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Born to Be Wild

by Viking Guitar

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A good buddy of mine, Wade Matteson, reached out a couple of months ago to see about doing a cover of this. It's one of his dad's favorite songs, and seemed like a fun way to celebrate Father's Day with some dad-rock. The whole thing came together pretty quickly and easily, which I attribute entirely to working with such awesome musicians (Ryan, George, Wade, and Angel.) We know it's a cheesy song, but it still rocks, even 54 years after it was originally recorded.

With this being such an essential song in rock history, I wanted to do what we could to preserve the vibe of the original, while still allowing it to benefit from modern production techniques. I started this project with making a tempo map to match timing variations in the original song so we could keep the same energy and not force everything to a steady click. Drums were recorded in Angel's studio in Florida, and no drum replacement was used in the mix, except for the snare due to a technical issue. Guitars and bass were recorded DI, but a lot of effort was put into keeping the mix feeling live. There was very little editing involved, and you'll hearing some small timing inconsistencies from all of us. In general, we wanted this to sound as much as possible like an organic performance of a rock song. Hard to do when we live in five different states, but I'm happy with the result.

To all of the fathers out there, enjoy your day, rock hard, and stay wild. Wade, thanks for giving me an opportunity to rediscover how awesome this song is.

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released June 18, 2022
Vocals: Ryan Postlethwait
Guitars: Erik Peabody
Keys: George Nowik
Bass: Wade Matteson
Drums: Angel Hernandez

Mixing and mastering by Erik Peabody (Viking Guitar Productions)

Originally written by Mars Bonfire.

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