GEORGE LYNCH Says His New Band GEORGE LYNCH & THE MOB Will Feature A 'Rotating' Lineup Of Musicians

In a new interview with Talking With Cars, legendary guitarist George Lynch spoke about his upcoming touring activities following the completion of LYNCH MOB‘s “The Final Ride” farewell tour celebrating the band’s 35-year legacy. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Well, LYNCH MOB did its last show March 22nd, earlier this year. And so that’s it for touring for LYNCH MOB. So I have another entity partially put together, which will probably be a revolving door of different people. But right now I’m just tentatively calling it GEORGE LYNCH & THE MOB, so people can identify with my name and the fact that there’s still the LYNCH MOB aspect to that name without the bad connotations.”

Asked if GEORGE LYNCH & THE MOB will feature a “rotating” lineup of musicians, George said: “Most likely, yeah. Because we aren’t gonna be touring solidly enough to really keep a band together. So it’ll just be probably a basket of different people that’ll rotate in and out on a need-to basis or whenever they’re available.”

He continued: “The interesting thing is I’ve played with so many people in LYNCH MOB that a lot of those people are still friends of mine. They’re familiar with me and the material and what people wanna hear. So it’s easy. So we’ve got a couple shows coming up in the summer here. And it is Jaron [Gulino] still on bass from LYNCH MOB. And, we’ve got Brian Tichy on drums for the next couple shows, and then a vocalist to be determined. We don’t know who yet. But we do have a LYNCH MOB record coming out. So, it’s being mixed right now. It’s all done. It’s been done for a second, and it’s gonna be a double album — it’s gonna be, well, actually two albums. Two separate albums but packaged together. So it’s a live album — full live show — and then also a studio album. And that’s it. It’s mixed right now. So, [it will be out] later in the year.”

LYNCH MOB, the band formed by George in 1989 after his exit from DOKKEN, played its “final” concert on March 22 at the Medina Entertainment Center in Medina, Minnesota.

In February, George was asked by the Iron City Rocks podcast how he felt about completing one final trek with LYNCH MOB. George said: “Well, it’s a mixed bag. I thought that it would make sense to go out with a band that, or a version of the band, which this is, that has remained intact for a while. LYNCH MOB has a history of having a revolving door, so that’s been frustrating for me because when I first put the band together in ’89, I was hoping for the exact opposite… And, of course, that did not happen. But we have a great time, and when we spend time together and tour, it’s just really a dream, fun band. We joke around a lot. We work hard and the band — we bring it when we get on stage and we get in the studio. I thought, ‘Well, that’s the way to go out.’ And also, on the other side of the coin, I’m not getting any younger. I didn’t want to be that guy up there on crutches, having to sit down. I wanted people to remember it with some sense of vitality. Yeah, so I think we’re kind of ending on a positive note, I would say. And we gave ourselves quite a long window. We decided this last year, and it gave us an eight-month, nine-month window. So it’s a long, slow kind of fade into the sunset… And we’ve got, actually, two records [in the works] — we’ve got a live album and a live DVD and a studio record.”

Asked if he was planning on getting involved in more recording projects in the future once the LYNCH MOB tour was done, George said: “Well, I love being in the studio, and I have a pretty nice studio situation, both in California, where I have my own studio, and in New Mexico, where I have found a home out there and a really wonderful venue, where I’m working now, actually. So, as long as I have something to say, I’ll try to say it musically. But I will say that I’ve sort of spent my — I’ve done a lot of recording, I’ve written a lot of songs in the last group of years, since COVID and so forth, so I find myself kind of treading over old ground and saying the same thing, and I don’t like that. And I think on occasion I’ve gotta slow down in my output a little bit. So, as I mentioned, we are working on a LYNCH MOB ‘Final Ride’ studio record. And beyond that, I’ve got other records in the pipeline that I am obligated — well, I can do, let’s say; I don’t know how obligated I am. If I don’t wanna do ’em, I don’t have to do ’em. One is a fourth THE END MACHINE record for Frontiers. And the other one is a third ‘Heavy Hitters’ album, which is a series of records that [ex-DOKKEN bassist] Jeff Pilson and I have been doing for Cleopatra Records, which are covers, and that’s always really fun to do. I enjoy working with Jeff. I’ll be working with Jeff Pilson on both those records. So that might be something that I decide to finish up. But, having said that, those are obligations consistent with my past work, doing THE END MACHINE records and ‘Heavy Hitters’ records and LYNCH MOB records and various other projects, with KXM and so forth, that I have been doing. But what I’m thinking is I would really like to — not to be super self-indulgent, but do something different. And that requires kind of banking a bunch of experiences and exposure, different kinds of music and styles and saying something unique. Or doing a master guitar record, what I consider would be my magnum opus guitar record. That’s easier said than done, but maybe I need [to do something like that]. I don’t know. I’m not sure what I wanna do yet. But I’m gonna let this touring schedule ride out and then I’m gonna sort of collect my thoughts [about what my next step will be].”

LYNCH MOB was formed in 1989 after Lynch parted ways with his former band DOKKEN. Their debut release, “Wicked Sensation”, was met with critical and fan acclaim and went on to be certified gold in sales by the RIAA. The band would continue on through the years with a cast of talented players joining Lynch throughout their musical journey over the course of six more studio albums.

LYNCH MOB‘s eighth studio album, “Babylon”, came out in October 2023. Joining revered guitarist and band founder for the LP were vocalist Gabriel Colón, bassist Jaron Gulino (TANTRIC, HEAVENS EDGE) and drummer Jimmy D’Anda (ex-BULLETBOYS).

In August 2020, Lynch announced that he was ending LYNCH MOB due to the racial insensitivity of the moniker, saying he would no longer record or perform under that name. Two years later, George had a change of heart, explaining that he had to “live with the fact that [the name LYNCH MOB] has some negative connotations that I probably have to continue explaining for the rest of my life, and I don’t mind doing that. But it is a brand that I built, and I’m just gonna stick with it. As far as a marketing thing and a brand thing and a business thing and a working thing, and it keeps my band guys working and it keeps the fans happy, it makes sense.”

George Lynch image credit: Jordan’s Rock Vault