Kings Of The Asylum With TODD CAMPBELL From PHIL CAMPBELL & THE BASTARD SONS

Interview by Erin Eddy,
Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons recently dropped their new album
Kings Of The Asylum.
If you’re not familiar with the name Phil Campbell, then you’re not
a big enough Motorhead fan. The former guitarist of one of rock and
roll’s most notorious bands has spent the last few years building
up The Bastard Sons, a band he has formed with his three sons Todd,
Dane and Tyla.
When charismatic and legendary Motorhead front man Lemmy passed
away in late 2015, it was the end of an era. But with music
coursing through his veins, Phil Campbell was not ready to set down
the guitar and retire just yet.
With his ‘bastard sons’ on board, the band that was originally
assembled mainly for fun has well and truly taken off.
HEAVY spent some time this week chatting with Todd Campbell, one of
the band’s guitarists.
“A few years before Lemmy passed, we started playing doing covers
mostly, as like a party band sort of thing, doing little mini
tours. We were called the All Star Band at that point,” Todd
explained to HEAVY. “We just slowly morphed into The Bastard Sons
doing original material and it’s just a good outlet for Phil now,
now that he doesn’t have Motorhead.”
Once the ball was rolling with The Bastard Sons, things gathered
momentum relatively quickly and the band has been busy releasing
music, as well as playing hectic festival circuits around Europe
for the past two summers now.
Kings Of The Asylum is the band’s third studio album and it’s first
with new vocalist Joel Peters.
“It just felt really natural with Joel, the fans have really taken
to him. Full steam ahead, basically!” Todd smiles.
Kings Of The Asylum is out now via Nuclear Blast Records.
Listen to the full interview now to hear about what it was like for
Todd growing up around
Motorhead, what it’s like to be in a “family band”, what to expect
of the new album and more!