Glenn Huges Replaces John Corabi And Marco Mendoza In The Dead Daisies

THE DEAD DAISIES — the hard rock “collective” founded by Australian musician and businessman David Lowy — has announced that Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) has joined the group as their new bassist and vocalist, replacing John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE) and Marco Mendoza (THIN LIZZY). “Righteous Days”, the group’s first single featuring Hughes, can be streamed below.

A statement on the group’s web site elaborated on the lineup change. “THE DEAD DAISIES are a musical collective whose members come together through a common love for great rock music,” the post reads. “It’s a living, breathing, musical organism with the credo, ‘Rock is indeed alive & well!’ From the band’s inception, the idea was for members to bring their own ideas to the table but also have the flexibility to come and go when working on their other projects. Both John and Marco are, and always will be, a part of THE DEAD DAISIES musical family, but at this point in time they have decided to do some work on their own solo projects.”

THE DEAD DAISIES — Lowy, Hughes, guitarist Doug Aldrich(WHITESNAKE, DIO) and drummer Deen Castronovo (JOURNEY, BAD ENGLISH) — recently recorded “Righteous Days” and an unknown number of other songs at Los Angeles’s Sunset Soundrecording studio for a new album expected to be released in 2020. It will serve as the follow-up to the group’s fourth full-length release, 2018’s “Burn It Down”.

According to Wikipedia, since the band’s formation in 2012, THE DEAD DAISIES has featured two dozen different members (including “session” players and “temporary substitutes”), including drummer Brian Tichy (FOREIGNER, WHITESNAKE), GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus and GN’R keyboardist Dizzy Reed. The group has toured with the likes of AEROSMITH, KISS and BLACK STAR RIDERS.