Godsmack Singer and Extreme Guitarist Joins Billy Morrison For “Becoming”…BILLY MORRISON JOINS FORCES WITH SULLY ERNA AND NUNO BETTENCOURT FOR “BECOMING,” THE FIRST TRACK FROM MORRISON’S NEW ALBUM ‘HOLLOW’.
British guitarist, singer, and songwriter BILLY MORRISON releases “Becoming.” The powerhouse track was written by MORRISON, Sully Erna (Godsmack), and Brett Scallions; it features Erna on lead vocals and Grammy Award winner Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) on lead guitar.
According to MORRISON, “Becoming” is about “transforming out of the darkness and negativity of certain lifestyle choices and becoming a strong, positive and powerful force. For an in-depth description, you would have to ask Sully about the lyrics that he wrote.”
MORRISON goes on to say that “when the music to ‘Becoming’ was finally finished, in my mind there was only one person I could imagine singing it, and that was Sully Erna. His work with Godsmack over the decades has just proven his voice to be one of the most powerful in rock music.” “Plus he’s a great guy to hang with,” adds MORRISON, “so fortunately for me, not only was his response ‘Absolutely I’ll sing it.’ We got to record it in Los Angeles together while he was here. It was a killer vibe, and when we were all at the Above Ground show late last year here in LA, it seemed only fitting for me to ask Nuno to play lead (keeping it Boston on this track!). And again, he graciously agreed, and absolutely killed it. It’s been a pleasure to work with both Sully and Nuno on this song—
it’s the perfect collaboration to launch this new album of mine!”
“I really enjoyed working with Billy and Nuno on this track,” says Erna. “It’s always a bit challenging when you have three creative people that work at such high levels of production to get to the finish line, but in the end the product always speaks for itself. And this song is strong! It’s a perfect example of not settling for anything less.”
“When you’re asked to collaborate on a song with incredible artists like Sully Erna and Billy Morrison, you’d have to say ‘yes’ before even hearing the song,” says Bettencourt. “But man, when you DO hear the song and it’s as badass as this…you forget who’s on it and just do it for the love of it.”
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