GARY LUCAS & GODS AND MONSTERS - "Coming Clean", release 18.01.2008

Guitarist extraordinaire / Grammy-nominated songwriter GARY LUCAS (Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley) delivers the goods with "COMING CLEAN"-- a new studio album featuring his long-time psychedelic rock band GODS AND MONSTERS --and it's a killer, tying together all the diverse musical threads and then some of the man The Guardian calls "the legendary left-field guitarist". 'COMING CLEAN" showcases Gary at the top of his game, featuring his New Wave super group GODS AND MONSTERS (Billy Ficca from Television and Jonathan Kane from Swans on drums, Ernie Brooks from the Modern Lovers on bass), plus special guests David Johansen (New York Dolls), Ellis Hooks and sultry French superstar Elli Medeiros along for the trip. From the title track (mixed by Talking Head JERRY HARRISON) to the wild blues-rock showstopper "One Man's Meat", it's a total joy and a total knockout, and includes covers of everything from Hitchcock's "Psycho" theme to Springsteen's "Ain't Got You". Lucas plays the guitar like nobody else AND writes original, haunting songs (he-co wrote Jeff Buckley's "Grace" and "Mojo Pin" and Joan Osborne's "Spider Web")-- a rare talent indeed, and here at his most accessible-- a classic album from one of the most creative minds in modern rock.