Danko Jones
A Rock Supreme
It's long been clear that the Canadian hard rock trio DANKO JONES lives and breathes - and even sweats and bleeds - rock n' roll. The group's namesake front man loves to talk about it (check out his long-running "The Official Danko Jones Podcast" for proof); he loves to write about it (as his new book, "I've Got Something To Say: 10 Years of Rock and Roll Ramblings," pointedly captures); and he loves to sing about it, as evidenced by a number of the group's best-loved songs ("I Gotta Rock," "Rock Shit Hot," "Do You Wanna Rock," etc.). On the group's new album, the aptly-titled "A Rock Supreme," Danko Jones - the man and the band - up the ante considerably from the moment the very first words blast from the speakers: I'm in a band, and I love it / All I want to do is play my guitar and rock and roll. There's no midlife crisis here, no softening with age, no signs of self-doubt - just 11 fist-pumping (literally, in the case of "Fists Up High") jolts of sonic adrenaline with nary a ballad in sight. "'A Rock Supreme' is the name of our new studio album. There are 11 songs on it, and they're all fantastic," says Jones. "Trust me - we know what we're doing when it comes to hard rock."