USA
Garage rock, rock and roll
The Empty Hearts are an American garage rock-influenced supergroup which produced its first album and launched its first tour in 2014.
The band was founded in 2013 by The Chesterfield Kings bassist Andy Babiuk and a roster of founding members including Blondie drummer Clem Burke, The Cars guitarist Elliot Easton, and The Romantics guitarist and vocalist Wally Palmar. Palmar also plays the harmonica on the band's self-titled first album, which was released 5 August 2014 and produced by the Ramones producer Ed Stasium and included Small Faces and Faces pianist Ian McLagan on Hammond organ and Wurlitzer until his death in December 2014. The group says that the album took just five days to complete at Babiuk's Fab Gear Studios in Rochester, N.Y. with many of the songs being recorded in a single take. The group's name was suggested by Steven Van Zandt whose Wicked Cool Records label had released three of Babiuk's Chesterfield Kings albums.
The Empty Hearts (2014)
