Lead vocalist Alison Mosshart is the last Dead Weather member interviewed for a video series exploring the band's technique for its new album Dodge And Burn. The video closes out with another killer performance from the album, this time giving us a live take of "Lose The Right."
In the interview, released as a Billboard exclusive, Mosshart describes her admittedly dangerous process of writing lyrics. She said her best ideas come to her while driving so she often digs around for a pen and paper when inspiration strikes and starts jotting down lines while behind the wheel. The Dead Weather does not necessarily condone her unique methods of writing, the band said in the video description.
"Writing and driving on the highway is one of the most dangerous things you can do," Mosshart said in the video. "It's similar to texting and driving, but harder because you have to hold the paper down on the steering wheel and write, and half the time the pen doesn't work, so your digging in the back seat for another pen, and you're freaking out because you don't want to forget something you just thought of."
Jack White directed the video series with a beautiful black and white filter over all of the videos that create a thematic visual aspect that spans the Dodge And Burn album's art.
"To me, she's the star of this record. I can't say enough about her," said guitarist-keyboardist Dean Fertita in an interview with Billboard. "Her lyrics, everything about her vocals ... we were all just blown away with how great she was from start to finish on this record. I'm just so happy we were able to give her the stage that she needed for those words and for expressing herself."
The video concludes with a blistering vocal performance from Mosshart for a live recording of "Lose The Right." Check it out below.
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