‘The Ice Road’ Soundtrack Debuts Rock Supergroup ‘L.A. Rats’
Written by Johnson Stephen on May 27, 2021
When Scott Borchetta called his friend Nikki Sixx, he knew he needed something with velocity, power, and speed.
Charged with helming the soundtrack for Liam Neeson’s upcoming Netflix thriller ‘The Ice Road’, which is due to be broadcast June 25 2021, the visionary label founder wanted a rocking ‘psycho-billy’ track to anchor an eclectic collection of songs sampling the American roots music tableau.
Johnny Cash’s thumping ‘I’ve Been Everywhere’ was already earmarked as a hopeful to be included in the film as it really synthesized everything the film was about. Nikki listened and then sent it to Zombie. Both rockers felt the iconic Cash track was the perfect song for them to record.
Sixx called Borchetta back and said ”Why don’t we just cut this?.”
Collaborating for the track under the pseudonym of L.A. Rats, the union of Zombie, Sixx, Zombie guitarist John 5, who was raised on “Hee Haw” and Black Sabbath/Ted Nugent/Alice Cooper ringer Clufetos created a chemistry that was more than the sum of their parts. With a frisson that comes from equal parts rebellion, aggression, fierce musicianship and deep respect for the song, ‘I’ve Been Everywhere’ embodies the intensity of ‘The Ice Road’ and Liam Neeson’s performance.
‘I’ve Been Everywhere’ is available now via Big Machine Records.
Check out the lyric video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5W3oI7Kd0g
Produced by Code Entertainment, ShivHans Pictures and Envision Media Arts, get a sneak peek of the adventure to come via ‘The Ice Road’ trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I0g2YyLJ3E
