
^ "Black Star Riders: The Killer Instinct debuts on 3 American Billboard Charts". ^ "Black Star Riders name second album". ^ "Black Star Riders parting ways with bass player Marco Mendoza". ^ "Joe Elliot too busy for Black Star Riders project". ^ "Felicity Hall interview with Damon Johnson". "Black Star Riders: The Killer Instinct". "Black Star Riders - The Killer Instinct". Engineered and mixed by Mark Gemini Thwaite. Acoustic bonus tracks produced by Damon Johnson and Ricky Warwick. Mastered by Paul Logus for PLX Mastering, Yonkers, New York. Mixed by Jay Ruston at TRS West, Sherman Oaks, California. Engineered by Nathan Yarborough 2nd engineer: John Albritton. Recorded at Rock Falcon Studio, Franklin, Tennessee. Mark Gemini Thwaite – strings on "Blindsided" (acoustic). Nick Raskulinecz – mellotron and Taurus pedals on "Blindsided" and "You Little Liar". Damon Johnson – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, lap steel guitar on "Finest Hour" and "The Reckoning Day". Scott Gorham – lead guitar, rhythm guitar. The follow-up single was "Finest Hour", which was again given its first UK radio airplay by Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2, and which subsequently became the station's "Record of the Week". On the same day, a lyric video was released, and the single was released the following day. The first single from the album was the title track, which received its first airplay on 15 December 2014, on Ken Bruce's mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2 in the UK. #Killer instinct wiki full
Nobody can do for you what you should be doing for yourself." Guitarist Damon Johnson praised the album's producer Nick Raskulinecz, stating, "He patiently walked through the full song list with the entire band, and made sure we focused on the material to best represent Black Star Riders in 2015." Singles
Sometimes you have to live with a killer instinct just to survive in the pursuit of happiness. When the album title was announced on 21 November 2014, Warwick explained the name: "Life's not fair. The Killer Instinct is the first Black Star Riders album to feature former Ratt and Lynch Mob bass guitarist Robbie Crane, who replaced founder member Marco Mendoza in June 2014. He was quickly replaced by Nick Raskulinecz, and recording took place in Nashville, Tennessee in September. However, Elliott pulled out of the project in August 2014 due to conflicts with Def Leppard's schedule. Elliott had previously worked on vocalist Ricky Warwick's solo albums, and also with Scott Gorham on archival Thin Lizzy releases. Recording for the band's follow-up to All Hell Breaks Loose was first announced during late 2013, and on 27 January 2014, it was announced the band's second album would be recorded in Dublin in October, and would be produced by Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott.