Ex-I MOTHER EARTH Singer's New Solo CD Featuring RUSH Guitarist: Audio Sample Available

August 19, 2006

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, former I MOTHER EARTH frontman Edwin's third solo album, "Better Days" — featuring a guest appearance by RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson — has had its Canadian release date pushed back to October 3 from the previously announced August 15. Visit Edwin's homepage to hear "Never Over", with Alex Lifeson on guitar.

After quitting I MOTHER EARTH — the trippy hard rock band he fronted from 1991 to 1997 but never contributed to in terms of songwriting — EDWIN signed with Sony Music Canada, and released his 1999 solo debut, "Another Spin Around The Sun". The album sold 130,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan Canada, thanks to the singles "Trippin'", "Hang Ten", "And You", "Alive" (the one that really spurred sales) and "Rush".

The follow-up, 2002's "Edwin & The Pressure", which saw the frontman positioned as part of a band again, did but a tenth of that. Even with three singles, "Superhoney", "Impossible", and "Let's Dance", sales were 11,000 units. "Basically, with the exception of some great people at Sony, the company was in disarray at the time," says Edwin, referring to the announcement in 2003 that Sony and BMG would merge, a deal that was completed in 2004.

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