Corrosion Of Conformity have put out a jam session rendition of Free‘s 1970 track “Fire And Water“. The gold-certified Southern rockers have rolled out this cover as the first instalment in their Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions, which they intend to add to over the coming months.
Vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan explained that the the series spawned during downtime amid the recently concluded sessions for the band’s forthcoming eleventh studio album, which will arrive in 2026. The outfit confirmed last August that new effort will be a double album.
“When we were tracking this record, we had a very cool space set up where we would essentially hang in the large room with everything mic’d and everything we needed, including a turntable and a bunch of our favorite records, which we would play and chill out between takes.
We were hanging together, and I pulled out a Free album and ‘Fire And Water’ popped up. [Drummer] Stanton [Moore] jumped up immediately and said, ‘Who the fuck is that!?’ He had never heard it before. We were baffled, but it was awesome to us that he had never heard it.
He said, ‘let’s cut that!’ I said, ‘man, that’s friggin’ Free and kind of like holy ground that you don’t fuck with.’ But we started thinking about it and damn, Stanton charted it out like the drum wizard he is. I said, ‘I can’t sing like that, man. He’s the king.’ Someone in the room said, ‘just sing it like you,’ so we went for it and had a blast doing it. It was a nice fun break from the recording. It’s nothing too serious, just a bunch of fellas leaning into it, loving the rock. It’s an exercise in restraint. Hope y’all dig it.”
Corrosion Of Conformity are out on tour at the moment with Judas Priest and Alice Cooper and will punctuate that run with a series of headlining off-dates.
Corrosion Of Conformity:
09/25 Harrisonburg, VA – Golden Pony
09/30 Ft. Wayne, IN – Stan’s Room at Piere’s
10/06 Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
10/09 Kansas City, MO – Warehouse On Broadway
10/17 Las Vegas, NV – The Usual Place
10/21 El Paso, TX – Rockhouse
With Judas Priest & Alice Cooper:
09/24 Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
09/26 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
09/27 Saratoga Springs, NY – Broadview Stage at SPAC
09/29 Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
10/01 Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
10/02 Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
10/04 Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
10/05 Tinley Park, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
10/10 Colorado Springs, CO – Broadmoor World Arena
10/12 Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
10/14 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
10/15 Wheatland, CA – Toyota Amphitheatre
10/18 Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
10/19 Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
10/22 Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
10/23 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
10/25 Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
10/26 Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Corrosion Of Conformity:
11/08-09 Manchester, UK – BEC Arena
01/10 Mexico City, MEX – Foro Alicia
01/12 Santiago, CHL – Sala Métronomo
01/14 Córdoba, ARG – Club Paraguay
