Stephen Perkins gets ready to record drums. The performance included a variety of well-known rock musicians, including Perkins on drums during the Jane’s Addiction staple, “Been Caught Stealing.’” Once the video of that performance went out to online, the team had something to work with. In March of 2017 as a preliminary way to get other musicians on board.
Starr would go on to be instrumental in helping Thornton gain momentum for the show in a variety of ways, including setting up a performance for a small Pan Rocks group at the Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, Calif. Starr immediately picked up on the significance of the project and offered his services to Thornton as producer of the album. To discuss ideas for progressing his program while Matt Starr listened in, having been in a meeting with Schulman just before. During the NAMM Show in January 2017, Schulman met Thornton in Anaheim, Calif. The performance grabbed the attention of popular rock drummer, Mark Schulman, who’s played with Pink, Billy Idol, Foreigner and Beyoncé, among others. Thornton, being a former heavy metal drummer, saw an opportunity to make the instrument his own by combining the concept of having a massive steelband performing rock tunes instead, which both pays homage to the home of the instrument and creates something new out of it.Īt PASIC (the Percussive Arts Society International Convention) 2015, Thornton assembled a group of over 80 pannists on stage to perform several rock arrangements as part of his Pan Rocks project. The relationship with Perkins was born through networking and through Thornton’s continuous pursuit of recognition for his most successful music project to date, “Pan Rocks.” The idea formed from Thornton’s experience performing for the Trinidad Panorama competition, where 120-piece steel bands compete with each other by performing epic, 10-minute pieces arranged from popular songs from the year. For over 20 years, Tracy Thornton has been seeking to establish a relationship with his idol, Stephen Perkins, the inspiration for his seeking out and diving head first into the world of the steelpan and becoming the global sensation he is today. In music, relationships are built-in an instant based on the excitement of the next project. They say that success in any field is all about who you know. We see all kinds of different show possibilities for Pan Rocks.” Pan Rocks gained momentum after a successful show at the world-famous Whiskey A Go Go in Hollywood, Calif. The first thing he said was having Carol of the Bells from Transiberian Orchestra. The first thing Matt said was ‘I hear Christmas music.’ My whole career got started with Christmas music. I got the proposal the morning after we performed the Whisky A Go Go. “I had no idea the gig was on the horizon. I gave him my cell phone number and gave him videos of Pan Rocks at PASIC and other things,” Thornton said. Matt just kind of hung out during my meeting with Mark. I was thinking about the future of how Pan Rocks was. We were in a cafe and he was meeting with Mark. When I came in for NAMM in January I had a meeting with Mark Schulman, who I met in West Hollywood just before PASIC. “It’s something I’ve always wanted to do.
Recording their parts later would be Bruce Kulick (Kiss/Grand Funk Railroad) and America’s Got Talent sensations Emil & Dariel on cellos for Kashmir and Carol of the Bells. Guns (on guitar), and producer Matt Starr, drummer for Mr. Big and the David Lee Roth band (on bass), Tracii Guns from L.A. and be joined by Perkins (on drums) and fellow rock legends Billy Sheehan of Mr. On May 16, 2017, Thornton would launch Pan Rocks Project L.A. Inspired by what he heard, Thornton would begin a 29-year journey that would culminate with him playing several shows and finally recording with his hero, Perkins, on what he hoped would be the beginning of the rest of his life. Tracy Thornton (left) poses with Stephen Perkins (right). While the song grabbed the attention of millions of listeners around the world for its catchy hook, there was one person listening who would take even more from the track: soon-to-be world-renowned steelpan rock star, Tracy Thornton. In August of 1988, soon-to-be world-famous rock band Jane’s Addiction released its debut album, “Nothing’s Shocking,” which included a track called, “Jane Says.” The song would feature drummer Stephen Perkins performing the steelpan, which would stand out as a signature element for the tune. Now his dream is becoming a reality, with some of the biggest names in rock lending their names to the cause. Tracy Thornton has been pushing his vision of a large steelband playing rock tunes for over 20 years.
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