After seven years and four incredible albums on influential imprint Earache, the incredible Rival Sons have signed a deal with Atlantic Records.

Breaking the exclusive news in Issue 2 of Planet Rock Magazine, guitarist and co-founder Scott Holiday says the Long Beach band are now “hoping to have a little more” success but he’s realistic about the challenges ahead.

Back in 2000, Scott’s first successful band Human Lab penned a deal with Atlantic Records and spent two years making an album, however, it was never released.



Rival Sons' Scott Holiday © PA Images

Explaining this episode was a learning curve, Scott told us: “It’s painful to make a piece of art and not having it see the light of day.

“But I saw how the record business worked. And after that experience, I had to run in the other direction. With Rival Sons it’s 30 days writing and recording each album.”

Now signed to the home of legends such as Led Zeppelin and AC/DC, Scott describes it as a huge honour: “It’s kind of romantic to be at this big, legendary record label.

“And f*** all the rock n’ roll bands – if you want to get really romantic look at all the soul acts they signed, like Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin.

“We’re talking about the bedrock, soul and blues, some of the most important recordings in the history of the world.

“But I’m a pragmatic person. There’s a lot of work to be done. We’ve made five records and we’ve had some success, but hopefully signing to Atlantic we’re going to have a little more.”

You can read the full Rival Sons feature in Issue 2 of Planet Rock Magazine now where Scott takes us behind-the-scenes on five days of Rival Sons’ summer European sojourn and talks Black Sabbath, Aerosmith and more.

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