The Imperfected, out of Phoenix, AZ, is the brainchild of producer/bassist Chris Catero. Chris is a music vet who’s played with such rock icons as legendary guitarist Marty Friedman and Wild Mick Brown of Dokken fame, as well as having a diverse history in the music biz. The Imperfected is an ongoing no-holds-barred musical project of his, at times engaging various collaborators. This time singer Matt Harris is featured on his new song and video “Need You Here Tonight.”
Chris has known Matt from playing out locally and took note of videos he’d post online of him singing cover tunes in his home studio. Having a “Perry Farrell meets Scott Weiland” quality to his voice, Chris thought Matt would be a perfect fit to sing his new single.
Chris says, “Musically the song came about in the same, organic way almost all my songs come about – I stumbled across the main riff and just kept going. Often times tunes originate from a sort of stream-of-conscious jam, one part leads to another as I go. Once I got Matt onboard, he also contributed some cool ideas to melodies and lyrics.” He continued, “Writing songs is actually my day job as I create tunes for sync, music made specifically for libraries who license music to tv/movies/video games that’s “synced” to visual media. So, I started The Imperfected as a vehicle for me to get back to my root sand do songs that are me as an artist.”
While Chris grew up on 70s and 80s rock music, he was also exposed to a lot of varied music from musical parents. All that influences his writing today. In describing, “Need You Here Tonight”, Chris says, “It’s like Alice in Chains meets Big Country maybe? A weird combo I know, but it’s kind of how I see it in vibe at least. I really like that it has some serious light and shade juxtaposing in a not overly predictable way.”
The Imperfected ‘machine’ is constantly working with an exciting project coming in late Spring/early Summer. “I’ll be releasing a soundtrack single I wrote for my good friend Alan Niven’s upcoming book release, “Sound N’ Fury”. It’s a great collection of rock n roll stories, and the song is the same title with Alan writing the lyrics.” Chris continues, “Alan has a tremendous history in rock where he’s most known as the manager of Guns N’ Roses and producer, manager and songwriter in Great White in their perspective heydays. The song’s lyrics touch on stories in the book.”
Chris also has a fun in-your-face Motorhead inspired single coming out over the next few months featuring a guest solo by a friend who is a nephew of classic-era guitarist Fast Eddie Clark.
