Get ready to confront the creatures of the night in Santa Clara again. Except this time, instead of nightflying to the strains of Echo and the Bunnymen’s cover of the Doors’ “People Are Strange” or Tim Cappello’s sax-tastic so-80s anthem “I Still Believe,” fans of the cult 1987 teen vampire drama The Lost Boys can look forward to some Slash in the mix of biting, brooding and belting.
The Guns N’ Roses guitarist makes a cameo via a screaming solo on “Have to Have You,” a chugging rock tune that helps make up the soundtrack to the upcoming Broadway musical remake of the Joel Schumacher-directed original film that starred Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Jami Gertz, Keifer Sutherland, Jason Patric and Dianne Wiest.
The Lost Boys musical is slated to hit the Palace Theatre on Broadway in late March featuring a book by David Hornsby (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and a score by the band the Rescues. The first taste of the musical’s score is the muscular “Have to Have You,” which is performed by the show’s vampires — Ali Louis Bourzgui (“David”), Maria Wirries (“Star”), Brian Flores (“Marko”), Sean Grandillo (“Dwayne”) and Dean Maupin (“Paul”), along with Slash, who rips a solo on the song that mixes 1980s hair metal energy with a grunge-y underpinning.
“The producers reached out a few months ago and had the great idea of releasing an EP, because in our version of the Lost Boys they are still a biker band but also a band, Santa Clara’s biggest band, The Lost Boys,” Bourzugui, 26, tells Billboard of the idea of releasing an EP as if the Lost Boys themselves were dropping new music. The gang came in and recorded the track written by the Rescues, which was both the first song Bourzgui ever heard by the L.A. rockers, as well as the tune he auditioned for to land the lead role.
“And then they got freakin’ Slash to come in!” Bourzgui says about the excitement of getting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend to grace the track. “We’re all standing up and we’re screaming and jumping up and down,” he adds about the cast’s ecstatic response to seeing the Slash footage, which he contrasted with the perpetually cool guitarist’s demeanor.
“Slash is sitting down, so chill in his chair and he pulls out his guitar and plays this absolutely insane solo, as he does, in one or two takes and is like, ‘is that good?’ This incredible, mathematical, insane solo,” says Bourgzgui, who knows about mixing theater with rock thanks to his award-winning Broadway debut in the principal role in Pete Townshend’s 2024 revival of The Who’s Tommy.
To help prep fans for the Broadway show, a three-song EP, The Lost Boys — The Santa Carla Sessions — will begin streaming on Oct. 31; “Have to Have You” is available to stream now. With music and lyrics by the Rescues, the EP will also feature LJ Benet on “Belong to Someone” and Caissie Levy with guest artist Patrick Wilson on “Wild.”
The Lost Boys will begin preview performances on March 27 at the Palace Theatre, with an official opening slated for April 26; tickets are available here now. The new musical features a story by James Jeremias & Janice Roberta Fischer and will be directed by two-time Tony Award winner Michael Arden (Parade, Maybe Happy Ending), with a book by Hornsby (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) & Chris Hoch, music & lyrics by The Rescues (Kyler England, AG, Gabriel Mann) and choreography by Lauren Yalango-Grant (Parade) & Christopher Cree Grant (Parade).
Check out the “Have to Have You” video below.
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