MIKE TRAMP – "These Days, Things Are More About The Dedicated Fan"

Former White Lion frontman Mike Tramp released his third solo album in three years on August 28th. This time the album, entitled Nomad, features a full supporting band. Tramp has just embarked on another tour to support the album and this time will be accompanied by a band rather than travelling solo. On September 4th he guested on the Friday NI Rocks Show on Rock Radio NI. An excerpt from the interview transcript is available below.

Tramp: “I think sometimes that rock ‘n’ roll is flourishing but at the same time there is also a lot of artists who aren’t producing great music or not really adapting or changing to the changing world without going extreme. I’m not out there being Mike Tramp, 27 years old in 1987! I’m out there on stage playing some of the old songs, but in a way that feels in time with the man who stands on the stage with his age and the life that he has lived. I’m not going out there with KISS make-up and hiding behind a character.”

There is still a limit to how much I can do but we could definitely be doing something a little more specific for the fans. These days, things are more about the limited, dedicated fan. The fans become smaller but they like to go a little more deeper. It’s great to know that you could go out and do an album or special thing that is maybe only going to be 500 copies or something like that.

I don’t feel personally that any of the new bands appeal to me. They are too young and their message is not for me. I grew up with the pillars and foundations of rock n’ roll and nothing can touch that.”

Go to this location for the complete interview.

“Give It All You Got” is the first official radio single and video from Mike Tramp’s upcoming album, Nomad. This summer Mike was back in Copenhagen where the video for “Give It All You Got” was filmed and edited.

Tramp has this to say about the production” “For someone who was a big part of the MTV video generation of the 80’s where videos became short movies, record companies spent big cash on production and the artist’s motto was “we want it bigger and better than the other bands”, I can’t express how gratifying it is to be able to do my new video, spanning across two evenings and with just one other person involved, who in this case wears both the cameraman and director hat. Yes, it might be late in my career, but I finally feel that I recognize and identify with the person on the other side of the camera, I am finally me, and that’s what it’s all about…”

For almost a half decade, Mike Tramp (White Lion) has been on a worldwide journey, touring and living as a modern life nomad, in his quest for personal and artistic freedom and staying true to the idea of the rock n roll troubadour. Tramp has just completed his third solo tour of the US in three years. Playing 50 shows on each tour, traveling all by himself exploring the American continent from coast to coast like never before. A journey of true dedication, making him unique in danish rock history.

With Nomad, Tramp completes what he calls his trilogy on his journey to show who he is and where he stands. The album makes the final step on the ladder he started climbing (with Cobblestone Street), this time with a full band album, from first to last song.

Tramp: “Without the no compromise on Cobblestone Street and Museum, I would never have found my way home to Nomad. Each previous album gave me the freedom to follow the songs  wherever they wanted to go, and with Nomad my vision was clear as a bell, once again I just had to be who I am.”

Nomad was released on August 28th worldwide via Target Records.

Tracklisting:

“Give It All You Got”
“Wait Till Forever”
“Counting The Hours”
“Bow And Obey”
“High Like A Mountain”
“No More”
“Stay”
“Who Can You Believe”
“Live To Tell”
“Moving On”

In the spirit of the album, Mike Tramp with special guests Lucer embark on a massive European tour, taking them to Denmark, Germany, Sweden, England, Netherlands, Belgium, Northen Ireland, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, France and Switzerland.

Find the complete live itinerary at this location.