Dupree and Johnson teamed up to write "Kill the Sunshine," from Jackyl's new album, Relentless. Recorded at Cock of the Walk studios at Dupree's home in Kennesaw, Georgia, the song came from the same writing sessions that produced the duo's previous collaboration, "Locked and Loaded," collected on Jackyl's 1998 best-of set, Choice Cuts.

Johnson remembers, "Jesse had a couple of tunes, and he said, 'You fancy trying to see if we can get a tune and some lyrics down?' I said, 'Sure, Jesse, as long as you got a twelve-pack up there and a bed for me to sleep in, I'll come up.' It was lovely. Like a bunch of guys having a bit of fun without the big pressure of a record company behind you pushing and squeezing. We just had a good time."

The relaxed sessions meant any conflicts were confined to beer selection. "I drink Heineken," says Johnson. "And poor old Tom [former bassist Bettini] just couldn't understand that. He'd ask me, 'Why do you drink that stuff? That ain't proper beer?' And I'd say, 'I gotta tell you, Tom, I wouldn't be caught dead drinking Budweiser. Budweiser is like making love in a canoe -- it's fucking close to water."

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