces by Jello Biafra, Exene Cervenka and Jim Carroll. In the meantime, while ANN and NANCY write songs in preparation for their debut solo albums, a full-length LOVEMONGERS album that’s due out in late 1996 (produced by ANN and NANCY) will be recorded in the coming months in NANCY‘s basement studio and mixed at Bad Animals, the studio they co-own in Seattle.
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