Matt Freeman (Rancid) Talks Devil's Brigade

Rancid‘s Matt Freeman recently gave additional details about his psychobilly side project Devil’s Brigade and it’s upcoming full length debut:

“The original concept for this record was going to be a musical. Tim had been kicking around an idea of doing a musical about the building of the Golden Gate Bridge. He had the title “Half Way To Hell Club.” This was based on the name for the bridge workers who fell off the bridge while it was being built and fell into the safety net that was between them and the ocean. We grew up in the East Bay looking at that bridge and it has always been a part of our lives. Six of those songs ended up on the Devils Brigade record. The other songs were all original Devils Brigade songs from the first demo. We thought they were still good and we should record them again.”

The band will release their self titled effort on August 31, 2010 via Rancid’s long-time home Hellcat Records.