American Idol winner David Cook has announced he is recording his major label debut with Green Day’s Grammy-winning American Idiot producer Rob Cavallo, who has also sat behind the boards with the likes of My Chemical Romance, Kid Rock, and the Goo Goo Dolls. Who knows? This could be the most rocking outing from a winner of the Fox singing competition, and that includes Taylor Hicks.
Cook told the folks at EW.com, “I think (Cavallo’s) a great producer with the kind of sound that I want. And in talking to him, he’s just a good guy. Like the song selection I had on the show, Rob just fit.”
The aspiring spiky-haired rocker’s album, which he is working on during breaks on the American Idols Live! Tour, is due in the fall. Cook is said to be co-writing most of the material, along with contributions by Our Lady Peace’s Raine Maida, Chantal Kreviazuk and Collective Soul’s Ed Roland. ―Aidin Vaziri