For the first time in its career, the 1990's roots rock band the Wallflowers traveled outside its hometown of Los Angeles to record its latest album, "Rebel Sweetheart," in the southern city of Atlanta.
The group - singer and lead guitarist Jakob Dylan, keyboardist Rami Jaffee, bassist Greg Richling and drummer Fred Eltringham, formerly of the Gigolo Aunts - opted to work with producer Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen) for its new creation completed in 2004. It just so happened that O'Brien enjoys working out of his home studio, Southern Tracks Recording, based in Atlanta.
"Rebel Sweetheart," distributed by Interscope Records, is the group's fifth studio and as usual the songs were written by Dylan. Jaffee and Dylan, both of whom were born and raised in Los Angeles, have remained in the group since its inception in 1991, and over the years have seen a few other members come and go. Richling, however, joined in 1993. The Wallflowers started out on the Virgin Records label, but later got out of its contract and signed with Interscope in 1994.
