It’s been ten years since Tyketto released their last album ‘Reach’ and in the time between that release and this months release of ‘Closer to the Sun’ we’ve lost founder member Michael Clayton on drums and Chris Green on guitar, replaced by Johnny Dee and Harry Scott Elliott respectively. They join Danny Vaughn and Ged Rylands to lead Tyketto into a new era.
Of all the bands to harness the spirit of 80’s Hard Rock that came onto the scene just a little too late to make it truly huge, Tyketto has always been one of a handful for me that endure the test of time. ‘Don’t Come Easy’ (1991) and ‘Strength in Numbers’ (1994) are records I would put up against any record by any band of the era. They simply had it all. And that class endured through line-up changes and the decades to produce a comeback album in 2012 ‘Dig in Deep’ that shone and 4 years later ‘Reach’ that kept the band’s high standards intact.
‘Closer to the Sun’ might even just edge it to be the best album of their renewed career. It’s an album that captures the taste of the early band and may of its hallmarks, yet which sounds remarkably fresh. Mark caught up with Rockpit Regular Danny Vaughn to get inside the songs and talk about big things to come…